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Intro for my Capstone for CommunicationsTRANSCRIPT
“Real” Reporting includes:
ResearchResearch ObjectivityObjectivity Fact GatheringFact GatheringAuthentic informationthat can be analyzed and documented
During the 20 years he anchored the evening news on CBS, Walter Cronkite was a daily presence in American homes. Walter Cronkite brought CBS to the pinnacle of prestige, integrity, and popularity in television news…and when he left, it all began to ebb away.
History of news reporting
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- Since 1802
FOURTH ESTATE IS DEAD!Suffocated by a landslide of lies and propaganda, it is clear that corporate mainstream media no longer serves its lofty ideals but has become a device of its masters.
Does anybody really trust what the corporate media says?
Unfortunately, most do, and therein lies the problem – the propaganda works.
The Fourth Estate, in the shape of self interest corporate mainstream media, is no longer there to serve the interests of its readers, if it ever was. If people really want to know what is going on in the world there
really must arise a new Fifth Estate Fifth Estate –Citizen journalism.
The internet is simultaneously global & local. The internet is simultaneously global & local. There is no excuse to keep begging at the There is no excuse to keep begging at the altar of corporate media for 'faux news'. altar of corporate media for 'faux news'. There is no excuse for swallowing lie after lie There is no excuse for swallowing lie after lie when there are far more honest sources of when there are far more honest sources of information. Being aware of the propaganda information. Being aware of the propaganda and the newspeak is useful in knowing what and the newspeak is useful in knowing what one is one is expectedexpected to believe, but there is no to believe, but there is no reason to actually believe it when there are reason to actually believe it when there are alternatives that are just a click away alternatives that are just a click away (Manne, 2009).(Manne, 2009).
It is increasingly common for individual, first-hand It is increasingly common for individual, first-hand accounts of breaking news to be shared online. The accounts of breaking news to be shared online. The need for citizen journalism has become increasingly need for citizen journalism has become increasingly urgent as mainstream media is too closely tied to urgent as mainstream media is too closely tied to special interests for fair and complete coverage on special interests for fair and complete coverage on important events. When citizen journalists come important events. When citizen journalists come together, a common voice emerges…a united voice together, a common voice emerges…a united voice where individuals can speak and be heard, loud and where individuals can speak and be heard, loud and clear…and this will be difficult to ignore (Glazer, M., clear…and this will be difficult to ignore (Glazer, M., 2012).2012).
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Cooper, S. (2006) Watching the Watchdog: Bloggers as the Fifth Estate, Spokane, Marquette Books
Glazer, M. (2012) About News Participation, NEWS PARTICIPATION, http://newsparticipation.com/about/
Manne, R. (2009) We Need a Fifth Estate: Citizen Journalism, HUBPAGES, http://rychardemanne.hubpages.com/hub/We-Need-
a-Fifth-Estate-Citizen-Journalism
Newton, E. (2011) A history of the future of news: What 1767 tells us about 2100, Knight Foundation,
http://www.knightfoundation.org/press-room/speech/history-future-news-what-1767-tells-us-about-2100/
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