Media and Politics Lecture Notes
<p>1.	The New Media Conglomerates
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<p>2.	The Fragmentation of the Media
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<p>3.	Bias and Negativity in the News </p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; a.&nbsp; Liberal Journalists
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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; b. Conservative Ownership
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<p>4.	Models of Media Effects </p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; a. The Minimal Effects Model
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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; b. Agenda Setting
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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; c. Priming Issues
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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; d. Framing Issues
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<p>5.	Media Content </p>
<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; a. Television News
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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; b. Talk Radio
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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; c. Newspaper Endorsements
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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; d. Internet and Blogging </p>