POLS 2130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Yellow Journalism, E.G. Time, Media Matters For America
17 Feb 2020
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Basic media theory and theory on what determines the vote. How the media influences public opinion and politics in canada; the role of the media, how it is constructed as well as the constraints. What happened in the 2015 federal election. New forms of media, agenda setting in modern era, fake and alternative news. Essentially is an examination of the role of media in a democracy. Use of current canadian examples to highlight the relationship. Time biase/space biased (harold linnis); form of the media that matters. Heuristics (images that we use, that we create, or we accept through our perceptions) Stickiness (expression that is used throughout the internet=what makes you stick with it) These terms will form the basis of the quizzes. E. g. time biase media speaks to which of the following. The basis of our government being the opinion of the people . Keep the people in power in check.
