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KEY FEATURES: Coverage of the media’s effects on the 2016 election encourages students to discuss the election while taking into account the broader theoretical concerns about changing news consumption habits and declining political trust. The chapter on partisan news helps students understand the impact of politically polarized news audiences. The chapter on fake news offers students current examples of the political impact of this phenomenon. Examples of the ways in which Americans increasingly have become news grazers show students how growing media choice has transformed how we gather news and is resulting in an increasingly distracted news audience. Discussions about the development of commentary news show how producers have combined drama, opinion, immediacy, and entertainment with straight news content - allowing students to see the impact that this form of news has on the public’s trust in Congress and the media.
News Makers and Producers: The Emergence of Commentary News
News Makers and Producers: The Emergence of Commentary News
Our changing news-gathering habits are a product of expanding media choice, behavioral preferences, and institutional adaptations. The initial chapter explored the role of growing media choice and screening technologies, and the previous chapter introduced the behavioral tendencies that lead to news grazing. This chapter extends the argument by examining institutional adaptations—how news grazing is changing what and how news is reported and thus perceived by viewers. I argue that news grazing has subsequently pushed news makers and news producers to alter the content and style of news. The news has been transformed both to appeal to specific audiences and to better hold the attention of ...
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