Examine the list of the 10 Most E-Mailed Stories on the home page of the
New York Times Web site for Friday, Jan 31. When you consider them
as a whole, do any consistent themes or preoccupations (on the part of
journalists or readers or both) emerge? What does the list suggest is
the primary function of the press in America today (informing,
entertaining, rumor-mongering, counseling, editorializing, marketing,
etc.)? Why do you think this function predominates (ideological
reasons, economic reasons, cultural reasons, political reasons)? How
does that make you feel (optimistic, dizzy, despairing) about the
direction of the press and the society it serves? Your response is due
-- remember, no late or inadequate responses are given credit -- by Sunday, midnight.
For further provocation, click on links below:
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2014/01/the-six-things-that-make-stories-go-viral-will-amaze-and-maybe-infuriate-you.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/26/public-editor/just-the-facts-maam-no-more.html?hpw&rref=opinion
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/11/25/1039957/-STUNNING-Comparing-U-S-World-Covers-for-TIME-Magazine
Monday, January 27, 2014
Sunday, January 5, 2014
Free Marketplace of Ideas? Objectivity? Truth?
Read the article linked below. Respond to the following points:
1) What seems to be function of the "press," given the incidents described in the article?
2) Do you believe a press that would function this way serves the public interest? Why or why not?
Your response is due no later than midnight Sunday, Jan. 26.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2014/01/02/259119343/how-the-media-comes-to-consensus
1) What seems to be function of the "press," given the incidents described in the article?
2) Do you believe a press that would function this way serves the public interest? Why or why not?
Your response is due no later than midnight Sunday, Jan. 26.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2014/01/02/259119343/how-the-media-comes-to-consensus
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