1) Read chapter 6 of the book. Specifically focus on “Sources of Media Power” and “Politics of the Media.”
2) You must watch three local news broadcasts on three different days from the following three different TV stations: KABC, KNBC, KCBS. Basically, a total of three (3) newscasts must be watched. Local news is usually broadcast between 4 and 6 pm and at 11pm. You must watch a half-hour broadcast. List the dates, times, and stations that you watched in the introductory paragraph of your paper. Hint: tape the shows so you can go over them repeatedly.
3) Select and explain in your own wordseight (8) strategies regarding media coverage from Chapter 6 in the book.
Find eight different examples to support these strategies from the news that you have watched.
Use a different example to explain each of the strategies from the book. Do NOTuse the same example for two different strategies.
Use a separate paragraph for each strategy. In each paragraph discuss if there is evidence in the news to support the strategy. What is that evidence? Be specific.
For example:
Is there evidence that supports horse-race coverage of elections? What is that evidence?
Is there evidence that supports sensationalism in news coverage? What is that evidence?
Is there evidence that supports socialization in news coverage? What is that evidence?
Is there evidence that supports feeding frenzy in news coverage? What is that evidence?
4 Please highlight/underline the name of each strategy that you use. For example this is the way the strategy of “sensationalism” should be highlighted in the following sentence:
For example,
On every station sensationalism was the most obvious strategy used in the news.
OR
On every station sensationalismwas the most obvious strategy used in the news.
OR
On every station sensationalismwas the most obvious strategy used in the news.