Introduction to Mass Communication, Media Literacy and Culture by Stanley J. Baran

Worksheet 11-2 News Production Research

As you read in your text, news production research is a part of critical cultural theory. This type of research examines economic and other influences on the way news is produced and how these influences distort and bias coverage toward those in power. Like much of critical cultural theory, this is a controversial perspective, but you can test its validity for yourself.

Choose one of the following media outlets (select the one you picked):

Then, identify as many examples of these four common news production conventions as you can find.

Personalized news:

Dramatized news:

Fragmented news:

Normalized news:

Now that you’ve completed this exercise, are you more or less likely to accept the arguments of this "news production research" perspective? Explain your answer.
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