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Learning Objectives
6.1
Evaluate the various roles of the news media in a democracy Assess the respective roles of traditional and other news media today
6.2
Learning Objectives
6.3
Analyze how the news is gathered and disseminated and evaluate the outcome of this process
6.4
Identify the ways in which the news media affect public opinion and policymaking
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Darned reporters
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Video: In Context
6.1
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6.2
Decline in newspapers
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Madoff sighting
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http://media.pearsoncmg.com/ph/hss/SSA_SHARED_MED IA_1/polisci/presidency/Seg4_Media_v2.html
6.3
6.3
I want more
6.3
6.3
Profit motives
Infotainment
Political Newmaking
Limited geography of political news
DC and NYC
6.3
Political Newsmaking
Newsworthiness
What makes a story newsworthy?
6.3
Templates
Episodic foreign coverage Interpreting
Objective journalism Interpretation by pundits, not journalists
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Stunned by Katrina
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6.3
http://media.pearsoncmg.com/long/long_longman_media _1/2013_mpsl_sim/simulation.html?simulaURL=15
6.4
Agenda Setting
News coverage affects what issues Americans think are important
Policy preferences affected
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Fueling Cynicism
Adversarial journalism
Failures, not triumphs, are newsworthy
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Discussion Question
What effect do the choices that the media make about what stories to cover have on democracy? Can democracy function well with a cynical citizenry? Are there any advantages to cynicism?
Video: So What?