Chapter 14 summaries

1.) Ethics and the News Media
It is very hard for journalists in the news sometimes. Campbell asserts "When is it right to protect government secrets and when should those secrets- obtained through reporting- be revealed to the public?" Some of the things that reporters and new anchors take advantage of are intentional deception, privacy invasions, and conflicts of interest. One example is that journalists will deceive people by disguising themselves or use fake identities, which is when people start to question the ethics of journalism.

2.) Reporting Rituals and the Legacy of Print Journalism
Throughout the 1800's publishers found more ways to present information in way that appealed to people of different classes and cultures, and in doing this with modern technology, they were abl to cut costs back. Modern journalism was formed in 1840 when the telegraph was first used in the U.S. to enable news information across the states. This new idea presented a new outlook: to focus on present news and not history. It is important for journalists to get a good story, but more importantly, making sure they have something that is worth telling. This is convincing because we as people do not want to listen to things that do not matter or do not seem important enough to talk about.

3.)Journalism in the Age of Television
TV journalism has become a pretty prominent media form for the last 30 years. Like print journalism has only a certain amount of space they can write their stories in a newspaper, a tv journalist has a certain amount of time to tell their story in. People are more into tv journalism because , as Campbell asserts people are more attached to and view tv as a more intimate and personal presentation, also people do not have to go out and buy a newspaper and read, they can relax and watch it for free at their homes. TV journalism is viewed as sometimes more credible because its usually filmed live at the scene, so there is proof. This is convincing.