Mass Media and Politics

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Mass Media and Politics

• Media Worldwide (II)
• Political Science 317
• Mark Stephan

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Last Class and Todays Class

• US media and foreign policy
• Framing
• Media coverage post-9/11
• More on media coverage post-9/11
• International journalists and cross-national
  media perspectives
• CNN vs. Al-Jazeera

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Media Coverage of War

• World War II coverage how things have changed?
• Vietnam coverage
• Journalists and their sources lack of trust?
• Embedded journalists good or bad for journalism?

4
News Flash!!

• U.S./Iraq forces attack insurgents in Fallujah
  media coverage..
• Coverage of Arafats imminent death and the
  ramifications for Palestinian leadership.

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Non-US Journalists

• How do journalists from other countries view the
  news reporting that they do? Similarities and
  differences with US coverage of the news?
• Anti-Americanist?

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CNN and Al-Jazeera

• Where do they overlap?
• Where dont they overlap?

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Preview of Next Class

• Paper due by Friday at noon (my office)
• Dont fall behind on the readings!!