1. Deciding What’s News Ma Jiayi School of Journalism 12300130071

2. News week Deciding What's News: A study of CBS evening news, NBC nightly news, Newsweek, and Time (1979) How do journalists select news? Why do they select news in this way? How do they report the facts? CBSNBCTime

3. Suggestion An example Theory of Gans News selection theories

4. News Selection Theories  News is decided by professional judgment of the journalists.  News is decided by news agencies.  Mirror Theory: News is decided by facts. Journalists build the mirror.  The medium is the message. (Marshall McLuhan)  News is decided by efficiency and political power. (Herbert J. Gans)

5.  Editor Choosing a journalist to follow the news. Efficiency Journalist AJournalist B Journalist C News: Only 20 students can exchange to UC this semester. Deadline There are journalists responsible for a certain ‘beat’ in almost every news agency. √

6. Efficiency  Journalist Finding sources of information.  Who to Interview? News: Only 20 students can exchange to UC this semester. Deadline Professors in UC UC professors who are working in Fudan Some experts are always giving opinions on a certain newspaper. √

7. Efficiency  Journalist Finding sources of information.  Who to Interview? News: Only 20 students can exchange to UC this semester. Deadline Professors in UC UC professors who are working in Fudan Government officers and experts are always the first choice, because they are easier to access, more willing to talk and knows more. √

8. Political Power  Should I write down all the truth?  Political power can influence news selection in several ways: Pressure the chief editor Take legal action Threaten the journalists …… Information: Foreign exchange students are not satisfied with Fudan. ×

9. Political Power What may journalists suffer from? A lot of trouble due to legal tangle Losing informants （线 人 ） or information sources （ 信息来源 ） What will journalists do out of self-protection? Self-consorship ( 自我 审查 ) : Deleting the sensitive part of the news Information: Foreign exchange students are not satisfied with Fudan.

10. Suggestions  Don’t stick to a certain newspaper.  Read more and think deeper.  The more pieces of information you get, the closer you are to the truth.