Ch 6 - Media - Class 3

4. How does the news media serve as a watchdog on institutions?

1. 5. What are common criticisms of the news media?

1. U.S. History: Investigative Journalism
• What are examples we can add to our notes for EQ #4?
• Watergate (Washington Post)
• Pentagon Papers (NY Times)
• Abuse in the Catholic Church (Boston Globe)
• BALCO (SF Chronicle)
2. Discussion: Criticisms of News Media
• How can we answer EQ #5?
• Why do some accuse the news media of horse-race journalism?
• Why are some concerned about media conglomerates?
• Media Consolidation: The Illusion of Choice
• Who Owns the Media?
• What are other criticisms we have explored these past two weeks?
3. Blog: Read and Comment
• Review the guidelines
• If you did not earn 5/5, you can resubmit your post by emailing it to me with the changes
• Your blog will be listed in the sidebar
• Read and comment on your classmates' blog posts on the media (remember the guidelines)
4. Satire Analysis: Colbert on Newspaper Headlines
• Remember... there is a bit of truth in all good satire
• As you watch the following segment, analyze the three media sources (Wall Street Journal, the NY Post, and the Colbert Report) for the following concepts in action:
• agenda setting
• framing
• media conglomerates
• media bias

Ch 6 - Media - Class 2

3. What is the difference between objective journalism and opinion journalism?

1. 3-2-1 HW: News War - Part III: What's Happening to the News (Frontline)
• How do the following segments help us answer EQ #3?
• One: A New Definition For What's News
• Two: Network News Then and Now
• Three: Info-Snacking
• Four: The New Universe of Online Media
• Other reactions to the Frontline special?
2. Case Study: Objective Journalism and Opinion Journalism
• Before we begin the case study...
• Remember the definitions of agenda-setting, framing, media bias, objective journalism, and opinion journalism...
• Remember you are a political scientist, not a voter, when you analyze the following... 
• The initial story is posted on Mother Jones on September 17, 2012:
• Let's read the story on its website and watch the first video
• Is it objective journalism or opinion journalism?
• How does it engage in agenda setting? Framing?
• Gov. Romney responded with this statement
• How does his campaign (as an "institution") try to influence the media's reaction to Mother Jones?
• Your reaction:
• Imagine you are a reporter that practices objective journalism...
• Would you cover this story (agenda-setting)? 
• How would you cover it (framing)? 
• Go on Twitter and tweet your objective headline at the class hashtag
• Sample Tweet: "Headline: Text text text text #(class hashtag)"
• The news media's reaction:
• The story quickly spread ("went viral")
• Analyze the following screenshots of websites taken in the evening
• Is it objective journalism or opinion journalism?
• Is there evidence of agenda-setting and framing?

• Key take-aways from this case study:
• Check out this Washington Post analysis with polling data
• How can you better answer EQ #3 now? What constitutes objective journalism or opinion journalism? How do we make that distinction?  

Ch 6 - Media - Class 1

1. How does the news media practice agenda setting and framing, and how do political institutions seek to influence these practices?
2. How has the news media evolved over the past century, and what is the future of the news media industry?

1. Quiz: Ch 06 - The Media
2. Return: Unit I Test
• Analyze performance on multiple choice
• Correct Free Response Question
• On the back of your FRQ (when you get it back), write a reflection on Unit I Test 
3. Kairos: Welcome Back
• Let's update our September Kairos classmates about how we answered EQ #1 and EQ #2
• Page One: Inside the NY Times (Magnolia Pictures)
• Julian Assange: The Man Behind Wikileaks (60 Minutes)
• Arango: After Troops Leave, What Happens to Iraq? (Fresh Air)
4. Q & A: Tim Arango, Baghdad Bureau Chief of the NY Times
• You learned about him via Page One and Fresh Air
• Guess what? We received a tweet from Baghdad
• Let's read his latest reporting
• The four sections of AP Gov A will each ask two questions
• We will send him a Google Doc with class pictures and eight total questions
• What do we want to ask him?