Week Five:
September 16: Reading: SMH 177-210, “Constructing Arguments.”
Reading: SMH 270-87:
“Integrating Sources” and “Avoiding Plagiarism.”
Paper I (Representations) Due.
September 18: Michael Schudson, “News and Democratic Society,” OL.
Response due.
Week Six:
September 23: Daniel Hallin, “Whatever Happened to the News?”
Robin Andersen, “Hypercommercialism,” OL.
Response due.
September 25: Reading: SMH 222-48, “Conducting Research.”
Week Seven:
September 30: Ferguson unit: Read selected articles on Ferguson,
MO, news coverage.
Paul Hitlin and Nancy Vogt, "Cable News and Twitter," Pew, OL.
Jamilah King, "Protestors Gather at CNN Headquarters," OL.
October 2: Reading: SMH 249-69: “Evaluating Sources and Taking
Notes.”
Week Eight:
October 7: Jeffrey Jones, “Fox & Friends, News Talk,” OL. Reading will be posted to Blackboard.
October 9: Paper II (News) draft due. Meet in computer lab.
Week Nine:
October 14: Reading: SMH 288-99, “Writing a Research Project.”
Paper II (News) Due.
