MEDIA STUDIES

Principles of Journalism
Sayfa 96-97
Before you Listen
You are about to listen to this unit's lecture on journalistic principles. In your opinion, what makes
someone a good journalist?
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Listen for Main Ideas

A. Close your book. Listen to the lecture and take notes
B. Use your notes. Answer the questions, based on the lecture. Circle a, b, or c.
1. What topic does the lecturer talk about first?
a. the characteristics of a good newspaper
b. the advantages of different media sources
c. the underlying principles of good journalism
2. Which of the following ideas does the speaker mainly discuss? Circle TWO answers.
a. Journalists need to be objective.
b. Journalists need to become better writers.
c. Journalists need to tell the truth.
3. What is the second part of the lecture mainly about?
a. the impact of the Internet on traditional journalism
b. the increase in the types of electronic media
c. the reasons for an increase in electronic media
4. What does the speaker think about biogs?
a. They hurt professional journalism.
b. They should follow the principles of professional journalism.
c. They should be controlled more by the government.
5. What does the speaker think will happen to journalism in the future?
a. that it will be more difficult to get a job as a journalist
b. that the field of journalism will eventually die out, like the dinosaurs
c. that a new relationship will develop between bloggers and professional journalists
Listen for Details
A. Close your book. Listen to the lecture again. Add details to your notes and correct any
mistakes.
B. Use your notes. Circle the word that best completes each idea, according to the lecture.

1. The Committee of Concerned Journalists spent (five / seven) years conducting their research.
2. The speaker says the principles of good journalism apply to (newspaper journalists / all media).
3. The main point of Principle I is that the public expects journalists to (judge what news to trust /
tell the truth).
4. Principle 2 is that journalists' first obligation is to (the owners of the news media / the public).
5. Principle 4, "be a watchdog," means journalists need to keep people informed about what (the
government / the public) is doing.
6. The main point of Principle 5 is that journalists need to report relevant news in an (interesting /
objective) way.
7. According to Principle 7, the public needs to get (all sides of a story / a complete picture of
what's going on in their community).
8. Today more journalists gather information (in their offices / at the scene of an event) than in the
past.
9. Internet news sites (have / have not) significantly increased the number of news outlets because
many are owned by other media, such as TV networks.
10. "Citizen journalists" are ordinary people who write (blogs / news stories for local newspapers).

Key

Sources
Contemporary Topics 2 Academic Listening and Note-taking Skills by Ellen Kisslinger