last updated 10/17/2011

Course Notes, Readings and Resources

Class Notes and "Slides"

The Unknown Citizen". Common reading for Citizenship sections

Mass Media: Definitions, Functions, Influences

Big Ideas I: History, Politics, Media.

Big Ideas II:  Technology + $ --> Content

• What is News?

• Myths of the Press according to Michael Robinson

• News as Persuasion?

• Forms of Bias! 

• Influences on the News

• Influencing News Content.

• Interpreting News
   

• Advertising for Influence

• What Ads Reveal

• Advertisers' Goals
   

• Politics, News, Ads

• Politics and Media Messaging

• How Opinion Shifts 

Readings on-line

Haynes "Of that ...." essay on history, politics and media

Michael Robinson on how the press misbehaves - presentation transcript

David Paletz on how (non-ideological) bias appears in the media - presentation transcript

CQ Research Library - on-line  (this is a subscription service with on campus access only)

Information and Media Literacy Resources

• Information Literacy Resources Gateway (ACRL)

• Information Literacy Resources - Library Instruction

• Information Literacy by the University of Idaho Library

• National Form on Information Literacy (Resources)
  

• Gateway for Media Literacy Education

• Media Literacy Online Project

(New) Media Resources

New Media Technologies

Web 2.0 - An intro in 5 minutes

Social Media Videos 19 videos

• Social Media in Plain English (3:44)
• Social Bookmarking in Plain English (3:25)
• Social Networking in Plain English (1:47)

Blogs in Plain English

Wikis in Plain English

Podcasting in Plain English

Politics and Web 2.0

• The Living Room Candidate  A site by the Museum of the Moving Image with presidential television campaign ads going back to 1953

• How Camapign Communication Technology Works -- A Discovery Company "How Stuff Works" page

• Barack Obama on Social Media

  • How Obama Won Using Digital and Social Media, Part 1 of 4

  • How Obama Won Using Digital and Social Media, Part 2

  • How Obama Won Using Digital and Social Media, Part 3

  • How Obama Won Using Digital and Social Media, Part 4

  • How President Obama used the web to get elected - Anthony Johnston of G2
     

• Watching Obama on Facebook

Bias in Media

• Austin News Examines Media Bias (2:32)

• Vietnam War - The Impact of Media

New Media Content

• Ferris Beuller's Day Off Trailers (Consumer Generated Content)