Unit 3

Political culture and media

Textbook: Chapters 6 and 10

Vocabulary

Chapters 6 and 10

public opinion                

consensus                                

media                                

agenda setting

lifestyle effect                

generational effect                

Watergate                        

socioeconomic status

gender gap                        

opinion poll                        

sampling error                

public agenda                

yellow journalism                

narrowcasting                

dog whistle                        

sound bite                        

spin

White House press corps        

press secretary                

bias                                

Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier        

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)        

Daniel Ellsberg                

Pentagon Papers                

New York Times v. US        

defamation                

prior restraint                

echo chamber                

push polls                        

propaganda

libel

slander

Concepts you need to understand

1. What are major similarities/differences between the most common ideologies in America?

2. What generalizations can we make about how religion, race; gender; age, region affect people's political ideologies?

3. Identify and explain 3 reasons why public opinion polling is important for politicians.

4. What factors account for an accurate poll? An inaccurate poll?

5. How do politicians try and communicate with the press? How does the press try and get information from politicians?

6. How do the three branches of government differ in terms of media coverage?

7. What are the ways the media influences the public?

8. How is the media protected by the First Amendment?

9. How is the media restricted by both governmental and non-governmental forces?

Reading assignments (do the readings ON the day they’re listed)

1. Tuesday, Oct. 11 - Textbook pages 190-195
2. Wednesday, Oct. 12 - Textbook pages 196-202
3. Thursday, Oct. 13 - Textbook pages 203-209
4. Friday, Oct. 14 - Textbook pages 210-215
5. Saturday, Oct. 15 - Four articles - “Democratic, Republican Identification Near Historic Lows” - http://www.gallup.com/poll/188096/democratic-republican-identification-near-historical-lows.aspx - and “Ideology by party” - https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://img.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/files/2016/07/Ideology.jpg&w=1484 - and “Obama’s 2012 Victory: The Demographic Becomes the Narrative” - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-diana-e-sheets/obamas-2012-victory-the-demographic-becomes-the-narrative_b_2341438.html - and “Election update: women are defeating Donald Trump” - http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/election-update-women-are-defeating-donald-trump/ 
6. Sunday, Oct. 16 - Textbook pages 324-329
7. Monday, Oct. 17 - Textbook pages 330-335
8. Tuesday, Oct. 18 - Two articles - “Hillary Clinton and ‘The Good Wife’: The Pitfalls of Presidential Politics and Pop Culture” - http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/hillary-clinton-and-the-good-wife-the-pitfalls-of-presidential-politics-and-pop-culture/ - and “In voter ID case, GOP leader says ‘Daily Show’ source a ‘pain in the…’” - http://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article93077422.html 
9. Wednesday, Oct. 19 - Two articles - “Trump is latest pied piper of dog whistle politics” - http://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/opinion-trump-latest-pied-piper-dog-whistle-politics-n397326 - and “Jeb Bush: Donald Trump using racial ‘dog whistle’” - http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/bush-trump-dog-whistle-213334 
10. Thursday, Oct. 2o - Textbook pages 336-340
11. Friday, Oct. 21 - Textbook pages 341-346
12. Saturday, Oct. 22 - Two articles - “Blue Feed, Red Feed - http://graphics.wsj.com/blue-feed-red-feed/ - and “How technology disrupted the truth” - https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/jul/12/how-technology-disrupted-the-truth?CMP=share_btn_fb 
13. Sunday, Oct. 23 - Textbook pages 347-350  
14. Monday, Oct. 24 - Two articles - “How student speech is protected in Neshaminy’s ‘R’ word case” - http://www.philly.com/philly/education/How_student_speech_is_protected_in_Neshaminy_case.html?c=r - and “How the GOP Lost Arab-American Voters” - http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/08/arab-american-muslim-vote-2016-trump-bush-dearborn-detroit-michigan-214134 
15. Tuesday, Oct. 25 - Two articles - “The military-industrial-media complex” - http://fair.org/extra-online-articles/the-military-industrial-media-complex/ - and “On NBC, the missing story about parent company General Electric” - https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/on-nbc-the-missing-story-about-parent-company-general-electric/2011/03/29/AFpRYJyB_story.html 
16. Wednesday, Oct. 26  - Review
17. Thursday, Oct. 27 - Review
18. Friday, Oct. 28 - UNIT EXAM