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Peopleselectnewsinexpectationofareward.Thisrewardmaybeeitheroftwokinds.OneisrelatedtowhatFreudcallsthePleasurePrinciple,theothertowhathecallstheRealityPrinciple.Forwantofbetternames,weshallcallthesetwoclassesimmediaterewardanddelayedreward.
Ingeneral,thekindofnewswhichmaybeexpectedtogiveimmediaterewardarenewsofcrimeandcorruption,accidentsanddisasters,sports,socialevents,andhumaninterest.Delayedrewardmaybeexpectedfromnewsofpublicaffairs,economicmatters,socialproblems,science,
education,andhealth.
Newsofthefirstkindpaysitsrewardsatonce.Areadercanenjoyanindirectexperiencewithoutanyofthedangersorstressesinvolved.Hecantremblewildlyatanaxe-murder,shakehisheadsympatheticallyandsafelyatahurricane,identifyhimselfwiththewinningteam,laughunderstandinglyatawarmlittlestoryofchildrenordogs.
Newsofthesecondkind,however,paysitsrewardslater.Itsometimesrequiresthereadertotolerateunpleasantnessorannoyance—as,forexample,whenhereadsofthethreateningforeignituation,themountingnationaldebt,risingtaxes,fallingmarket,scarcehousing,andcancer.Ithasakindof“threatvalue.”Itisreadsothatthereadermaybeinformedandprepared.Whenareaderselectsdelayedrewardnews,hepullshimselfintotheworldofsurroundingrealitytowhichhecanadapthimselfonlybyhardwork.Whenheselectsnewsoftheotherkind,heusuallywithdrawsfromtheworldofthreateningrealitytowardthedreamworld.
Foranyindividual,ofcourse,theboundariesofthesetwoclassesarenotstable.Forexample,asociologistmayreadnewsofcrimeasasocialproblem,ratherthanforitsimmediatereward.Acoachmayreadasportsstoryforitsthreatvalue:hemayhavetoplaythatteamnextweek.Apoliticianmayreadanaccountofhislatestsuccessfulpublicmeeting,notforitsdelayedreward,butverymuchashiswifereadsanaccountofaparty.Inanygivenstoryofcorruptionordisaster,athoughtfulreadermayreceivenotonlytheimmediaterewardofindirectexperience,butalsothe
delayedrewardofinformationandpreparedness.Therefore,whilethedivisionofcategoriesholdsingeneral,anindividual’stendencymaytransferanystoryfromonekindofreadingtoanother,or
dividetheexperiencebetweenthetwokindsofreward.
Whatnewsstoriesdoyouread?
Divisionof
newsstories
Peopleexpecttoget(71)▲fromreadingnews.Newsstoriesareroughlydividedintotwoclasses.Somenewswillexcitetheirreadersinstantlywhileotherswon’t.(72)▲of
thetwoclasses
Newsofimmediaterewardwillseeminglytaketheirreaderstotheveryfrighteningscenewithoutactual(73)▲.Readerswillassociatethemselvescloselywithwhathappensinthenewsstoriesand(74)▲similarfeelingswiththoseinvolved.Newsofdelayedrewardwillmakereaderssuffer,orpresenta(75)▲tothem.Newsofdelayedrewardwillinducethereaderto(76)▲fortherealitywhilenewsofimmediaterewardwillleadthereaderto(77)▲fromthereality.
Unstableboundaries
ofthetwoclasses
Whatreadersexpectfromnewsstoriesarelargelyshapedbytheir
(78)▲.
Seriousreaderswillbothgetexcitedoverwhathappensinsome
newsstoriesand(79)▲themselvestothereality.
Thus,thedivision,onthewhole,(80)▲onthereader.
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