24-hour news cycle 

The 24-hour news cycle is a term for the faster pace of news and information which arrived in society with the advent of cable news channels,1 as opposed to the day by day pace of the earlier daily newspaper cycle.2 A high premium on faster reporting would see a further increase with the advent of online news.3

Definition

According to former journalists Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel, 24 hour news creates ferocious competition among media organizations for audience share.4 This, coupled with the profit demand of their corporate ownership, has led to a decline in journalistic standards.4 In their book Warp Speed: America in the Age of Mixed Media, they write that "the press has moved toward sensationalism, entertainment, and opinion" and away from traditional values of verification, proportion, relevance, depth, and quality of interpretation.4 They fear these values will be replaced by a "journalism of assertion" which de-emphasizes whether a claim is valid and encourages putting a claim into the arena of public discussion as quickly as possible.4

See also

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References

  1. ^ Silvia, Tony (2001). "2. CNN: The Origins of the 24-Hour, International News Cycle". Global News: Perspectives on the Information Age, Blackwell Publishing. pp.45f. ISBN 0813802563. 
  2. ^ Kansas, David; Todd Gitlin (2001). "What's the Rush: An E-epistolary Debate on the 24 Hour News Clock". in Robert H. Giles, Robert W. Snyder. What's Next?: Problems & Prospects of Journalism, Transaction Publishers. pp.83f. ISBN 0765807092. 
  3. ^ Swanson, David L. (2003). "1. Political news in the changing environment of political journalism". in Gadi Wolfsfeld, Philippe J. Maarek. Political Communication in a New Era: A Cross-national Perspective, Routledge. pp.20f. ISBN 041528953X. 
  4. ^ a b c d Weaver, David H.; et al. (2006). "8. Journalists' Best Work". The American Journalist in the 21st Century: U.s. News People at the Dawn of a New Millennium, Routledge. pp.226. ISBN 0805853820. 
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