| 词汇 | example_english_soft-news |
| 释义 | Examples of soft newsThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Softnews can draw people to other political forums when the worlds connect - for better or worse. As noted, these are the very individuals most likely to be persuaded by political messages encountered in a softnews context. More media outlets cover major political events than in the past, including the entertainment-oriented softnews media. It is therefore unsurprising that politicians court the softnews media. While most of the effects of softnews are decidedly negative, the picture is not entirely bleak. The third channel would offer softnews programming and gain 2,500 viewers. Some newspapers will choose to be tabloids and cover crime, scandal, disaster, and softnews. Most importantly, a large number of particularly persuadable potential voters are now tuning in to politics via softnews outlets. Consequently, softnews media raise attentiveness to foreign policy crises. This involves tailoring messages to the sensibilities of softnews audiences, who constitute a large pool of relatively persuadable potential voters. As the number of competitors increases, it becomes more likely a station will offer softnews as a programming alternative. In other words, softnews shows focus on the travails of individuals, rather than the broader implications or consequences of policies. Softnews coverage of politics is becoming mainstream. This gives politicians an incentive to develop strategies for reaching out to softnews consumers. Softnews talk shows, inexpensive to produce, have become popular fare on local television. And, as we discussed earlier, television news programs now include a plethora of hard and softnews programs. As the number of channels increases (say through delivery of satellite service or expansion of cable offerings), the number of softnews programs will increase. There exists a softnews outlet designed specifically to appeal to virtually every entertainment-oriented taste and preference. In areas where viewers demonstrated a greater taste for entertainment news, news directors added more softnews stories to local news broadcasts. Softnews ignores primaries and off-year elections and covers more crime and education and war than was the norm on hard news shows. Softnews doesn't bring people to politics by enlightening them; it does so by connecting their world to the human interest and drama in politics. The average rating for a softnews program should go down as the number of programs offered in the genre increases. The softnews phenomenon also has strong implications for the future of electoral politics. Softnews has changed the agenda by reaching people with personal impact and drama. There is good reason to believe that other issues covered mainly or solely by softnews programs are also politically relevant now for many citizens. Researchers vary in how they use the terms hard and softnews. The softnews media have opened a window for leaders to capture the attention of a hitherto largely unengaged segment of the population. Exposure to softnews is thus more likely to influence apolitical individuals than political sophisticates. Softnews accomplishes this goal by blending news and entertainment. Typical viewers watch softnews primarily, albeit not necessarily exclusively, to be entertained. Softnews programs also draws people to other political forums when it makes connections for its viewers. Softnews outlets matter for foreign policy because they cover it. As also noted, less-educated and less-politically aware individuals form the core audience for the softnews media, but not for most traditional news outlets. Softnews outlets cover such stories differently than their traditional news counterparts. Finally, while softnews coverage of politics includes substantially less policy content than hard news reporting, such programs nevertheless do impart substantive information to viewers. People who normally see no personal gain in spending time on hard news will accept softnews purely for its entertainment value. When softnews covers a war, it focuses more on the human drama than on the geopolitical stakes, foreign relations, and diplomacy. Analysts often equate increased competition with softnews. These stories of media bias, softnews, and celebrity culture often point to misplaced values as the culprit in media markets. A number of factors may lead editors and producers to favor softnews. If programmers pay less for softnews content they will be more likely to offer it. The lesseducated and less-politcally engaged members of the public - the heaviest consumers of most softnews programs - drive this aggregate trend. Conversely, the proliferation of the softnews media does appear capable of accounting for this increase. Softnews also presents different topics, not just different frames for the same topics. The answer is that many of them probably learned about the scandal from the softnews media. These are the bread and butter of the softnews media. He begins by tackling the thorny problem of defining what softnews is. Most importantly, a large number of relatively apolitical, and hence particularly persuadable, potential voters are now tuning in to politics via softnews outlets. More media outlets cover major events than in the past, including the entertainment-oriented softnews media. Laments that the rise of softnews reflects a general decline in tastes also miss the economic factors driving news content. Some people are learning more from softnews than they ever did from hard news. What is more, the kinds of events and issues that have grown in public awareness are those that fit well into the simplified frames of softnews. Since government officials are often most concerned about coverage of government policies, private media outlets may focus on softnews as a way to avoid censorship battles with the government. Failure to reach out to less-politically engaged segments of the public through the softnews media may limit the breadth of popular support for presidential policy initiatives. The softnews media have changed the nature and extent of political information consumed by those individuals who are most persuadable: the least-politically attentive members of the public. Since the consumers of softer news are often younger, commercial entrants may also prefer moderate or softnews locations since their audiences are more valued by advertisers. Political fortunes are increasingly won and lost on the basis of scandal, celebrity, heroism, and morality - the very essence of the softnews media's framing of politics. The analysis indicates that network news decisions about covering hard and softnews topics were influenced both by the partial deregulation of television and the increasing competition from cable channels. Indeed, among politically inattentive individuals, the softnews media influence both attentiveness to and attitudes toward foreign crises. He finds that softnews accounts for an increasing proportion of stories in the media and that the emphasis on soft news coverage contributes to declining interest in the news. Measuring the number of stories or amount of time devoted to some of these celebrities is a way to analyze the provision of softnews in network evening news programs. Eventually stations differentiated so that, in a 1992 snapshot of stories, stations appeared to be segmented by two dimensions: hard versus softnews and factual versus opinionated style of presentation. It would be interesting to know if the assumed connection between softnews and isolationist attitudes has changed as a result of new public fears and increased nationalism. Softnews programs make foreign policy more palatable by making it entertaining, and hence appealing, to members of the public who are not interested in following traditional political debates. These are the 'softnews media'. The act received considerable softnews coverage for this distinction. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Human interest stories are sometimes criticized as softnews, or manipulative, sensationalistic programming. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Most likely, the young worker inspired by liberalism ideas provided them with newspapers and softnews. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It also has entertaining and highly informative softnews features, as well as opinionated national and local columnists. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It mostly carries celebrity oriented softnews. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Features includes softnews and human interest stories about people and events on campus and in the area, as well as student columns on campus life and popular culture. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Later in the program, segments will typically begin to target a dominantly female demographic with a focus on softnews, such as human-interest, lifestyle, and entertainment stories. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Softnews consumers care less about geopolitics than about body bags. Baum hypothesizes that in the 'new media age' suggested by the book's title, more people are becoming aware of events through softnews. News programs adopted the techniques of the wide shows, while softnews programs frequently began taking up political issues. Softnews emphasizes human impact and moral values, so the new audience for foreign affairs is an audience with different concerns and different ways of thinking about foreign affairs. Hard and softnews channels will grow. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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