Media Systems and Communication Technology

CMST 432 Media Systems and Communication Technology

Recommended Text and Materials

Hanson, R. E. (2018) Mass communication: Living in a media world (7th ed.). SAGE.

Recommended Resources for Additional Exploration

The Mass Communication student companion website: http://edge.sagepub.com/hanson7e (Links to an external site.)

This site is a particularly good resource for review of course materials.

Journalistic Values Assignment

Gans’s Basic Journalistic Values (see the “Journalistic Values Notes” file attached)

Pick up a copy of a major newspaper (USA Today, Seattle Times, Wall Street Journal) or the nearest urban newspaper (Renton Reporter, Seattle Medium) and look at the front page.

You can also read the front pages online at this website  https://www.freedomforum.org/todaysfrontpages/ (Links to an external site.)

Mark each example of Gans’s basic journalistic values that you can identify.

Give the name and date of your paper.

· List every story by headline on the front page.

· List the basic journalistic values from Gans for each story and provide examples of how you see them. Not all stories will fit perfectly but review them and give your best argument for why you think its fits into one category versus another. Be specific. HINT: You should have something to say about each story on your front page.