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Mass media influences spatial perception through journalistic cartography and spatial bias in news coverage.
" Journalism is one of the few industries that provide the general public the most of its information about places and geography"; [1] Mass media is the means of communication that reach large numbers of people in a short time, such as television, newspapers, magazines and radio. Mass Media is one of the significant factors in shaping perception of places. [2] [3] Moreover, mass media has been criticized for "limited iconography that constructs the newscape-generic locations that are interchangeable from story to story, and which have come to give a restrictive and distorted worldview". [4] Lack of geographical balance in news coverage may lead to limitations of spatial knowledge, i.e., US media focuses on a limited number of nations and regions for international news coverage. [5]
When some news has an important geographic component, journalism concerns with a location of journalistic information. [6] Use of maps becomes appropriate as "a map is an efficient means for showing location and describing geographic relationships". [7] Mass media may use maps to show an event that have spatially distributed data like election results, the distribution of acid rain, radon contamination, weather forecast, traffic, or traveling routes; also describe a story of a battle, a geopolitical strategy, or an environmental threat. [6] Geographers criticize journalistic cartography for deficiencies and constraints of map production. [8] [9] Maps in journalism are produced by graphic artists, who lack in cartographic training. [9]
Geographers have explored the spatial bias in news reporting. [10] [11] Spatial pattern of news is created by journalistic norms, which concern is national coverage, national interest, geographic stereotypes and accessibility to news events. [12] As mass media provides live reporting from the scenes of the news events, journalism requires spatial proximity, event proximity, and broadcast proximity. [13] Capitals, major financial centers and politically unstable places are highly geographically stereotyped and considered as newsworthy locations where important events happen often [2] [12] Economic ties and social distance play also significant role in news coverage. [14] [15] [16]
This article is written like a
personal reflection, personal essay, or argumentative essay that states a Wikipedia editor's personal feelings or presents an original argument about a topic. (August 2009) |
Mass media influences spatial perception through journalistic cartography and spatial bias in news coverage.
" Journalism is one of the few industries that provide the general public the most of its information about places and geography"; [1] Mass media is the means of communication that reach large numbers of people in a short time, such as television, newspapers, magazines and radio. Mass Media is one of the significant factors in shaping perception of places. [2] [3] Moreover, mass media has been criticized for "limited iconography that constructs the newscape-generic locations that are interchangeable from story to story, and which have come to give a restrictive and distorted worldview". [4] Lack of geographical balance in news coverage may lead to limitations of spatial knowledge, i.e., US media focuses on a limited number of nations and regions for international news coverage. [5]
When some news has an important geographic component, journalism concerns with a location of journalistic information. [6] Use of maps becomes appropriate as "a map is an efficient means for showing location and describing geographic relationships". [7] Mass media may use maps to show an event that have spatially distributed data like election results, the distribution of acid rain, radon contamination, weather forecast, traffic, or traveling routes; also describe a story of a battle, a geopolitical strategy, or an environmental threat. [6] Geographers criticize journalistic cartography for deficiencies and constraints of map production. [8] [9] Maps in journalism are produced by graphic artists, who lack in cartographic training. [9]
Geographers have explored the spatial bias in news reporting. [10] [11] Spatial pattern of news is created by journalistic norms, which concern is national coverage, national interest, geographic stereotypes and accessibility to news events. [12] As mass media provides live reporting from the scenes of the news events, journalism requires spatial proximity, event proximity, and broadcast proximity. [13] Capitals, major financial centers and politically unstable places are highly geographically stereotyped and considered as newsworthy locations where important events happen often [2] [12] Economic ties and social distance play also significant role in news coverage. [14] [15] [16]