Newspapers and news

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Newspapers and news

• What is our responsibility to news?
• Are news important?
• How do we treat the media?

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Newspapers and news

• Masscommunication
• Reputation important
• The Sun
• Not serious
• Speculates
• Few good sources (not critical)
• Full front page apologies

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Newspapers and news

• Her og Nå
• The Marriage case

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Newspapers and news

• The Guardian
• Serious
• Thorough
• Checking sources

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Newspapers and news

• Different roles entertain inform
• Norway
• More civilized press
• Closest is Søndag, Søndag

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Newspapers and news

• VG
• Uses our built in curiosity
• Captures attention
• Solid economy good journalists

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Newspapers and news

• News
• Walter Lippman 1. Awake feelings
• 2. Make the readers
  identify themselves with the
  story
• Dagbladet Slik kan DU spare penger

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Newspapers and news

• Good or bad
• Daily Express Positive till the end
• Summary for the tabloids
• Dog bites man, not news
• Man bites dog, hot news

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Newspapers and news

• Focus on individual fates
• What are the consequences
• of the news? How does/did it affect us?
• 11th of september 2001

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Newspapers and news

• Text
• Title picture and text
• Structure
• Length

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Newspapers and news

• Assignments
• 1. Examples of personification
• 2. Examples of good articles focus on connection
  between title and picture
• 3. What would you rate as good news?
• 4. Read an article find new angles. Argue for
  your view.
• 5. Look through newspapers how trustworthy are
  the sources?