Most news media products are available free of charge (such as through TV news and websites) or very inexpensively (such as through newspapers). How do the media make money, and what are they really selling? How does this affect the way news is framed?
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: The media makes money via advertising (advertisers). The audience is the primary product being sold by a news outlet; the actual news is only the means by which that audience is created. The news media focuses on stories that are structured based on the conflict-driven interaction of protagonists, antagonists, and so on. This type of framing ensures that there will be a captive audience.
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