Media exam Khaterah

  Part 1: Clay Shirky lecture Go to the  Nieman Lab webpage (part of Harvard university) and watch the video of Clay Shirky presenting to Harvard students . The video is also available on YouTube below but the Nieman Lab website has a written transcript of everything Shirky says.  Play the clip AND read along with the transcript below to ensure you are following the argument. You need to watch from the beginning to 29.35 (the end of Shirky's presentation). Once you've watched and read the presentation and made notes (you may want to copy and paste key quotes from the transcript which is absolutely fine), answer the questions below: 1) Why does Clay Shirky argue that 'accountability journalism' is so important and what example does he give of this? He says its the 'iron core of journalism' explaining how to consists of having three reporters dispatched for a long period on a story that may or may not pan out. The example he gives was between between the rise of t...

  Read   Media Factsheet 76: News Values   and complete the following questions/tasks.  Our  Media Factsheet archive is available here  - you'll need your Greenford Google login to access. 1) What example news story does the Factsheet use to illustrate Galtung and Ruge's News Values? Why is it an appropriate example of a news story likely to gain prominent coverage? Conflict- Tension or surprise Progress- Triumph or achievement Disaster- Defeat or destruction Consequence- Effects on individuals or community Prominence- The well-known or famous Novelty- The unusual or emotional Appropriate examples of new stories are more likely to gain more coverage as it matches media expectations helping raise credibility and awareness to the newspaper company. 2) What is gatekeeping? Its the actions of limiting access to something or keeping information to oneself. 3) What are the six ways bias can be created in news? -Bias through selection and omission -Bias throu...