6 Theories of How Journalism Affects Society
April 9th, 2010 by Shari
from The Mind of a Journalist by Jim Willis
Journalists are too busy doing their jobs to spend much time thinking about how their craft affects society; however, over the years, media researchers have described six academic concepts:
1. The Magic Bullet Theory: The mass media in the 1940s and 1950s were perceived as a powerful influence on behavior change. This is no longer true.
2. The Limited...