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Chapter 3
Newspapers The rise and decline of Modern Journalism
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Journalism
Undergraduate 2
02/01/2015

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What was the first colonial newspaper?
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Publick Occurence by Benjamin Harris in 1690
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What was significant about Jon Zenger's win over the New York who charged him with seditious libel?
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The case helped establish freedom of the press and the newspapers right to criticize the government.
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First black newspaper
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Freedom's Journal
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First Native American newspaper
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The Cherokee Phoenix
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Penny Press
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1800s cost of printing paper is cheaper so the newspapers can be sold at a lower price.
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Who was the first wire service?
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Associated Press, relaying stories around the country through telegraph.
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First investigative journalist
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Nellie Bly, wrote a column about her experience as a patient in a women's insane assylum.
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First Underground Paper
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Village Voice
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First Online Paper
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Ohio's Columbus Dispatch
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Official Record
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What information is printed into the newspaper.
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Watchdog role
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Makes sure that government officials are not abusing their responsibilities of power.
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Partisan Press
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An early dominant style of American journalism distinguished by opinion newspapers, which generally one political point of view or pushed the plan of the particular party that subsidized the paper.
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Cultural access
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Having the viewpoints or access of different aspects of culture.
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Benjamin Franklin
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1963 created the first newspaper which was very partisan.
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William Hearst
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Founder of the New York Journal he focused on lurid, sensational stories and appealed to large immigrants audiences with large, easy to read bold print.
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Joseph Pulitzer
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Bought the New York World in 1883 it focused toward the immigrant working class focusing on improved urban housing, better treatment to women, equable labor laws and rallying against big business.
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Yellow journalism
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Emphasized exciting human-interest stories, crime news, large headline, and easier-to-digest copy.
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Objective journalism
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Distinguishes factual reports from opinion columns.
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Interpretive Journalism
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Aims to explain the ramifications of key issues or events and place them in a border historical or social context,
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Literary Journalism
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The adaption of fictional techniques, such as detailed settling descriptions or extensive dialogue, to nonfiction material and in-depth reporting.
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Consensus-oriented journalism
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Found in small-community, newspapers that promote social and economic harmony by providing community calendars and meeting notices and carrying articles on local schools, social events, and town government, property crimes, and zoning issues.
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Conflicted-oriented journalism
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Found in metropolitan areas, newspapers that define news primarily as events, issues, or experiences that deviate from social norms; journalists see their roles as observers who monitor their city's institutions and problems.
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How has the digital age infected newspapers?
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Newspaper have gone online. More content is available, but have thought of new revenue from advertising and pop ads on the website.
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How has economics hurt newspapers?
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Newspaper makes money off of advertising, but charge money for ad space. Online site have advertising available for free.
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