Task One: Watch this online lecture.

Task Two: Respond to this prompt.  Comment on two of your classmates’ responses.

Task Three: Read Gastil, Chapter 3; Berman & Murphy, Approaching Democracy, “The Media”; Carpini, “News from Somewhere: Journalistic Frames and the Debate over Public Journalism” (Found on Blackboard)

Task Four: Respond to this prompt.  Comment on two of your classmates’ responses.