logging in or signing up Lars Nord Presentation at HA2005 WoodRock Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 133 Category: News & Reports.. License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: October 08, 2007 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript From Observer To Oracle: From Observer To Oracle The Rise of Interpretative Journalism and Its Consequences Lars W. Nord Mid Sweden University Research Questions: Research Questions Why is interpretative journalism increasing? What does it mean to public discourse and the quality of democracy? Is it reasonable to label it as journalism?Between News and Views: Between News and Views Journalism can be both informative and interpretative Information and interpretation are essential for democracy Broadly accepted definitions of news journalism and opinion journalism Few definitions of news analysis and news commentariesMore interpretative news in US: More interpretative news in USMore interpretative news in Sweden: More interpretative news in SwedenExplaining the expansion: Explaining the expansion 24-hour news cycle ”News hole” Competitive media environment Limited resources More active journalistic roleNecessary guideline?: Necessary guideline? The news analysis is some kind of commentary; it is not a news article. There is no intention to balance different views or actors. It is a kind of opinion piece and it should basically be an orientation map for the reader (Political journalist, tabloid Aftonbladet) The purpose is above all to help people to understand politics. Politics is perceived by the public to be boring and hard to understand. If you can use the news analysis to simplify a bit and explain politics in a more personal way what is happening and why, then people may realize that politics is not so difficult to understand. (Political journalist, tabloid Expressen) Problems of interpretative journalism: Problems of interpretative journalism Lack of transparency Lack of proportions Lack of credibility ”The argument culture”To avoid pseudo-journalism: To avoid pseudo-journalism Carefully labelled and edited Open declarations of policy Admit and discuss mistakes and grounds for false predictions More deliberative than argumentative toneConclusion: Conclusion Democracy needs both observers and oracles in media Democracy needs accurate journalistic standards for journalists trying to be in both categories at the same time You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
Lars Nord Presentation at HA2005 WoodRock Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINTLite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 133 Category: News & Reports.. License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: October 08, 2007 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript From Observer To Oracle: From Observer To Oracle The Rise of Interpretative Journalism and Its Consequences Lars W. Nord Mid Sweden University Research Questions: Research Questions Why is interpretative journalism increasing? What does it mean to public discourse and the quality of democracy? Is it reasonable to label it as journalism?Between News and Views: Between News and Views Journalism can be both informative and interpretative Information and interpretation are essential for democracy Broadly accepted definitions of news journalism and opinion journalism Few definitions of news analysis and news commentariesMore interpretative news in US: More interpretative news in USMore interpretative news in Sweden: More interpretative news in SwedenExplaining the expansion: Explaining the expansion 24-hour news cycle ”News hole” Competitive media environment Limited resources More active journalistic roleNecessary guideline?: Necessary guideline? The news analysis is some kind of commentary; it is not a news article. There is no intention to balance different views or actors. It is a kind of opinion piece and it should basically be an orientation map for the reader (Political journalist, tabloid Aftonbladet) The purpose is above all to help people to understand politics. Politics is perceived by the public to be boring and hard to understand. If you can use the news analysis to simplify a bit and explain politics in a more personal way what is happening and why, then people may realize that politics is not so difficult to understand. (Political journalist, tabloid Expressen) Problems of interpretative journalism: Problems of interpretative journalism Lack of transparency Lack of proportions Lack of credibility ”The argument culture”To avoid pseudo-journalism: To avoid pseudo-journalism Carefully labelled and edited Open declarations of policy Admit and discuss mistakes and grounds for false predictions More deliberative than argumentative toneConclusion: Conclusion Democracy needs both observers and oracles in media Democracy needs accurate journalistic standards for journalists trying to be in both categories at the same time