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, Mediated Deliberation; Berman & Murphy, Approaching Democracy, “The Media”; Carpini, “News from Somewhere: Journalistic Frames and the Debate over Public Journalism”
Task Four: Respond to this prompt. Comment on two of your classmates’ responses.