摘要
News,by no means a neutral vehicle,is in reality ideologically driven and controlled by news values to which the use of news sources is of great help.Geis once argued that the single most important power of the press is its capacity to say what the important issues are at any particular time and to determine whose voices will be heard on any given issue(Geis,1987:10).News sources may tell readers something,but it may also mislead readers since people cannot think about and make sense out of news events without imposing a bias on the news.It is,therefore,worth our attention and effort to understand how news source works,how it affects readers'perceptions of news events,how it is produced,how it is shaped by values and ideology.
News, by no means a neutral vehicle, is in reality ideologically driven and controlled by news values to which the use of news sources is of great help. Geis once argued that the single most important power of the press is its capacity to say what the important issues are at any particular time and to determine whose voices will be heard on any given issue(Geis, 1987: 10). News sources may tell readers something, but it may also mislead readers since people cannot think about and make sense out of news events without imposing a bias on the news. It is, therefore, worth our attention and effort to understand how news source works, how it affects readers' perceptions of news events, how it is produced, how it is shaped by values and ideology.
出处
《海外英语》
2014年第3X期211-213,共3页
Overseas English
