ICS News Prod, media logic, agenda&framing

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• News: Exception from the rule The view we have on a subject depends on how the media portrays it.
• CNN Effect Global networks becomes a decisive factor in determining policies and outcomes of significant events
• Pseudo-event Organized happening to rouse media attention. Typically sensational interview
• Pseudo-event characteristics Dramatic, Planned & Clearly marked in time and space
• Media identifies with: Partisan logic Party
• Media identifies with: Public logic Public good
• Media identifies with: Media logic Public
• Public adressed as: Partisan Logic Subject
• Public adressed as: Public Logic Citizen
• Public adressed as: Media logic Consumer
• Role journalism is: Partisan logic Dependent, mouthpiece
• Role journalism is: Public logic Independent, respectful but skeptical
• Role journalism is: Media logic Dominant, entertaining, cynical
• Kind of reporting is: Partisan logic "colored", substantive
• Kind of reporting is: Public logic Descriptive, substantive
• Kind of reporting is: Media logic Interpretative, less substantive (pop cultural)
• Journalistic metaphor: Partisan logic Lapdog
• Journalistic metaphor: Public logic Watchdog
• Journalistic metaphor: Media logic Cerberus (Both watch & Lapdog
• Agenda set by: Partisan logic Party1
• Agenda set by: Public logic Party
• Agenda set by: Media logic Media
• Media logic step 1 Media and media attention are important
• Media logic step 2 Producers of media have their own logic: Ideas of what is important & Fast competition
• Media logic step3 Actors anticipate on demands of the media
• Media logic step 4 These media rules displace other considerations ("more important to be entertaining than informing the public")
• Background characteristics of individual journalists Marginal influence
• Norms and values individual journalist Dependent upon the role of individual and power
• Mediatization Society becomes dependent on media, shapes social constructions & influences societal systems
• NW - Galtung and Ruge Framework describing gatekeeping practices of mainstream news media. Events more likely to become news if they fill certain criteria
• Magnitude Stories that are perceived to have an impact or number of people involved
• Relevance Stories perceived to be relevant
• Surprise Stories with elements of surprise/contrast
• Bad news Stories with a negative tone
• Entertainment Stories concerning ex: sex, showbiz, drama etc
• Good news Stories with a positive tone
• Celebrity Stories about people who are already famous
• Follow-up Stories about subjects already present in the news
• Newspaper agenda Stories that fit the organizations own agenda
• The Power Elite Stories concerning powerful individuals
• Agenda-setting pillar The press might not be successful in telling us what to think but in telling us what to think about"
• Agenda-setting hypothesis Cause-and-effect relationship between media content and voter perception
• Accumulation Repetition/collection of messages
• Consonance All media show similar messages
• Cognitive effects Media influences citizens perceptions of reality
• Consensus Citizens agree on what is most important in society
• Macro-level The opinion of the public is influenced by the media
• Need for orientation A measure of the extent to which individuals X motivates them to let media shape their views
• Agenda-setting level1 Media tell us what to think about
• Agenda-setting level2 Media tell us which aspects of those issues are most important (FRAMING)
• Agenda-setting level3 Media tell us how different subjects are connected
• Framing "Select some aspects of a perceived reality - making them more salient to promote a particular problem etc
• Framing characteristics Emphasizing certain elements of news, highlighting different aspects so news reports become different
• Inductive framing Emerges from the media. Researcher does not define them beforehand
• Deductive framing Investigating subjects that are defined by the researcher and operationalized beforehand
• Issue-specific frames Frames focusing on specific events or topics
• Generic framing Frames focusing on general topics or events
• Thematic frames Places issues into a broader contect
• Episodic frames Presents an issue by offering a specific example, case study or event-oriented report

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