Writing Prompts • Do you agree with the Malcolm X quote? • What role should media play in politics? • What role has the media played in politics? • How does the media act as a linkage institution? Media and the Construction of Public Opinion “The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses.”
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Writing Prompts
• Do you agree with the Malcolm X quote?• What role should media play in politics?• What role has the media played in politics?• How does the media act as a linkage institution?
Media and the Construction of Public Opinion
“The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses.”
• Multiple Beats, competing for attention• Press is a weapon• Media Events
• Exec = Easiest to cover…why?• 1 Person at Top…Figurehead of Government • President’s use of the Bully Pulpit and Media to “set the
agenda”• Congress = Hardest to cover…why?
• 535 Members• Who receives focus?
• Judicial = Least Coverage…Why?• A growing desire to incr. coverage. Good or Bad?
Politicians Use of the Media• Bully Pulpit
– President’s most powerful tool in setting policy agenda– What president says is important…so automatically receives
coverage
• Trial Balloons– Information leaked to the media by a government official/politician
or candidate – Goal: See what the political reaction will be when the public hears it.
• Spin– A politicians attempt to present his actions or position on a policy in
a positive light
Media/Review Basketball• Each team will send one representative to the table. The 2 players
will stand on either side of the table/desk with the ball/paper wad resting on the middle between them. The “Host” will read a question. The players will try to be the 1st to grab the ball from the table. The player that wins the jump, gets to try to answer the question. If they miss, the other player can try to answer. If the player gets the answer correct, they get to shoot the ball from one of the 3 designated areas for 1, 2, or 3 points, assuming a made shot. That concludes the round and the next 2 players approach the table/desk.
• Every person on the team must attempt the jump ball before a player can take a 2nd turn. There is no coaching from the team (i.e. no yelling out answers to the player with the ball)
• The team that scores the most points will earn 3 bonus points on the Unit Exam.