SOC309H5 Lecture Notes - Silly Season, Moral Panic, Cross Ownership
Document Summary
Explore the reciprocal relationship between society (and politics in particular) and news coverage in mass media. Understand that social reality appears in the news (and entertainment) mediated through processes of agenda setting and framing. Identify social actors most likely to influence the news. Understand the importance of mass media content for the public judgment on importance and meaning of social issues. Moral panic and the nasty girl , canadian review of sociology and anthropology. News readers on the internet. journal of communication. Questions to guide the reading/to think about ahead of time for students. Compare changes in young girl violent crime rates in the last twenty years to changes in public perception of female youth violence. Note the alternate explanations of citizens" limited exposure to public affairs news. We continue our discussion of media ownership, and policies that canadian and american governments enacted in an effort to control ownership concentration and its effects on content.
