Justice
in the Media - Module 1
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Module
1: Making News
Module
Dates
Required
Reading
Potter
and Kappeler - Part One
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Video
Assignment
Other
Assignments
- Journal
Entry 1 - Due on or before July 12
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- Check
WebCT for other due dates.
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General
Links
Please
do not treat this as an exhaustive list. Several of these searches
are examples and/or starting points. Do your own searches for
relevant information. If you find a good site, be sure to include
the URL in your journal.
MetaCrawler
Search for "moral
panics." This is a good example of the results of
a search with this engine. You may want to use MetaCrawler to
find information on other articles or topics in this and
other modules.
Film review and commentary
Source for
some of the videos we will watch in class.
Fairness and Accuracy
in Media. This is the Home Page for the organization.
Another way to look at
the news.
Indymedia is
a collective of independent media organizations and hundreds
of journalists offering grassroots, non-corporate coverage.
Indymedia is a democratic media outlet for the creation of
radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of truth.
Yahoo's list of journalism
related pages.
Yahoo links to newspapers
online.
Yahoo site with links
to film theory and criticism.
University based journal
of film, television, and new media.
Chicago Tribune online
edition.
Propaganda Analysis Home
Page - Very interesting look at the language used by media
and politicians. Good information on tactics used by Newt
Gingrich.
Interesting example of
moral panic.
Do school shootings provide
evidence of increasing violence in schools?
Despite
actual declines in youth crime over the past decade, the
public’s perception
of youth violence has reached all time heights.
Extensive list of links.
Focus is on marijuana in the media.
Articles, interviews,
essays, and other materials related to American dissident
Noam Chomsky.
Full text to many of
Chomsky's major works, the complete audio to several important
lectures, and numerous articles, interviews and speeches.
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