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It is widely believed in U.S. politics that "image is everything." The mass media play a significant role in our perceptions of political imagery. On the one hand, journalists are watchdogs charged with keeping politicians and their self-images honest. On the other hand, politicians manipulate media technologies to create favorable images of themselves and their policies. To analyze media's conflicting roles, we will examine theoretical frameworks for understanding the relationship between media and democracy as well as major research methods for approaching that relationship. We will also look at the structure of news production in the United States as well as political communication ethics, media access and ownership, restraints on the media, and how well the media function as public watchdog, from FOX News to the blogs to The Daily Show . Major focuses of the course will include how elites use mass media to influence public opinion; how spin doctors operate; and how images are constructed in various kinds of media. We will examine the 2008 presidential election and the use of social media such as Facebook and YouTube by the Barak Obama campaign; campaign advertising; and the current debates over health care reform and environmental issues. We will also look at the coverage of international events in U.S. media, including the media's coverage of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and media globalization and the global audience. Finally, we will consider the implications of these developments for the role of media in Danish politics in the future.
Bestået bacheloruddannelse.
Jody Pennington
Undervisningen i disciplinen foregår på hold, og der lægges vægt på arbejdsformer, der kan omfatte læsning af primær- og sekundærtekster, mundtlige bidrag fra de studerende, holddiskussioner samt gruppearbejde.
Engelsk
Tentative course readings
Graber, Doris A. Mass Media and American Politics . 8th ed. Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2009.
Iyengar, Shanto, and Jennifer Mcgrady. Media Politics: A Citizen's Guide . New York: W.W.Norton, 2007.
Mundtlig eller skriftlig eller hjemmeopgave eller formidling eller aktiv, tilfredsstillende deltagelse i undervisningen.
Udvalget af eksamensformer afhænger af, hvilken kandidatlinie den studerende følger.
