Bell Ringer: Discuss the weekend group assignments.
Objectives:
6.3 Analyze the role of the media in political socialization and the acquisition of political knowledge.
6.4 Assess the impact of the media on democratic values and politics in the United States.
Agenda:
1. Concept Map presentations (before lunch)
2. Chapter 6 Vocabulary Quiz (after lunch)
Home Learning:
1. Weekend HW:
A. Search for bias journalism or watchdog journalism. In one paragraph, describe the topic being covered and how it is bias or how the topic represents watchdog journalism. Source must be informally cited.
B. Identify the various local mass media in your community—radio stations, television, newspapers. Have students determine who owns these sources, the size of their
audiences, the amount of news coverage they offer, and their political inclinations. Pay special attention to the editorial content of the local newspapers. The objective is to assess the quality and quantity of news coverage about local politics.
C. Ask your students to visit the home page of the Federal Communications Commission. What issues is the commission currently considering? Ask students to identify three of the five commissioners and discuss their stances on those issues.
D. Have students watch the following news broadcasts for the evening: the nightly news on one of the major U.S. networks, PBS Newshour, and a broadcast on BBC America (available on most U.S. cable and satellite systems). Ask the students to compare and contrast the news presented in each broadcast. Which stories were covered? How would they describe the news from a production standpoint? What other differences did they notice?
(A, B, C, or D due Monday, January 22, 2018)
2. Chapter 7 IDs due Monday, January 22, 2018
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