Today is our last “formal lecture” of the semester.
We’ll use it to talk about diversifying journalism in the age of new media.
One particular area of journalism that’s struggling with new media disruption is Ethnic & Community Media.
What are ethnic and community media, you ask?
There’s debate about that.
For our final reading, I’ll leave you with a different way to look at the emphasis of diversity in the news:
American journalism and the politics of diversity NOTE: ***Disregard section on LA Times immigration terminology, as it is now outdated.
As a reminder, you are all required to do the Critical Thinking Questions and participate in the class discussion, though you don’t have to turn anything in.
Group 8 will lead the discussion. Group members are listed in the top box on iLearn.
Today, we’re going to look at some of the reasons the journalism industry struggles to diversify its coverage.
We’ll start with looking at staffing limitations, which have intensified in the era of traditional media disruption:
Today, we’re going to expand on the idea of media influence by asking — who influences the media’s coverage (other than journalists)?
We’ll start by looking at access to the news media. Who do you think has the easiest time getting their voice heard by the media?
Today, we’re going to talk about how and why media coverage has influence over the public and politics.
We’ve already talked about some of the results of media’s influence, such as:
But how do we know the news has such influence? Where did we get this information?
Today, we’re going to continue our discussions about framing and structural and institutional racism.
We’ll learn some more nuanced ways to look at framing. Then we’ll bring together today’s lesson with other sessions to apply what we’ve learned to look for what framing reveals about stereotypes and institutional or structural racism.
So, from now on, we should be thinking about the stories in terms of all of the following:
The reading for Monday’s class is The Representation of Juvenile Offenders by Race on Los Angeles Area Television News
As a reminder, Group 5 is leading the discussion, but everyone must do the reading and participate.
Questions from the reading will be on the final exam.
Today, Journalism Librarian Nicole Allensworth gave the class a tutorial on how to find news articled to analyze for your research paper and peer-reviewed articles to back up and fill out your research.
My (non-edited) notes are below:
What is institutional racism?
How about structural racism?
What is framing in news stories?
The elements of a news frame include:
JOUR 610: Cultural Diversity and U.S. News Media 
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