MCD1560: Introduction to Journalism代写

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    • MCD1560: Introduction to Journalism代写
    MCD1560: Introduction to Journalism
    Electronic Technologies/Platforms
    ETs are similar to traditional  journalism:
    –Can initiate ideas and opinions to enter the public domain
    –Can respond to ideas and events in the public domain
    –Can report breaking news
    –Reaches a wide audience
    –Can create like-minded communities
    §Differences
    ETs are different to traditional journalism due to:
    –The wide number of sources
    –peer review and editing after publication
    –User-submitted stories rated by votes
    –archiving
    –established media feeds 
     
    §Ethical considerations
    •While contributors are not beholden to stringent editorial policies or a code of ethics, they're accountable to each other - and their readers.
    •Standards – whose?
    •Some companies have guidelines for their employees

    •audience expectations
    •use of disclaimers and identification
    •Context and analysis
    •Speed v Consequences
    •Time v accuracy
    §ET Writing
    Why write using Electronic Technology:
         Role of Public Interest?
    §Citizen journalism
    §Audience-contributed material
    §citizen journalists are “the people formerly known as the audience”
     From: Rosen, Jay, "The People Formerly Known as the Audience," PressThink, June 27, 2006.
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    §What differentiates citizen journalism, micro blogging, macro blogging and traditional journalism?
    §The Future
    §http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7ze3bVQDH4&feature=related – Jay Rosen on the future of journalism
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    §Conventions
    §The features of a blog may include:
    §Date header
    §Title
    §Time stamp and/or permalink
    §Post
    §Key words and names are often highlighted in boldface:
    §Author nickname/name
    §Category
    §Comments
    §TrackBack
    §Points to Consider
    §Towards a Definition
    §Role of Emerging Technologies/Platforms
    §Citizen journalism
    §Comparison to Traditional Journalism
    §Conventions
    §The Future
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    §Examples
    •News http://blogs.theage.com.au/worldview/archives/2009/04/the_vote_chase.html
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    •http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP-rkzJ6yZw attack of the aliens
    §Towards a Definition
    §Provides print information like the newspapers and visuals like television that can be posted without deadlines and accessed at any time of the day
    §Role of Online news
    §Provides access to local, national and international news without the barrier of deadlines
    §Provides links to further information
    §Largely associated with existing media organisations
    §Writing Strategies 1
    §As with all journalism, online news needs to be written clearly and accurately.
    §Use print to explain
    §Use visuals and audio to show
    §Use interactivity to engage with the story
    §Present the information using:
      Headlines, images, graphics, audio or video clips, links to other               material, fact boxes, sidebars, audience feedback
    MCD1560: Introduction to Journalism代写
    §Alysen, B, 2006, The Electronic Reporter, UNSW Press, Sydney pp 157
    §Writing Strategies 2
    §Two major frames - Episodic or Thematic
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    §Keep the most important news, not just the latest, in the lead
    §What is the frame of the piece?
    §Is the audience local, national or international?

    §Conventions
    §Constant updating of information
    §Present the story first
    §Audience scans rather than read
    §Readers are searching for news not just passively receiving it
    §Different to a blog – less subjective more objective
    §Points to Consider
    §Towards a Definition
    §Role of Online news
    §Writing Strategies
    §Conventions
    MCD1560: Introduction to Journalism代写