Course Description
Is our media biased? Who controls content on television, radio, newpapers, magazines, websites. What aims or ulterior motives can the owners of a media outlet have?
Readings
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky
The Media Monopoly: Ben Bagdikian
Projects
Research the following companies and report:
National Amusements owner of Viacom and CBS
General Electric owner of NBC
News Corporation owner of FOX
The Walt Disney Company
Time Warner owner of Time Magazine, AOL, CNN
The Outside World
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