[9.2k.1] Students may also examine the discourses or ideologies constituting the news production itself. This analysis of journalists’ ideological assumptions reflects their own discourses operating in their news reporting.

[9.2k.2] Somewhere in the Middle [ a webquest for truth ]

[9.2k.3]

[9.2k.3a] American Newspeak: doublespeak examples from newspapers/magazines

[9.2k.3b]  Who Makes the News?: analysis of gender representations in global news

Students could also become familiar with different “watch-dog” organizations that analyze or critique the news:

[9.2k.4] Media links
[9.2k.5] News about the news
[9.2k.6] Media Channel: critiques of the news
[9.2k.7]
[9.2k.8] Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
[9.2k.9] Project for Excellence in Journalism
[9.2k.10] Grade the News [ evaluating Bay Area news]
[9.2k.11] Global Media Monitoring Project 2005
[9.2k.12] Alternative Media Watch
[9.2k.13] Center for Media and Public Affairs
[9.2k.14] Media Transparency
[9.2k.15] Media Alliance for New Activism: Canada's largest network of independent media groups

For further reading:

Hachten, W. A. (2001). The troubles of journalism: A critical look at what’s right and wrong with the press. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Hart, R. P., & Sparrow, B. H. (Eds.). (2001). Politics, discourse, and American society: New agendas. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.

Kovach, B., & Rosnestiel, T. (2001). The elements of journalism: What newspeople should know and the public should expect. New York: Crown Publishers.

Lex, S. (Ed.). (2001). Access denied in the information age. New York: Palgrave.

Nord, D. P. (2001). Communities of journalism: A history of American newspapers and their readers. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.

Sieb, P. M. (2002). The global journalist: News and conscience in a world of conflict. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.