JOURNALISMJOURNALISM

ROLES AND VALUESROLES AND VALUES

First lecture 11\3\2014

What is journalism ?What is journalism ?

The practice of investigating and reporting events, issues and trends to the mass audiences of print, broadcast and online media .

Journalism’s first obligation is to the truth.

Its first loyalty is to citizens.

Its essence is a discipline of verification.

Principles of JournalismPrinciples of Journalism

Its practitioners must maintain an independence from those they cover

It must serve as an independent monitor of power

Principles of JournalismPrinciples of Journalism

It must keep the news comprehensive and proportional

Its practitioners must be allowed to exercise their personal conscience

Principles of JournalismPrinciples of Journalism

who is journalist ?who is journalist ?

People who write journalism are called "journalists." They might work at newspapers, magazines, websites or for TV or radio stations.

What does a journalist do? What does a journalist do? What does a journalist do? What does a journalist do?

Journalists' main intention is to provide their readers and audiences with accurate, reliable information they need to function in society.

Functions of a Functions of a JournalistJournalist

Political Political Economic Economic

EntertainmentEntertainment Social Social

Agenda SettingAgenda Setting

Political FunctionPolitical Function

The obligation of providing the The obligation of providing the audience with information audience with information upon which to base political upon which to base political decisions. decisions.

Economic Economic FunctionFunction

The public needs information The public needs information about products, goods and about products, goods and services. The news does this services. The news does this but so does advertising. but so does advertising.

Entertainment Entertainment FunctionFunction

Comics, entertaining feature Comics, entertaining feature stories and feature photos stories and feature photos add diversion to hard news. add diversion to hard news. Few media outlets should be Few media outlets should be without an entertaining or without an entertaining or light elementlight element

Social FunctionSocial Function

Passing along news has Passing along news has created a social situation created a social situation in which people discuss in which people discuss their world. Journalism their world. Journalism creates social interactioncreates social interaction

Agenda Setting FunctionAgenda Setting Function

Media have the power to Media have the power to determine what we talk about determine what we talk about as individuals and address as as individuals and address as a nationa nation

Why become a Why become a journalist?journalist?

People enter journalism for a People enter journalism for a variety of reasons but, money variety of reasons but, money apart, there are four main apart, there are four main motives:motives:

The desire to writeThe desire to write

Journalists are making their Journalists are making their living from writing. living from writing. Novelists choose journalism Novelists choose journalism as a way of earning a living as a way of earning a living and developing their writing and developing their writing skills. skills.

The desire to be The desire to be knownknown

Most people want their work Most people want their work to be recognized by others. to be recognized by others. This helps to give it value. This helps to give it value. Some people also want to be Some people also want to be recognized themselves, so that recognized themselves, so that they have status in the eyes of they have status in the eyes of society. society.

The desire to influence The desire to influence for goodfor good

Some people enter journalism Some people enter journalism for the power it will give for the power it will give them to influence people. In them to influence people. In many countries, a large many countries, a large number of politicians have number of politicians have backgrounds as journalists. backgrounds as journalists.

The desire for The desire for knowledgeknowledge

Lots of young men and women Lots of young men and women enter the profession with the enter the profession with the desire to know more about the desire to know more about the world about them without world about them without needing to specialize in limited needing to specialize in limited fields of study. fields of study.

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