Midterm

Networked Journalism
Midterm Exam
February 4, 2010

Please answer the following questions as clearly, concisely and thoughtfully as you can. Use examples whenever possible. And proof read your work. Email me your answers by 5pm February 15, 2010. If I don't respond by 11pm email it again. Please paste your answers into the body of the email and make the subject "midterm." Thanks.

PART 1: Provide short answers (4-8 sentences) for the following questions.

1. What is the difference between bias and framing according to Schudson?

2. Who are the people formerly known as the audience and why are they called that?

3. What are some of the constraints the marketplace imposes on journalism?

4. What is Twitter and how do journalists use it?

5. What is are APIs and how are they changing journalism?


PART 2: Please write a 2-3 page double-spaced essay for each of the following 2 questions and draw on and cite material we have read and/or watched for class.

1. Write an essay on the framing of this news story. Begin by discussing what is a news frame and, according to the readings, what accounts for different frames. Then analyze the story in terms of its frame. Pay attention to visuals, sources, information included and excluded, themes, language, outlet that it appeared in, larger environment within which the media exists, and target readership.

2. Write an essay describing the changing taking place in journalism with the emergence multi- or rich- media formats and new media tools such as APIs, blogs, twitter and other social networking platforms. What are the major differences in journalism today compared to journalism 20 years ago in terms of how stories are reported and told and the role of the public in the news media environment. Please use specific news stories to illustrate in your answer.