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Examine the process involved in the manufacturing of “the news”
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Examine the process involved in the manufacturing of "the news" In this essay I will be examining the process that is involved in the manufacturing of the news. There are lots of different key factors as well as practical, cultural and ideological factors. I will be explaining how these cause and effect what goes into the media and what doesn't. White (1950) first used the term 'gatekeeper'. The gatekeeper has a major influence on what goes into the media and what doesn't. The gatekeeper is the new maker who decides what events we see in the news; they act as a filter, by only allowing certain stories through whilst blocking stories in which they do not wish to see in the media. The owners of the news will look for what the audience like to see best on the TV and what they don't like to see. Agenda setting is where certain...
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