Complete your homework if you did not do it over the weekend and turn in by the end of class today.
TASK #3: CHOOSE ONE OPTION
1. After viewing the video on Hearst (see videos in post below this one) compare/contrast Hearst's character and temperament with that of Donald Trump. Read the articles on 1. "Journalism in the Age of Trump", 2. "How Donald Trump Changed Political Journalism" and 3. "How Can Journalists Protect Themselves During a Trump Presidency." Write an opinion piece (op ed) or letter to the editor of these magazines or a local newspaper (a well-developed paragraph or two) in which you make a decision about the future of news journalism in America. Take into consideration what you learned about Randolph Hearst and Donald Trump in the articles you have read to support your points.
or
2. After watching the video on Hearst (see videos in post below this one) and reading a few strips from The Yellow Kid (see above), read the following handout/articles: "A Culture of New Racism"; "White Privilege & Anti-Racism in the Funnies", "Racism & Comics: Good intentions Aren't Good Enough". Write an opinion piece (op ed) or letter to the editor of these magazines or a local newspaper (a well-developed paragraph or two) in which you discuss the issue of racism depicted in comic strips, comic books, or animation. Take into consideration what you learned about Randolph Hearst, The Yellow Kid, and these articles to support your points.
If you have completed this assignment, please move on to the following final writing task for our Journalism unit:
1. Peruse the following 3 websites of contemporary yellow journalism. Select an article from each site and read it. Notice how the journalist uses (or doesn't use) attribution or citation of sources.
2. Now for the writing project.
A. Come up with some outrageous claims or details about a topic of your own choice. Use the typical 5 W's and H to fill out your notes. You may make this up. Your notes do not have to be true--you just need to make them up. But beware: the more outrageous your claim, the more likely readers will assume you are lying.
B. Your topic can be about an event, person (celebrity), or trend.
Provide ONLY the facts, statistics, hear-say, details about people, places, things, events, quotes, etc. that sound true (or not true). Write these notes down in prose form. We will be using them again next class. Please turn in by the end of class today.
Once you have your note sheet completed please turn in by the end of class today.
HOMEWORK: None. Please complete any assignments you did not complete so far (see previous posts for details!) If you were absent last class, please read about Tasks 1 & 2 and complete those!
TASK #3: CHOOSE ONE OPTION
1. After viewing the video on Hearst (see videos in post below this one) compare/contrast Hearst's character and temperament with that of Donald Trump. Read the articles on 1. "Journalism in the Age of Trump", 2. "How Donald Trump Changed Political Journalism" and 3. "How Can Journalists Protect Themselves During a Trump Presidency." Write an opinion piece (op ed) or letter to the editor of these magazines or a local newspaper (a well-developed paragraph or two) in which you make a decision about the future of news journalism in America. Take into consideration what you learned about Randolph Hearst and Donald Trump in the articles you have read to support your points.
or
2. After watching the video on Hearst (see videos in post below this one) and reading a few strips from The Yellow Kid (see above), read the following handout/articles: "A Culture of New Racism"; "White Privilege & Anti-Racism in the Funnies", "Racism & Comics: Good intentions Aren't Good Enough". Write an opinion piece (op ed) or letter to the editor of these magazines or a local newspaper (a well-developed paragraph or two) in which you discuss the issue of racism depicted in comic strips, comic books, or animation. Take into consideration what you learned about Randolph Hearst, The Yellow Kid, and these articles to support your points.
TASK #3 is due by the end of class today.
If you have completed this assignment, please move on to the following final writing task for our Journalism unit:
Yellow journalism is journalism that is exaggerated, hyperbolic, subjective, or based solely on sensationalism. It presents little logic or poorly researched news that attempts to be "eye-catching" to entice a viewer/audience to read or watch the article. This is done primarily to sell more newspapers or gain more viewers, as opposed to the reporting of truth. Yellow journalism often focuses on scandals, entertainment, sex/violence, or other sensational or exaggerated content. Also called Yellow Press. Check this link for more details.
Is news journalism just entertainment? Why not lie? What use is telling the truth when we know truth is subjective? How can we tell if the news we read or view or listen to is true? Do you believe that "all successful journalism has 'shock value'"? Post your thoughts in the COMMENT section of this post below for extra credit.
Then, please watch and read the following videos/linked articles:
- The Truth about Unbiased News
- Fake News Is Creating Violence in America (NBC, Donald Trump)
- Taking on Fake News (Fox news, Donald Trump)
- How Two Unemployed Guys Got Rich Off Facebook, Fake News, and an Army of Trump Supporters (The Toronto Star)
- The Big Lie (Full Frontal, Samantha Bee, Dec. 5, 2016)
- Pizzagate (As It Spreads Online and Off, Pizzagate gets Weirder and More Dangerous) (The Verge)
- Chuck E. Sleaze (Snopes)
- Adapting to Donald Trump's Lies (Trevor Noah, The Daily Show, 2016)
How to Spot Fake News (Article: Lori Robertson & Eugene Kiely, Factcheck)
Snopes is a website that helps fact check to validate and/or debunk made up stories in American popular culture and online news sources. You can use Snopes when you are checking to see if a news story is "fake" or "real". Snopes is a non-profit website.
Factcheck.org is another site (non-profit) that attempts to do the same thing for our media-entrenched culture.
The Straight Dope is another resource you can use.
1. Peruse the following 3 websites of contemporary yellow journalism. Select an article from each site and read it. Notice how the journalist uses (or doesn't use) attribution or citation of sources.
2. Now for the writing project.
A. Come up with some outrageous claims or details about a topic of your own choice. Use the typical 5 W's and H to fill out your notes. You may make this up. Your notes do not have to be true--you just need to make them up. But beware: the more outrageous your claim, the more likely readers will assume you are lying.
B. Your topic can be about an event, person (celebrity), or trend.
Provide ONLY the facts, statistics, hear-say, details about people, places, things, events, quotes, etc. that sound true (or not true). Write these notes down in prose form. We will be using them again next class. Please turn in by the end of class today.
Once you have your note sheet completed please turn in by the end of class today.
HOMEWORK: None. Please complete any assignments you did not complete so far (see previous posts for details!) If you were absent last class, please read about Tasks 1 & 2 and complete those!
In my perspective, I would figure that news journalism could sway in and out of entertainment, although the sole purpose isn't for to entertain, but for informing purposes. Lying isn't good for journalism regardless of whether the "truth" is subjective or not. That doesn't mean to throw all caution to the wind. The purpose is to stay as close to the truth as possible without any remaining biases. You can tell when the writer incorporates through whether or not they just write the facts or if they use rhetorical devices to persuade the audience. This in turn means that not all successful journalism has shock value, although most honestly,probably do.
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