There exists a social and cultural disconnect between journalists and their
readers, which helps explain why the “standard templates” of the newsroom seem
alien to many readers. In a recent survey, questionnaires were sent to reporters
in five middle-size cities around the country, plus one large metropolitan area.
Then residents in these communities were phoned at random and asked the same
questions..
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新聞?dòng)浾吆妥x者之間存在著社會(huì)和文化方面的脫節(jié),這幫助解釋了為什么新聞編輯室里的“標(biāo)準(zhǔn)模式”似乎與眾多讀者的意趣相反。在最近的一次問(wèn)卷調(diào)查中,問(wèn)卷被送到了全國(guó)五個(gè)中型城市和一座大城市的記者手中。然后隨機(jī)地給這些城市的居民打電話,問(wèn)他們同樣的問(wèn)題。