What is News?
In 1973 Blumer and Katz came developed 'the uses of gratification theory', arguing audiences consume media text for one or more of the four reasons:
- Information
- Entertainment
- Socialisation (replacing human relationships)
- Surveillance
News = Facts/Information
BUT
because the 'news' you see on TV, online and in newspapers is also a product that has to sell to a target audience it can also be entertaining and this may distract for the facts.
Fake News:
false stories that appear to be news, spread on the internet or using other media, usually created to influence political views or as a joke.
First the most famous example of an indisputably (or so you would think) fake news story that has had real-world consequences For example:
- On 4 December, a North Carolina man opened fire at the Washington pizzeria Comet Ping Pong, which an online conspiracy theory purports to be the headquarters of a child sex ring run by Hillary Clinton.
- Black Lives Matter thug protests President Trump with selfie... accidentally shoots himself in the face.
Bias:
-inclination or prejudice for or against one person or group, especially in a way considered to be unfair
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