Potential Essay Exam Question
One of the following questions will be on your essay exam on September 29. Prepare to write two to three pages in answer to the question. You will NOT need a Blue Book.
In your essay be sure to use a standard essay format, draw upon course concepts and define them.
1. What changes in the political economy of the media have taken place according to Bennett and how have these changes undermined the credibility of the news? Should the public be concerned about these changes in relation to the vitality of the public sphere and democratic practices?
2. How is critical thinking related to the Enlightenment and the emergence of the public sphere and bourgeois democracies? Provide hypothetical examples of three fallacies that could be used in politically misleading ways by hypothetical political candidates. Be sure to name and define each fallacy.