Though we began this topic some time ago with the Presidential election, how does television news contain a rhetorical strategy? Is there a specific bias when it comes to reporting the news? Why has the newspaper suffered serious decline and television news is on the upswing?
Answer these questions and any others you may have in a three-paragraph blog response. Also, make sure to read "The News" by Neil Postman on page 426 in the Freshman textbook. (You may also be able to find it online via search engine). Be specific and use the Internet as a resource. Cite where necessary.
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Television news does contain a rhetorical strategy. That strategy being that the more important and urgent stories are definitly the first to be broadcasted. If you will notice when you watch a news station, like Fox 8 WGHP or WFMY News 2, that the first stories will be murders, robberies, economic downfall, etc. (something that will draw the viewers attention). This is done so that the viewers will stay "attached" to the news and continue to watch.
However, no matter how "addicting" the "juicy" new stories may be, there is always a specific bias when it comes to reporting the news; that bias being time. Since there is a limited amount of broadcasting time, the stories will either be shortened or that all points of views will not be displayed; therefore, you will not get the full story and may later be confused.
The newspaper has suffered a serious decline because people, not trying to insult intelligence or effort, are a lot more wanting to watch someone talk about something on the television, rather than read a newspaper. Even though the newspaper is a lot more likely to get the story right and express more than one opinion, the "evening news" like Fox 8 WGHP is a lot "easier" to pay attention to and learn from then a newspaper.
Television news contains rhetorical strategy in obvious ways. The news is a bias based television program, that reports what each network feels. As we discussed during the election period, the news uses language that will either make a person look positive or negative. Its the words that are used, that convince an audience of a person's good or bad character.
There is most definitely bias when it comes to reporting news. Each network reports the same stories, but it is how they present the story that is different. For example if a scandal comes out about a political figure, a station can either exagerate the situation, or make them look as good as possible. This depends on who the reporter is, and which network it is.
The reason for the decline in newspapers and upspring in televsion news is simple. There is the fact that it is easier to watch television than spending time reading the paper. People would see actual images or hourly news coverage versus reading off of a page once a day. For example the article The News written by Neil Postman reads, "television offers pictures, and the pictures move."
The above comment that has no name is once again A.Burchel who forgot to put my name! Sorry :)
Television news is a great way to keep us updated on the specific events that are happening locally and nationally. Each time we need to know something that may be happening anywhere in the world, we just turn on the television and we are informed. However, television contains rhetorical strategy. First of all, when we see how the news puts pictures of events that are happening they make it drastic. If there is a hurricane, they put the worst pictures available, therefore giving the television news visual rhetoric. Also, the news uses rhetoric in what they say. They try to use words or a tone that make the events seem worse then what they really are. They try to apply to the audience’s emotions.
Well, when reporting news, I believe that there is a specific bias. When reporting the news, time is the bias. There is so much to say in so little time. They want to inform the audience but at the same time they don’t have enough time to say it. Sometimes this causes the reader to miscomprehend the news.
The television news is uprising and newspaper is declining for many reasons. First of all, many people are lazy at reading, so they rather listen to news instead. Also the news comes out more often then newspapers, therefore the reader is more informed about situations and events. Last, newspapers usually have to be bought and there are many people that don’t have to time to go and buy a newspaper.
-CINDY F. :}
We have studied rhetoric and the presidential election for some time. We have discovered that television news does posses s rhetorical strategies and rhetorical devices. For example, the media is very biased and is very persuasive for the American public.
In television news, there is a specific bias when it comes to reporting the news. For instance, there is only one side of a story that a news group will report. This rhetorical strategy is key in gaining popularity for that particular news group. On the other hand, there is always another side to the story than what is reported. Therefore, television news is extremely bias and they are clever in using certain rhetorical strategies to promote themselves and still reported fairly accurate news.
In my opinion, the newspaper has declined immensely throughout the recent years due to the television news. This is because in today’s society everything is so fast paced that nobody really takes the time to sit down and read the newspaper. It is more convenient to either watch or listen to the news while still doing other things. As you can see, it is no surprise why the newspaper has suffered a serious decline television is on the rise.
-V. Gobble
News casters must use rhetoric to get the audience’s attention. News is factual, which makes it hard to get the attention of the average American, who is too obsessed with the newest episode of House to care about last nights political debate. News casters must also use euphemisms because much of the news is of murders and natural disasters that would dishearten Americans and keep them from continuing to watch the news.
News casters do use bias. When talking about Obama, news casters did not simply provide information about the candidate, they talked about his former preacher Jeremiah Wright’s controversial statements. The news also implied that McCain had brain damage from being a POW.
Television is becoming more popular because of laziness. Who in America wants to get in their big SUV, drive 2 miles to the nearest store, and buy a newspaper when instead they can sit in their 700 dollar recliner and watch the news? Television is more convenient.
s morris O___o
In the world today, it is a necessity to stay informed about the world around us. The news is a great way for the American citizens to stay informed. However, by watching the news we are subject to be exposed to half reported and biased reports. Throughout the news, the news contains certain elements of rhetorical strategy. The pictures and sound effects given throughout the shows can be considered rhetorical strategies. For example, the pictures and sounds effect keeps the audience engaged long enough to distribute the news.
The reports given by the reporters may contain a large amount or a small amount of bias. There’s a possibility of observing a biased report because when the event actually had taken place it’s a possibility that the reporter was not present. As a result, the reporter has to base his report off of the witnesses and information given. Next, a report can be biased because there may be an incident where there may be a different ethnicity in the story. Moreover, the reporter may be racist towards that race as a result will report what he or she feels.
Recently, I have witnessed that newspaper have been pushed aside and more people are beginning to watch the news more. There are many reasons and scenarios that can be determined to determine the reason of decline of newspapers. For example, watching the news versus reading a newspaper is more convenient for a person because they can watch the news while do other tasks. Also it is cheaper to watch the news because you have to pay to read the newspaper. Lastly, the news is on an upswing because it is more interesting to watch instead of readings small little black letters.
T. Hearst
The true nature of the news media is ultimately biased. Not only to the left or right political sway, but also in stories they show and the commentary they provide. Money, time and personal opinion all effect the information we recieve.
All news outlets, whether it be newspapers, television or radio, rely on money from advertising or private investors. The sources of the funding reflect in the stories that are reported. Advertisers pay alot of money and they often have influence when and where stories are reported in correlation to their ads. Chevrolet for example has bullied around magazine editors for years trying to keep environmental issue stories away from ads for their SUVs. The magazines and other media outlets are so desperate for the funding they will easily succumb to the demands.
The second cause of bias in the media is the time resticitions for television programming and space limitaion in newspapers and magizines result in the ommition of some facts and even entire stories. The editors will attempt to include the stories it thinks the audience will be most intrested in. It is almost impossible to expose every side of a story when you only have a minute and a half to report it.
The final cause of bias in the media is personal opinion. Mostly on television, commentators like Bill O'Riley and Sean Hannity often put tons of their own personal opinion into their "news" shows. Opinion under all circumstances is biased.
As personal observance, i have found that when the news is reported from outside sources, like BBC, it is much less biased.
The newspaper industry is in complete decline, and i am positive that the industry will comepletely disappear in my lifetime. American culture has changed from sitting down in the morning with a paper and coffee to sitting down on the sofa with coffe and turing to CNN or the local news. With flashy graphics and almost 24 hour access to information, we are being spoon fed the news with an added splash of pizzaz you dont get from a black and white printed paper. The kind, assuring voices of the anchors and news personalities give the audience more confidence in the information they are reciving, compared to the cold printed words on a newspaper.
I believe that television news does have rhetorical strategy. To me this strategy is to use different ways of talking to catch the viewers attention to get them to watch their news channel rather then watching another news channel.
There is a specific bias when it comes to reporting the news because different news channels do have more information rather then other channels and some just cut down the different stories because of the time limit that the programs have.
The newspaper has had a drastic decline since the television has made a major upswing. This is so because you have to go out and buy a news paper, and with television being a monthly fee it seems to be cheaper if you already have it. Also, people these days are becoming more lazy so they would rather take the time to just sit in front of the television rather then having to sit there and read. Also, the peoples intelligence is becoming less so it would be easier for people to just listen.
--d.fivecoat
I believe that T.V. News is on the verge of becoming popular because people are realizing how much more easily tangible it is rather than your daily newspaper or magazine. Also, majority of the human race are visual believers, meaning they believe more of what they see than hear. Another huge factor to the declination of the written news is because lots of Americans are lazy. Why sit around racing through newspapers, trying to get it to the right page, when all you have to do is click a button on your remote? It’s quicker, it’s faster, and it’s not time consuming. On top of all that, you get visuals, personal interviews, and background information that regular newspapers don’t offer.
Let’s say your favorite show is on. Whether it be the Family Guy, or Greek, or even those early soap Operas, the News is still going to be playing twenty four seven. So while you’re sulking because of those elongated commercials, you can turn your channel straight to the news and then right back! But don’t worry if you miss the last part of the news (lets say the weather) it’ll come back on, with new and updated information.
So which is it, T.V News or the newspaper? Surely, T.V. would be the obvious choice, but before you get too comfortable with your answer you should realize that the News on T.V is not always reliable. So called reality, on Television is not always indicative of the real story. What you see and/or hear is not the entire event, but rather a version of the event itself that often contains various forms of bias. This applies to not only news stories but especially images. So, it goes back to the old saying believe none of what you hear and half of what you see. The question is which part of what we see is reliable enough to believe?
~Erin G.
Television has changed the was we receive news today for various reasons. The biggest change would be from black and white news paper to the bright colors and sound noises of commercials. Another reason would be the bias of news paper editors compared the straight forward facts of the anchors of a news team. The last for be a face to fit with the information. A news paper just has an article written by some guy you cant see, on the other hand the news has a presentable face with the information displayed.
According to "The News" by Neil Postman, he claims that the TV broadcast is more attention grabbing then the old news paper. Even is both are bias the newspaper seems to be more bias since it is one persons article compared to the news team on TV.
Neil also refers to the friendly face you can put to a news anchor compared to just text of an article in the newspaper. With the human perfection , or how they try to make it out to be, of a news team to the black and white text of a newspaper, Neil Postman makes it clear that it is easier to follow the news on TV.
-JBaranowski
Television contains a rhetorical strategy from the words that they use to describe a situation. They could make a situation sound more serious than it actually is. Also, the newscasts want things to sound interesting so that people would want to listen and watch it. For example, the news could have a preview of something really interesting at the beginning of the show or at the end of the show. Therefore, people watch the news through the beginning, middle, and end.
A bias can be shown on news television. For an example, you frequently hear burglars around the Piedmont Triad. However, not what a lot of people know is that ‘why did they do that?’ That person may have tried to steal something for his family (food, money, etc). The only thing that concerns the news cast is to get the information of what, when, and where it happened but not the ‘why?’
Newspaper may have been declining, because it takes up much more tine to go and pay at the newsstand and sit down to read. A television is a lot more efficient. Just turn on the TV and watch. Also, listening to the reporter’s actual voice can give you the tone of the situation. Many people would rather prefer that.
*Tang Xiong ^_~
How does television news contain a rhetorical strategy?
Television news contains rhetorical strategy in that the “most important or urgent” stories are told followed by the “less important or urgent”. This is done so that the viewers will keep their focus on the news stay to see what else occurred.
Is there a specific bias when it comes to reporting the news?
There is a specific bias bcause there is a time frame in which the reporters have to report. So they have to edit the information and leave what they want you to hear.As John Mayer wrote in his song "Waiting on the World To Change",And when you trust your television What you get is what you got Cause when they own the information, oh They can bend it all they want
Why has the newspaper suffered serious decline and television news is on the upswing?
Many people don’t have the time to read the newspaper but can turn on the TV and quickly get the news report. Plus some newspapers don’t come out everday or even update part of what they have in them, whereas television news comes on everday and keeps updating on certain situations or events.
~<3~W. Horne~<3~
Television news often contains rhetorical strategy. Reporters are able to determine the importance of each story by the order in which stories are reported. The stories that would catch the audience's attention are often broadcasted first in order to gain the interest of the viewers. These include shocking stories, such as violent crimes, and news that viewers are interested in, such as politics.
Also, there is always a specific bias when reporting the news for multiple reasons. The most obvious reason is the personal opinion of those reporting it. Although people attempt to report unbiased news, it is often difficult because their personal views get in the way. Networks are able to determine public opinion because they are able to make situations seem positive or negative, depending on the way they report it. Another reason behind bias in news is the amount of time each news story is allowed to take. The public rarely gets the entire story because the time allowed by the network is not enough to cover all the details of the piece.
In recent years, newspapers have become significantly less popular than television news. The reason behind this is the ability television has to give a visual perspective, instead of only the written report. When watching the news, viewers are able to see what is happening, as well as hearing the story. Also, television news reporters are able to explain a story more because they do not have the space restriction that newspapers have.
E. Styers!
Television news is used to inform people of all age about current events. A major hardship of many news reporters is keeping people interested and giving a lot of information in a short amount of time. The rhetorical strategy of most television news is to use the most interesting stories and use catchy headlines that attract attention. Once the attention is gotten by the viewer they state the most important facts in a few seconds and inform the viewer that they can receive the full story online.
When it comes to reporting television news there is a bias. The news has one of the toughest tasks around. They must inform people of a plethora of events in only an hour and keep them interested. A lot of times they choose the most attention grabbing stories that will keep their ratings up. For example on Fox 8 News, they have special sections that may have nothing to do with news but keep people enticed. News segments such as Recipe Wednesday, Roy’s Folks, Born in NC, and Winter Weather Predictions add more humor and information to the show. The news is also bias when it comes to incriminating stories, if the news can make a political person look bad and interest more people they will.
Newspapers are a great source of information and reporters work hard to deliver accurate and interesting stories but it is less popular then television news. Newspapers experience such a decline for a number of reasons. For example, it takes longer to read then newspaper then to watch the same story on television in 45 seconds. Newspapers also cost money and unless they are delivered to your house take time to receiver but with television news it’s just a click away! Also the internet access offers a disability to newspapers.
--Sharlese Hall
Depending on how the information is presented in the segment it could change the entire image of the reported. Reporters put in just enough to give a good story but rarely tell the tale from all aspects. The news needs a protagonist and an antagonist just like every good story. Someone has to be at fault and someone has to be a victim of their malicious behavior. In stories that do not have a protagonist and/or antagonist one is created by playing on the viewer’s emotions.
In news programs there is a bias simply because of the limitation on time. The newscasters only put the information in the piece that they feel is “news worthy” or the most important. The information that is left out may be essential to the viewer’s outlook and how they feel about what is being reported. Not to mention the news is in competition with the other stations so they need the best spin off of the story for the greater ratings. In those two ways alone the bias nature of the news can be noticed.
Newspapers are not as popular as they use to be because people want everything quick. T.v, radio, and the internet are better ways to catch the news and receive continuous updates. A paper trying to keep up with the fast rate of the more technological news broadcasters is almost impossible when the news can be sent directly to a mobile phone or e-mail as soon as it has happened.
{(!♥S.Thomas♥!)}
Television news uses rhetoric to inform its viewers of what is going on in local communities, and on national and international levels. News stations tell the news in a mostly biased manner. With smaller stories, news casters and their crew will attempt to stretch the truth to enhance the story so they will have something to tell.
Reporting the news is something that is supposed to remain unbiased. Most newspapers have stayed on this guideline but television news has altered from that guideline to tell a story how they like so that people will stay interested and continue to watch.
The newspaper has suffered serious decline because, as stated above, newspaper journalists tend to tell a story in an unbiased manner, mostly because they do not have to stretch the story to fit the timeline of a television news show. But, television news is starting to increase much more due to 1) people are trying to keep up with technological advances and tend to get news from a more modern source, or the television, rather than a newspaper; and 2) television news tends to be more interesting because the news unfolds on a screen instead of pieces of paper, and television news is more up-to-date with live news stories, while a newspaper tells news that happened the day before and can never inform someone of something that is happening at that current time.
~~~~Robert Gray~~~~
Television has always contained a rhetorical strategy, but more recently a greater percentage of viewers. The "News" can broadcast a show, such as a Presidential Campaign, or a violent crime, better than a newspaper could do, or would be allowed to do. Most often a newspaper is limited to the information they can share, or they have a limited amount of space they are allowed.
On television, such as Fox 8, they are allowed a certain amount of time. However, its visual, and more people acknowledge something they can actually see. Most times, more often then others, people see things on T.V that attract their minds, rather than what someone could say, "I don't have time to read the newspaper."
The rhetoric based in television has the persuasiveness to attract ones mind, and has a steady flow of events that are being broadcasted. Also in television when the media hears good things about a certain person, or thing, they tend to make that better than what it really is. Where as, if it is something tragic or what the viewer doesn't want to see, it is made out to be worse than it really is.
The newspaper has suffered tremendously over the past years because not only of the disadvantages it has, such as how long the report can be, and not exactly telling the reader all of the information, but also because of the technology that the news has been advanced during the last few years, as well.
ashley bayse. :)
Television news station's rhetorical strategy is to keep the viewer interested. They show the interesting stories in the beginning of the broadcast to make sure the viewers stays interested. But they do have bias opinons on matters.
The news does report real, factual stories but of course theres a bias. It's basically up to the reporter, the way he delivers the story, his tone when reporting the story are all big helps to bias our opinions. They also have limited time so they may cut down the story not tell you the whole thing but that also may be true with newspaper since they have limited space to write there story.
The newspaper has had a sharp decline since the television news started. There are some obvious reasons to this, the television news is free, its easier to do other things while watching it, and most of todays generations simply doesnt like reading.
Danish S.
In more recent times, the newspaper has taken a backseat to the news due to today's technology. The news is able to portray graphic images while they are in motion. This makes any and every situation more relateable and helps to tell stories quicker in order to save time. I believe that these flashy images are a type of physical rhetoric that keeps viewers interested.
Because the news is limited in time, it has a natural bias. News anchors are usually only able to convey one side of every story. Unfortunately, they usually choose the side that is the most interesting and more likely to draw in more viewers.
Although the news and other informational sources tend to contain facts, there is always an undeniable bias and a certain amount of spark that determines the differences in popularity.
*CHANTEIA J. SUTHERLAND*
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