Crisis News!
Somalia
New York
The University of Delaware
Department of Communication

COMM418-012
Spring, 2002
Professor Ralph J. Begleiter

Teaching assistant: Shae Johnson

New York

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Mon-Wed-Fri 11:15am - 12:05pm
Gore 308
Elian
China
Updated 2/4/02

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Today's news media are a far cry from newspapers and broadcasters of only a few years ago. Driven by technology and business, journalists report the news as if almost everything were a "crisis." Audiences respond and demand more.

What are the symptoms?
What are the ethical underpinnings?
What are the results and implications?
What about the future of news media?

 

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