We have to picture more space than we can see
with our eyes, and more time than we can feel,
we have to describe and judge more people, more actions, more things than we can ever count or
vividly imagine.
We have to summarize and generalize. We have
to pick out samples and treat them as typical.
“. . . the real environment is altogether too big, too complex, and too fleeting for direct acquaintance.”
“The casual fact, the creative imagination, and the will to believe lead to a counterfeit reality.”
“The pictures inside the heads of these human beings, the pictures of themselves, of others, of their needs, purposes, and relationship, are their public opinion.”
External factors that impact news
- Lack of curiosity on our part
- Censorship and news selection
- Lack of eduction/time to be interested in/ engaged in news
- Cost of covering stories
- Lack of time to cover everything and to cover it in detail
-Language is not neutral or objective or perfect
INTERNAL FACTORS
- Filters- we select what to notice and we are creative, filling in the gaps.
- stereotypes; our culture defines what we see. We define first and then we see
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