Media What is the purpose of the media

Media What is the purpose of the media? How has the media changed? How is the media regulated?

Where do Americans get their news?

Television News Network News CBS NBC ABC FOX Cable News: C-SPAN CNBC and MSNBC “Soft News”: SNL, Daily Show, Colbert Report

Current News Media Trends • Consolidation of privately-owned media – Top 10 media chains account for more than 50% of daily circulation • Concerns – Market pressures – Control of the flow of information Ex: Lebron using ESPN and ABC exclusively to announce decision to go to Miami. Why does this matter?

Purpose of Media • What is the role of media in American society? – Agenda Setting • What is the goal of the media? – $$$ – How do they accomplish this? • 24 hour news • Sound bites • Trial Balloons • Media Events • Investigative Journalism • Talking heads • Narrowcasting • Sensationalism http: //www. cc. com/video-clips/aeuvf 6/thedaily-show-with-jon-stewart-wrongnado--cnn https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=8 ht. Uo 91 a_A

Liberal Media? • Most Journalists identify themselves as Democrats – Why? • Location of media – How does this affect the news? Result- Declining trust in the media by the American public.

The Impact of Watergate • Decreased trust in government and increased negativity in the media • Increased focus on President • Increased focus on https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=n. WWA 0 hl Uj. K 0 private matters

Government Regulation of the Media • FCC (Federal Communications Commission) • Regulates interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable. • Equal Time Rule

Freedom of the Press • Prior Restraint – National Security vs 1 st Amendment – Pentagon Papers – Wiki. Leaks – Edward Snowden

• Defamation (2 kinds) – 1. Libel – 2. Slander New York Times v. Sullivan (1964) “must prove actual malice if you are a public official, it is not enough to be merely untrue”