DAILY MAIL & THE i (AS CSP)
In order to develop this knowledge and understanding, you should consider one complete print edition of the newspaper chosen by your teacher and selected key pages from the newspaper’s website, including the homepage and at least one other page
CONNECT NEWSPAPERS CSP TO 2020 US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
KEY DATE: US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TUESDAY 3rd NOVEMBER. A simple guide to the election can be found here
So most likely to use the editions on Wednesday 4th (provisional planning at present)
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES: Sep 29, Oct 15 & Oct 22
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/trumps-coronavirus-catastrophe/on-demand/71430-001
The Right to Vote
- Who has the right to vote?
- Should everybody have the right to vote?
- Does everybody have the right to vote?
- Has everybody always had the right to vote?
- How to enable / disable the right to vote?
- How does that help: candidates, the electoral process, democracy?
- What should be the role of the media in covering an election in terms of voting rights?
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE A SYSTEM THAT HIGHLIGHTS KEY STATES NEEDED FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Current data on US Election polling & Interactive ‘Who will win the election‘ a good link that gives data on US elections
Intro . . . re-cap some key thinkers:
TASK 1: Write a paragraph on the following (post on your blog) – use your own words and avoid copying big chunks of text from either the internet or from someone else in the class
- Jurgen Habermas and the concept of the Public Sphere
- James Curran & Jean Seaton – the theory of the liberal free press
- Noam Chomsky – the 5 filters that manufacture consent
- Louis Althusser – interpellation & Ideological State Appraratus
- Antonio Gramsci – the concept of hegemony / hegemonic struggle
TASK 2: SKIM READ THE FOLLOWING 2 ARTICLES AND TAKE OUT 5 QUOTES FROM BOTH AUTHORS THAT HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND: 1) THE THEORY OF THE LIBERAL FREE PRESS & 2) THE ROLE OF PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING
THREE TYPES OF MEDIA OWNERSHIP
MEDIA AS A COMMODITY v MEDIA AS A PUBLIC GOOD
TRANSNATIONAL MEDIA CORPORATIONS: THE IMPACT OF GLOBALISATION
Intro . . . watch some episodes of Press
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0bk9c89/press-series-1-2-pure