Mass Media and Politics

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Mass Media and Politics

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

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Last Class and Todays Class

• Media coverage and general election results
• US media and foreign policy
• Framing
• Media coverage post-9/11

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Two Angles

• U.S. media coverage of foreign policy and world
  news
  
• World media coverage of U.S. and other news

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Backdrop to readings

• Framing what is it?
• Cascade activation model handout
• 1950s-1980s what was the major frame when it
  came to foreign policy?
  
• Domestic policy frames versus foreign policy
  frames

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1990s

• What were the major frames of the 1990s?
• Journalistic power and framing

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Framing in the 21st Century

• Frames and 9/11
• The Press and patriotism
• Whats the appropriate role of the media in times
  of crisis?

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News Flash!!

• U.S./Iraq forces attack insurgents in Fallujah
  media coverage..
  
• Moral values and media spin..why did Bush win?

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Preview of Next Class

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