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

[9.2g] Political Uses of Blogs

Political parties and organizations on the web:

[9.2g.1] Project Vote Smart

[9.2g.2] PollingReport.com

[9.2g.3] Politics.com

[9.2g.4] PurePolitics.com

[9.2g.5]

[9.2g.6] PBS: By the People

[9.2g.7] PoliticalInformation.com

[9.2g.8] OnlineJournalism.com [ sponsored by the USC Annenberg Online Journalism Review ]

[9.2g.9] “Progessive” blogs: Blogspot

[9.2g.10] “Progessive” blogs: Blogspot: Neravt

[9.2g.11] “Progessive” blogs: AboutUs

[9.2g.12] “Conservative” blogs: Calpundit

[9.2g.13] “Conservative” blogs: Wizbangblog

[9.2g.14] “Conservative” blogs: intellectualconservative.com

[9.2g.15] Connectforkids.org is a useful site for blogs for middle-school students

[9.2g.16] Ogg, E.  (2006).  Building and managing your community. Online Journalism Review: engaging newspaper readers through blogs

[9.2g.17] Gordon, S.  (2006).  Blogs in the MSM: Rating the roundups. Online Journalism Review.

For further reading on on-line journalism:

Armstrong, J. & Zuniga, M. M.  (2006).  Crashing the gate: Netroots, grassroots, and the rise of people-powered politics.  New York: Chelsea Green Publishing.

Craig, R.  (2004).  Online journalism: Reporting, writing, and editing for new media.  New York: Wadsworth.

De Wold, R. (2001). Introduction to online journalism: Publishing news and information. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.

Foust, J. C.  (2004).  Online journalism: Principles and practices of news for the web.  New York: Holcomb Hathaway Publishing.

Gunter, G. (2003). News and the Net. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Hall, J. (2001). Online journalism: A critical primer. Sterling VA: Pluto Press.

Kolodzy, J.  (2006).  Convergence journalism: Writing and reporting across the news media. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

Li, X.  (Ed.).  (2006).  Internet newspapers: The making of a mainstream medium. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Pavlik, J. V. (2001). Journalism and new media. New York: Columbia University Press.

Quinn, S., & Filak, Q.  (2005).  Convergent journalism: An introduction—writing and producing across media.  New York: Focal Press.

Stovall, J. G.  (2003).  Journalism on the Web.  Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

The Missouri Group. (2001). Telling the story: Writing for print, broadcast, and on-line media. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s.

 

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