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Journalism 190 3/13"life-serving" -Frances Moore Lappe - ANS-understand the new economic structure as a
world-governing system existing beside governments but outside democratic
accountability
"spiritual death" -"war Made Easy" - ANS-being purveyor of violence and spending more
on military than on social programs
2 characteristics of high-quality journalism- Chapter 5 - ANS-opposes corruption and
secrecy, has commitment to ending info inequality and has a stake in ending social
inequality
2 Findings in "Constructing Public Opinion" - ANS-what people pay attention instead of
specifics of news,
and what happens to public attention as media interest in a news subject decreases
2 fundamental ways to think about journalism and democracy- Chp. 5 -
ANS-self-governing requires informed citizens, journalism needs to be within a working
self-governing system
2 of 3 reasons why America has little debate about how media are structured- chp. 15 -
ANS-general inability to criticize capitalism, corporate media have cultivated an ideology
of the status quo
2 of 5 results when media news coverage of issues is bias in favor the status quo, these
are the results-Noam Chomsky - ANS-range of debate is limited, the official stance and
institutional memory prevail and become history
2 other Meiklejohnian solutions to the crisis of democracy - ANS-regulates
broadcasters, tax media giants, use public funds to create another nonprofit,
noncommerical system to service needs of citizens
2 POSSIBILITIES EXIST regarding America's future and the future for a global
community held hostage - ANS-The general population will take control of its own
destiny and there will be no destiny to control
2 reasons media reform in isolation from other reforms in society is not enough -
ANS-America needs a very politically engaged democracy and media and
, communication systems can merely help citizens achieve society's goals of social
justice and human happiness
3 forces on the horizon that may bring about a debate on media structure- chp.15 -
ANS-political culture, including corporate media system in crisis of apathy,
cynicism,ignorance, capitalism losing its appeal
3 main reasons exist as to journalism's importance to a democratic state- chp. 1 -
ANS-a democracy must have a rigorous watchdog and needs a way to present a wide
range of informed positions
A trio of corporate tactics used against media - ANS-Corporations created intellectual
think tanks to counter academic studies damaging to corporations, corporate leaders
invoked the American belief that to criticize big business is to attack American
democracy, and the corporate attack characterized journalists as a class of careless
"economic illiterates" who are biased against business
Answers to undo conglomerate- "New Media Monopoly' Afterward - ANS-people using
their political power, like voting, petitions, youth involvement, activism and protest
Bennett's important findings - ANS-Believers of the story were exposed to 50% more
news and believers used Television more as the source of their news
Chomsky asserts that in order to break free,
citizens must take 2 actions - ANS-grassroots movement toward change beginning with
becoming engaged in community action
clearance culture - ANS-Tendency to treat copyright holders as having total and
absolute control
concision - ANS-Noam Chomsky's concept describing how mainstream media content
is structured so that it forces those with dissenting voices to limit scope of answers to
brief thoughts and soundbites that fit easily between two TV ads
cultural commons - ANS-set of signs/words/songs that we all have access to as a
culture
different elements of the war propaganda cycle - ANS-omit or falsify information, use
democratic rhetoric, emphasize desire for peace and the morality of killing for peace
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