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Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
| 1) |
Introduction to the course |
Overview of the syllabus, main questions in the literature on media and politics.
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| 2) |
News, Truth and the Construction of Social Reality
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• Walter Lippmann, “The World Outside and the Pictures in Our Heads,” and “The Nature of News”, Public Opinion, New York: Free Press Paperbacks, 1997, pp. 3-20 and pp. 214-225.
• Anthony Pratkins and Elliot Aronson, Age of Propaganda: The Everyday Use and Abuse of Persuasion, New York: Holt Paperbacks, 2001, pp. 71-93.
• Robert M. Entman, “The Nature and Source of News,” in The Press, Oxford: Oxford University Press, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005, pp. 48-65.
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| 3) |
Media and Democracy
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• Shanto Iyengar, Media Politics: A Citizen’s Guide, New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2016, Chapter 2, pp. 19-50.
• James Curran, “What Democracy Requires of the Media,” in The Press, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005, pp. 120-140.
• Robert Schmuhl and Robert G. Picard, “The Marketplace of Ideas,” in The Press, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005, pp. 141-155.
• In class-viewing of the movie All the President’s Men
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| 4) |
Quality of News, Media Bias and Democracy
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• W. Lance Bennett, News: The Politics of Illusion, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2016, Chapter 2, pp. 28-57.
• Geneva Overholser, “What is Good Journalism?” Vital Speeches of the Day, 69:4, December 1, 2002.
• Hunt Allcott and Matthew Gentzkow, “Social Media and Fake News in the 2016 Election,” Journal of Economic Perspectices, 31:2, Spring 2017, pp. 211-236.
• Lisa Wedeen, Authoritarian Apprehensions: Ideology, Judgment, and Mourning in Syria, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2019, pp. 77-106.
• Robinson Meyer, “The Grim Conclusions of Largest-Ever Study of Fake News,” The Atlantic, March 8, 2018.
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| 5) |
New Media, Citizen Engagement and Mobilization
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• Shanto Iyengar, Media Politics: A Citizen’s Guide, New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2016, Chapter 5, pp. 113-147. |
| 6) |
Media and Authoritarian Regimes: Case Study of Arab Spring
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• Killian Clarke and Korhan Kocak, “Launching Revolution: Social Media and the Egyptian Uprising’s First Movers,” British Journal of Political Science, 2018, pp. 1-21.
• Robert Orttung and Christopher Walkerm “Authoritarian Regimes Retool Their Media Control Strategy,” The Washington Post, January 10, 2014.
• Recommended: Daniela Stockman and Mary E. Gallagher, “Remote Control: How the Media Sustain Authoritarian Rule in China,” Comparative Political Studies, 44:4, 2011, pp. 436-467.
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| 7) |
Media, Campaigning and Elections
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• Shanto Iyengar, Media Politics: A Citizen’s Guide, New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2016, Chapters 6 and 7, pp. 148-229.
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| 8) |
Q & A Midterm Exam |
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| 9) |
News and Public Opinion
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• Shanto Iyengar, Media Politics: A Citizen’s Guide, New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2016, Chapter 8, pp. 230- 269.
• Marshall McLuhan, The Medium is the Massage, California: Gingko Press, 2001.
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| 10) |
The Problem of Partisan News |
• Kevin Arceneaux and Martin Johnson, Changing Minds or Changing Channels? Partisan News in an Age of Choice, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2013, Chapters 1-4, pp. 1-90.
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| 11) |
The Political Economy of the Media |
• Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky, Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media, New York: Pantheon Book, 2002, pp. 1-35.
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| 12) |
Media and War: Case of 2003 Iraq War |
• Shanto Iyengar, Media Politics: A Citizen’s Guide, New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2016, Chapter 4, pp. 93-112.
• W. Lance Bennett, Regina C. Lawrence, and Steven Livingston, When the Press Fails: Political Power and the News Media from Iraq to Katrina, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2007, pp. 1-130.
• “From the Editors: The Times and Iraq,” The New York Times, May 26, 2004,
• Daniel Okrent, “Weapons of Mass Destruction? Or Mass Distraction?” The New York Times, May 30, 2004.
• In-class viewing of the documentary Control Room
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| 13) |
The CNN Effect
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• Piers Robinson, The CNN Effect: The Myth of News, Foreign Policy and Intervention. London: Routledge, 2002, pp. 1-6; 93-132.
• Lyse Doucet, “Syria & the CNN Effect: What Role Does the Media Play in Policy-Making?” Daedalus, 147:1, Winter 2018, pp. 141-157.
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| 14) |
The Future of Media and Politics? |
• W. Lance Bennett, News: The Politics of Illusion, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2016, Chapter 8, pp. 207-239.
• Francis Fukuyama, Barak Richman, and Ashish Goel, How to Save Democracy from Technology: Ending Big Tech’s Information Monopoly, Foreign Affairs, 100:1, January/February 2021, pp. 98-110.
• Overview of the course
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