Learning Objectives

  1. Discuss changes over the past several decades in the ways in which Americans get their news and information.
  2. Describe the ways in which media ownership and government regulation influence the news we get.
  3. Explain the roles and responsibilities of journalists and the tools they use to shape and perpetuate political narratives.
  4. Identify the strategies politicians use to counter the influence of the media and shape and perpetuate their own political narratives.
  5. Summarize the relationship between citizens and the media.