CI5472 Teaching Film, Television, and Media
Module 10: Studying the News ~ Newspaper or Print News
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Audiences may different in their perceptions of what constitutes
“news” depending on their preferred means of accessing
the news. There has been a decline in the number of local daily
newspapers — currently about half the number from those published
in 1910. As reported by the
Newspaper Association of America, the percentage of
readers who read daily newspapers declined from 81% in 1964 to 58%
in 1997. |
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Most audiences acquire their news from television news and/or
radio as opposed to newspapers. However, audiences are turning away
from TV or radio news as well as newpapers to acquire news from
the Web (a
list of Web-based news sites). |
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Students could also compare and constrast the wide range of different types of newspapers — school/college, local community, tabloid, regional, and national newspapers. Click here for a large number of news/news analysis links designed for CI5472. |
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They could also examine how newspapers differ according to: |
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Differences in Types and Uses of News | |
