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COSC7312
Danille Janse van Vuuren
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LU
Objectives
13
LU
Objectives
Material
used for
this LU
Print Media
Learning
Unit Intro
LU3
Learning
Objective
LU3
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Non-schedule Events
Is a news event whose
date of dissemination as
news is determined by
the newsworkers
This type of news events
involves investigative
reporting
News organisations
determine the timing
and flow of story
Covers soft-stories
For example, an
emotional story covering
a blind violinist climb to
fame
Prescheduled Events
Is a news event
announced for a future
date
Most hard news stories
Unscheduled Events
Also covers
prescheduled soft stories
Occurs unexpectedly
Continuing news
Material is gathered,
written up and edited for
future dissemination
For example, an
interview with a soccer
player who is allegedly
having an affair
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Found on p.131 +
134
Found on p.131
+135-137
Found on p.131
and 136
Example of continuing-news:
Class
Activit
y
Typification
exercise
LU3
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LU3
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Found on pp.
148-149
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The New
Newsroom
Explain the
social
cognitive
theory
(Module guide,
pp.31-33)
Explain the
social
Klinenberg (2005, p.150) refers to this as a news cyclone
cognitive
24-hour
TV news and Internet news sites have eliminated the
temporal
borders in the news day creating an informational
theory
environment whereby there is ALWAYS breaking news to
Thus, the time cycle for news making in the age of digital
production is radically different to that of the 1970s
(Moduleproduce,
guide, consume and react against
pp.31-33)
For Metro News, the new newsroom makes news-making activities keep labour
costs down and increases the output and efficiency of the production process
However, for journalists this creates a professional challenge since the more they
work with different media they realise that content does not move easily from one
medium to the next and they are expected to develop techniques for translating work
across platforms
Thus, being telegenic (p.151) will become the most important journalistic skill and
Ultimately,
print journalists fear
criterion for entry-level into
journalism
LU3
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Objective
LU3
Learning
Objective
LU3
Learning
Objective
Explain the
social
cognitive
theory
(Module guide,
pp.31-33)
LU3
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Objective
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LU3
Learning
Objective
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Explain the
social
cognitive
theory
(Module guide,
pp.31-33)
Explain the
social
cognitive
theory
(Module guide,
pp.31-33)
Explain the
social
cognitive
theory
(Module guide,
pp.31-33)
Explain the
social
cognitive
theory
(Module guide,
pp.31-33)
Explain the
social
cognitive
theory
(Module guide,
pp.31-33)
Explain the
social
cognitive
theory
(Module guide,
pp.31-33)
Explain the
social
cognitive
theory
(Module guide,
pp.31-33)
LU3
Learning
Objective
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Explain the
social
cognitive
theory
(Module guide,
pp.31-33)
LU3
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Print Media
Activity
HOME STUDY:
LU4
In addition,
complete
revision
exercises
Do not forget to
engage with
your additional
reading
material
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