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“I was very impressed by Media and American Democracy…I already used the book twice in my classroom and look forward to future use.”
-Emily Downie, Teacher, Northwest High School, Cincinnati, Ohio
Are your students ready for the 2008 presidential elections?
Q: How do political propagandists use visual symbols to evoke uncritical emotional responses from the public?
Q: How do images influence our values, culture, and understanding of important events?
Q: How does a speaker’s rhetorical approach affect listeners’ understating?
Media and American Democracy explores these and other essential questions about the role and responsibility of media in a free society. Students need to put these responsibilities in context, especially in a historical election year.
Based on lessons developed by teachers participating in the “Media and American Democracy” Summer Institute, conducted by Harvard University’s Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy, Media and American Democracy can give students the tools they need to become savvy media consumers and may be used to supplement any civics, journalism, social studies, government, or English curriculum.
Table of Contents:
Media Rights, Roles and Responsibilities
Expression and Students
Public Policy and the Press
Got Facts? Or Fiction?
The Media and National Security
Clear and Present Danger
Government and Prior Restraint
The Media and Objectivity
Ethics and the Media
Bias and Recognizing It
Reading in a New Way
The Media and Politics
Argument through Logic and Emotion
Propaganda and Presidential Election
Images and Selling ideas
Voice: What is Said and Not Said
The Media and the Future
The Bill of Rights and Fahrenheit 451
Myth and the Media
Blogs and Mainstream Media
This publication was funded by a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Price:
$15.95
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