Media History IV

Crack:  This video quotes Dr. Chasnoff (see Campbell, 169, 176).



The example of autism:

• Coverage is often confusing.
• Hype about causation
• Fake news

Compare to the "superpredator" scare.

See actual data:

The fog of war and Jessica Lynch:  A Case Study

Disasters and Breaking News

A Changing Media Landscape

Cable rises

• 1979: C-SPAN
• 1980:  CNN
• 1996: MSNBC
• 1996: Fox

And then...

The Internet

Early history:

• Recent data
• It is overtaking TV as a news source.

Newspapers:  Bad Times

Jobs


The hits keep coming:

• ThinkProgress
• Pacific Standard