Media and Politics

Topics

• the structure of our class discussions. I greatly appreciate your flexibility and understanding
• democratic life
• Part I: The News Media
• Current data on the state of news media in North America
• Canada: 2024 Reuters Digital News Report for Canada
• United States: Pew Research on the state of journalism and media in the United States
• Commentary on the state of the press
• Fink, Katherine. "The biggest challenge facing journalism: A lack of trust." Journalism
• Schudson, Michael. "Where We Are and Whither We Are Tending.” Journalism
• Stephens, Mitchell. "Beyond News: The Case for Wisdom Journalism." Joan Shorenstein
• Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy
• Defining journalism and the role of journalists
• Zelizer, Barbie. “Definitions of Journalism,” in Institutions of American Democracy: The Press
• Ideology in the press
• American Press.” Pressthink.org
• Groseclose and Milyo. “A Measure of Media Bias.” The Quarterly Journal of Economics
• & 29 Digital & social media
• Rosen, Jay. “The People Formerly Known as the Audience,” in The Social Media Reader
• Sunstein, Cass. “Neither Hayek nor Habermas.” Public Choice