Week 1: Introduction, Discussion 1 & Discussion 2

Readings

1. To successfully complete this week’s discussions, read the following chapters from the text, Mass media and American politics :

· Chapter 1: Media Power and Government Control

· Chapter 2: Ownership, Regulation, and Guidance of Media

2. To successfully complete this week’s assignment, “Framing, Agenda-Setting, and Priming,” read the following article:

· Framing, Agenda-Setting, and Priming: The Evolution of Three Media Effects Models

Recommended Websites

1. To successfully complete this week’s discussions, it is recommended that you review the material at the following website:

· Clippings.me. (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

· How to build an online portfolio (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

· Pew Research Center Reports on News Media (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (The information in this website is updated on a regular basis and will provide the student with the most recent and updated information on news sources for consumers.)

· Project for Excellence in Jornalism (PEJ) – Understanding news in the Information Age (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (The information in this website contains content analysis to examine trends in news coverage and aggregates data related to the news industry.)

· Digital portfolios for journalists: What are your options? (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.