Monday, July 19

In Class - Copy down the five questions concerning the political cartoon analysis. In your groups, discuss the political cartoons while answering the questions for each cartoon. Discuss as a class. Hand out background information concerning the documentary "News War." In this documentary, the statement of whoever controls the media controls the national agenda is analyzed through a variety of cases involving the relationship between national security and the role of the press. Continue to watch "News War." As you watch, be sure to look for evidence responding to the questions on the bottom of the handout. For homework, be sure that you have completed the five Acts/Cases by writing some background information on them (library last Thursday). You will also need to answer questions 1-3, 5. I will collect this first thing tomorrow. Also, take a look at the article regarding specific events where the government and media have clashed. This may help you answer some of the questions. Group Work: In your groups, each will focus on their own questions and responses (100 responses on the five questions from last week). Discuss how you received your responses, any surprising responses, and interesting responses. Preapare and write a detailed analysis that pertains to public opinion. Separate your responses based on gender, occupation, age, and political party. You may have to create some sub groups for each of these to limit the number of categories. In your analysis, include statistics (percentages) and evidence to support your arguments. If there are people that did not include their age, gender, occupation, or political party, then these people will become the +/- percentage. Finally, include in your analysis what surprised you, the overall experience of what you learned, and do factors such as age, gender, occupation, or political party influence public opinion.

Question of the Day: None today. You will have one more assigned tomorrow and due on Wednesday.

Homework - "News War" handout. Be sure to have information regarding the five Acts/Cases and how they relate to the media including the answers to the four questions (1-3, 5) on the bottom of the handout. I will collect this first thing tomorrow morning.