Teachingmedialiteracy.com: A Web-Linked Guide to Resources and Activities

 Chapter 9: Studying the News

[9.1] Studying the News and Documentaries

[9.2] Newspaper or Print News

[9.2a] Teaching Analysis of the News

[9.2b] Analysis of Newspaper Sections and Functions

[9.2c] Differences in Types and Uses of News

[9.2d] On-line News

[9.2e] Student Units on Analyzing the News

[9.2f] Blogs

[9.2g] Political Uses of Blogs

[9.2h] Editorial Perspectives

[9.2i] Newspaper Ownership

[9.2j] News Bias

[9.2k] Different aspects of news bias

[9.2l] Studying and Producing Classroom / School Newspapers

[9.3] Television and Radio News

[9.3a] Characteristics of Television News

[9.3b] Selecting News Stories

[9.3c] Accuracy / Completeness of News Coverage

[9.3d] Television News Development

[9.3e] On-line Television News

[9.3f] Sports Coverage

[9.3g] Coverage of Political Issues and Campaigns

[9.3h] Creating television news broadcasts and podcasts

[9.3i] Documentaries

[9.4] Teaching Activites

[9.5] References

Powerpoints

Chapter 9

[9.d] On-line News

Online news resources:

[9.2d.1] Cursor: The Twin Cities Media Portal
[9.2d.2] Newslink.org [ links to all top on-line newpapers ]
[9.2d.3] The New York Times
[9.2d.4] The Washington Post
[9.2d.5] The Los Angeles Times
[9.2d.6] USAToday
[9.2d.7] The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
[9.2d.8] The Dallas Morning News
[9.2d.9] The Boston Globe
[9.2d.10] Chicago Tribune
[9.2d.11] Time Online Edition
[9.2d.12] Yahoo News Online

[9.2d.12a] Link TV: global online news
[9.2d.12b] Press Display: 250 global newspapers
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[9.2d.12] This study reported that the average weekly uses (1) 16.7 hours online (excluding email), (2) 13.6 hours watching TV, (3) 12 hours listening to the radio, (4) 7.7 hours talking on the phone, (5) Six hours reading books and magazines (personal, not scholastic).

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[9.2d.16] In a study conducted for the Associated Press Managing Editors, the Pew Center for Civic Journalism, and the National Conference of Editorial Writers, by the Campaign Study Group, “Journalism Interactive: New Attitudes, Tools and Techniques Change Journalism’s Landscape,” editors report an increased demand for “interactivity” with readers, a finding consistent with the notion of audiences’ increasing participation as active agents in the “mediascape” described in Chapter 1.

[9.2d.17] CNN student news

[9.2d.18] CNN: for an adult audience

[9.2d.19] In the following Webquest, students compare the same story as reported by three different wire services.

[9.2d.20] Unit: comparing news across different media

 

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