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The Politics of Silence: The Public and Private Matter of Theresa Marie Schiavo
Title
The Politics of Silence: The Public and Private Matter of Theresa Marie Schiavo.
Creator
Reinson, Kyle F., Tracy, James F., Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description
Theresa Marie Schiavo died March 31, 2005. The 41-year-old's human and communicative faculties were so deficient that a feeding tube was necessary to nourish her and she had been silent for 15 years. In her final month, Ms. Schiavo's health, the dispute between her husband and parents concerning the removal of her feeding tube, and her subsequent death were covered extensively by American broadcast, online and print media. As she lay silent in a Florida hospice, the U.S. Congress, the...
Show moreTheresa Marie Schiavo died March 31, 2005. The 41-year-old's human and communicative faculties were so deficient that a feeding tube was necessary to nourish her and she had been silent for 15 years. In her final month, Ms. Schiavo's health, the dispute between her husband and parents concerning the removal of her feeding tube, and her subsequent death were covered extensively by American broadcast, online and print media. As she lay silent in a Florida hospice, the U.S. Congress, the president and the courts intervened, and those who spoke about her matter and the news media propelled her human tragedy toward the top of the public agenda. News stories, reports and analyses of the case from Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Washington Post and St. Petersburg Times are analyzed using a critical-qualitative approach to framing.
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Date Issued
2007
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000954
Subject Headings
Schiavo, Terri,--1963-2005, Right to die--Moral and ethical aspects, Political sociology, Mass media and culture, Privacy, Right of, Journalism--Objectivity
Format
Document (PDF)
Politics, citizenry, and tabloid-style journalism: The case of the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal
Title
Politics, citizenry, and tabloid-style journalism: The case of the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal.
Creator
Pradines Stein, Amber Nicole., Florida Atlantic University, Scodari, Christine
Abstract/Description
Tabloids, often defined by the half-broadsheet size of regular newspapers, feature titillating, sensationalized stories of crime and/or scandal offered in a piquant manner. The exploratory study asks how the tabloid style was manifested in the coverage of the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal of 1998 and related news, thereby fostering a hegemony in which the citizenry was distracted from more important political issues and events. The study also assesses how a critique of such tabloidization...
Show moreTabloids, often defined by the half-broadsheet size of regular newspapers, feature titillating, sensationalized stories of crime and/or scandal offered in a piquant manner. The exploratory study asks how the tabloid style was manifested in the coverage of the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal of 1998 and related news, thereby fostering a hegemony in which the citizenry was distracted from more important political issues and events. The study also assesses how a critique of such tabloidization developed among journalists and scholars during the scandal. The print media analyzed are the tabloids Star magazine, The National Enquirer, and Globe , and mainstream media The New York Times and Newsweek. This study demonstrates that even the mainstream, "objective" reporting reflected sensationalism, the use of piquant and highly cliched language, and a lust for scandal, rendering it nearly indistinguishable from stories in the reviled tabloids. The related critique, led by journalists and extending to scholars who provided greater insight, precision, and elaboration, focused on the influence of the Internet and an increasingly competitive 24-hour media environment in fueling tabloidesque coverage of the scandal. The escalation of tabloid-style reporting in mainstream publications proved to be a troubling symptom of an industry already struggling under public distrust.
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Date Issued
2005
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13255
Subject Headings
Clinton, Bill,--1946-, Lewinsky, Monica S--(Monica Samille)--1973-, Mass media--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century, Mass media--Moral and ethical aspects, Press and politics, Journalism--Objectivity, Sensationalism in journalism
Format
Document (PDF)
Vetting sources in social media environments
Title
Vetting sources in social media environments: strategies emplyed by journalists of The Palm Beach Post.
Creator
Brown, Michelle D., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies
Abstract/Description
This qualitative research study explores the relationship between reducing uncertainty and assigning source credibility in the context of social media sites (SMS) and examines the effect of uncertainty reduction within the social media environment on the development of relationships between journalists and their sources. For this study, interviews were conducted with professional journalists to determine whether uncertainty was reduced and credibility was established with sources via SMS (i.e...
Show moreThis qualitative research study explores the relationship between reducing uncertainty and assigning source credibility in the context of social media sites (SMS) and examines the effect of uncertainty reduction within the social media environment on the development of relationships between journalists and their sources. For this study, interviews were conducted with professional journalists to determine whether uncertainty was reduced and credibility was established with sources via SMS (i.e., Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn) and what theoretical strategies journalists used to reduce their uncertainty. The study also aims to determine if correlations exist between a reporter's age, beat, and/or personal adoption of SMS and the reporter's usage of SMS for source development. The interviews were conducted with 15 journalists of The Palm Beach Post (West Palm Beach, Florida), using a standardized interview protocol. Subjects were asked to voluntarily participate in a face-to-face interview with the researcher. Reporters were selected based upon their gender and cultural ethnicity, which was representative of the newsroom demographics of The Palm Beach Post at that time. This research aims to contribute to the uncertainty reduction theory in the realm of computer-mediated communications, specifically with regard to the use of SMS in forming and maintaining journalist-source relationships.
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Date Issued
2013
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3360765
Subject Headings
Digital media, Social aspects, Mass media, Technological innovations, Newspaper publishing, Social aspects, American newspapers, Objectivity, Journalistic ethics, Journalism, Moral and ethical aspects, Newspapers, Sections, columns, etc, Sources
Format
Document (PDF)