American News Media
	Alexia Badoy

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Presentation
A course on America's news media covering: · The written press (dailies, Sundays, tabloids, newsmagazines, national and local press: The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, Newsweek, etc.) · TV news (CNN, ABC, NBC…) · The Internet Teaching objectives · To familiarize students with media communications in the US · To study how news is processed and presented by different media in different ways and for different reasons

Teaching methods
Students will be given documents to read or watch in class before debates are opened on presentation, characteristics and politics of the paper or channel in question · Students will be given subjects or news items to present in the form of articles or news programs in class · Students will give a 10-minute presentation on a given newspaper or TV news program

Format
One meeting weekly of 3 hours during 7 weeks.

Course content
Analysis of documents (newspapers, newspaper articles, newsmagazines, TV programs, and Internet articles) · Comparison of the way news stories are covered and presented · Study of what characterizes the American news media and how it differs from the French news media Individual and group work · Reading the written and Internet press to broaden their horizons and knowledge of current events in order to be able to discuss news as presented in the US · An exposé to present in class

Evaluation
Students will be graded on their exposé and the frequency and quality of their participation in class debate and class interactive work

Recommended level
This course is designed for students of all levels.

last updated May 31, 2003

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