{"id":676,"date":"2015-02-21T20:50:28","date_gmt":"2015-02-21T20:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/?p=676"},"modified":"2015-10-13T19:00:24","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T19:00:24","slug":"extra-extra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/2015\/02\/21\/extra-extra\/","title":{"rendered":"Extra! Extra! Read All about It, All the Time!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Between social media, television, Internet, and yes, even newsstands, a person has to work pretty hard to not hear about new and noteworthy events. Avoiding spoilers in <em>Game of Thrones<\/em> or the winner of a major election is nearly impossible without a retreat into the wilderness. Now, with passing of one of America\u2019s most <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/02\/13\/business\/media\/david-carr-excerpts.html\">prominent journalists and media critics, David Carr,<\/a> the news has taken a self-reflective turn. We took some time to review the research on how journalists don\u2019t just report the truth&#8212;they make it.<\/p>\n<h5>Mainstream news provides the general public with information about current events. Choices about <em>what<\/em> to cover direct attention and influence public opinion, but these choices aren\u2019t always at the center of the action. For example, social movements get more coverage when they appear as formal, professionalized organizations rather than confrontational, volunteer-led groups. It\u2019s news agencies that frequently affect whether a movement is seen as serious and effective or a disorganized bunch of crackpots.<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=QyrfJFEAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">Kenneth T. Andrews<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/nealcaren.web.unc.edu\/\">Neal Caren<\/a>. 2010. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unc.edu\/~kta1\/Andrews&amp;Caren_ASR2010.pdf\">Making the News: Movement Organizations, Media Attention, and the Public Agenda<\/a>.\u201d <em>American Sociological <\/em>Review 75(6).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Network ties and framing strategies within the media also change who gets coverage. Insider self-promotion helps draw attention to stories about social problems, and the old \u201c15 minutes of fame\u201d rule only applies to newcomers. Once celebrity is established, that notoriety has staying power.<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rachelkahnbest.com\/\">Rachel Best<\/a>. 2010. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/10.1525\/sp.2010.57.1.74\">Situation or Social Problem: The Influence of Events on Media Coverage of Homelessness.<\/a>\u201d <em>Social Problems<\/em> 57(1).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stonybrook.edu\/commcms\/sociology\/people\/faculty\/vanderijt.html\">Arnout van de Rijt<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcgill.ca\/sociology\/faculty\/eran-shor\">Eran Shor<\/a>, Charles Ward, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www3.cs.stonybrook.edu\/~skiena\/\">Steven Skiena<\/a>. 2013. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/asr.sagepub.com\/content\/78\/2\/266.short\">Only 15 Minutes? The Social Stratification of Fame in Printed Media.<\/a>\u201d <em>American Sociological Review<\/em> 78(2).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Good journalism relies on emotional storytelling, but this isn\u2019t because readers are passive consumers of salacious media. Instead, most are \u201cnews omnivores\u201d who learn about events through multiple sources and recognize that even \u201cobjective\u201d journalism has an angle. With so much happening in the world, stories that help make meaning and emotional sense out of basic information tend to engage readers.<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cardiff.ac.uk\/jomec\/contactsandpeople\/profiles\/wahl-jorgensen-karin.html\">Karin Wahl-Jorgensen<\/a>. 2013. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/jou.sagepub.com\/content\/14\/1\/129.full.pdf\">The Strategic Ritual of Emotionality: A Case Study of Pulitzer Prise-Winning Articles<\/a>.\u201d <em>Journalism<\/em> 14(1).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tulane.edu\/liberal-arts\/sociology\/ostertag-profile.cfm\">Stephen Ostertag<\/a>. 2010. \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/40927648\">Processing Culture: Cognition, Ontology, and the News Media.<\/a>\u201d <em>Sociological Forum <\/em>25(4).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Between social media, television, Internet, and yes, even newsstands, a person has to work pretty hard to not hear about new and noteworthy events. 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