1. THE MEDIA

3. JOURNALISM - POLITICAL HISTORY
The party press
The popular press
Magazines of opinion
Broadcast journalism
Internet

4. Mass Media
Those sources of information and means of communication that reach large numbers of the public

5. Types of Mass Media 1. Print – examples –newspapers & news magazines
2. Broadcast – TV
3. Internet

6. National Media (News) National press includes: Wire services (AP, UPI)
National magazines – Time and U.S. News and World Report
Televised evening news (ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS)
Cable News Network (CNN, Fox News, MSNBC)
Newspapers – Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal

7. Roles Played by Media
Gatekeeper - What is news, for how long
Scorekeeper - Who is winning, losing
Watchdog

8. Presenting the News
News coverage - print & electronic superficial
Most people receive news from TV - which use sound bites

10. Effects of the Media on Politics
Major effect on
How politics is conducted
How candidates are perceived
How policy is formulated

11. Campaigns – more image-conscious
Less party control

12. Love/hate relationship Network TV coverage
Politicians & Media
Love/hate relationship
Network TV coverage
President %
Congress %
Supreme Court - 3.4%

13. Figure 10.1: Young People Have Become Less Interested in Political News

14. Table 10.1: Decline in Viewership of the Television Networks

15. Are News stories slanted?
The National Press lean to the left
Studies have shown that reporting is not systematically biased toward a particular ideology or political party (Wilson)

16. Table 10.2: Journalist Opinion Versus Public Opinion

17. Figure 10.3: Decline in Public Trust of the Media
Source: David Shaw, "Trust in Media Is on Decline," Los Angeles Times (March 31, 1993): A16, reporting data a Times poll conducted March 6-9, Copyright 1993, Los Angeles Times. Reprinted by permission.

18. Figure 10.3: Decline in Public Trust of the Media (cont’d)
Source: David Shaw, "Trust in Media Is on Decline," Los Angeles Times (March 31, 1993): A16, reporting data a Times poll conducted March 6-9, Copyright 1993, Los Angeles Times. Reprinted by permission.

19. Figure 10.2: Public Perception of Accuracy in the Media
Source: Pew Research Center, "The People and the Press" (February 1999), 13.

20. Little regulation in print media More in Electronic - F.C.C.
Contemporary Issues
1st amendment -
The press acts as a check -4th branch of gov’t
Little regulation in print media
More in Electronic - F.C.C.

21. Libel/Slander -Defamation of character that unjustly injures a person’s reputation
Concentration of ownership