Media Analysis
Course Description edit
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 edit
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky
The Media Monopoly: Ben Bagdikian
Projects edit
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