Media Influence

Explain the relationship between the media and politics

Learning Activities

The learning activities for this section include:

  • Video: Agenda-Setting by Maxwell McCombs
  • Reading: The Media
  • Video: Rich Media, Poor Democracy
  • Video: The Future of Journalism (Glenn Greenwald)
  • Video: Glenn Greenwald’s Plan to Poke, Prod, and Piss Off the Powerful

Take time to review and reflect on each of these activities in order to improve your performance on the assessment for this section.