CMC Introduction to American Politics

This blog serves the our introductory course on American politics (Claremont McKenna College Government 20) for the spring of 2012. During the semester, I shall post course material and students will comment on it. Students are also free to comment on any aspect of American politics, either current or historical. There are only two major limitations: no coarse language, and no derogatory comments about people at the Claremont Colleges.

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Mass Media II


Survey of journalist leanings

Data on partisanship and news audiences

Public knowledge

Agenda-setting
  • TV coverage of Iraq & Afghanistan

Changes in the media
  • Newspaper readership by age group
  • Median age of nightly network news viewers
  • Cable viewership by channel
  • Goodbye, newsmagazine
Online
  • Aggregator sites: Drudge Report and Real Clear Politics
  • Original news site: The Politico
  • Opinion/news sites: Huffington Post and National Review Online

Hybrids
  • Youtube: The Macaca Moment
  • Colbert & Daily Show as news sources
  • The mix of comedy and news is old.

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