1. AP Gov. Chapter 7

2. The Media Changing Times Mass Media (Print, Radio, TV, Internet) ◦ History ◦ Freedom of Press  Unique in US  Libel  Prior Restraint  NY Times vs. U.S. (Pentagon Papers)

3. Media Politics Linkage Institutions Most people’s info on politics comes from media Selective Attention Press Conferences Print Media Electronic Media ◦ FCC Narrowcasting- FOX (Rep.), CNN (Dem.), MTV (Youth), etc. Internet ◦ Newspaper subscriptions going down

4. Media (cont.) Private Control of Media ◦ Hearst/Murdoch Reporting ◦ Beats ◦ Trial Balloons ◦ Sound Bites (dumbs it down) ◦ Bias  Liberal (Radio tends to be Conservative)

5. News and Public Opinion Gatekeeper Scorekeeper Watchdog

6. (cont.) Adversarial Press Sensationalism Balance