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Media's Role in Politics

Watch, Listen, and read some of the links below, and use this information to help you answer the question below.


Jon Stewart on the Media








Interview with Tom Brokaw on the Media
(Skip to 25:00 minutes and listen until the end,or listen to the whole thing):

 What is an echo chamber and what affect might it have?
Cultural Theory: Social Media Echo Chambers (Case Study: Reddit) from Ari's Portfolio on Vimeo.

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/04/21/barack-obama-and-the-psychology-of-the-birther-myth/the-echo-chamber-effect

Echo Chamber in Social Media

Discussion of media's role in politics: 
http://www.mediatenor.com/
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/us/politics/02tube.html?pagewanted=2&_r=2&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
http://www.utexas.edu/features/archive/2004/election_media.html
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/01/governing-in-the-age-of-fox-news/7845/

Question:
How has the development of 24-hour news networks and social media had an impact on the polarized echo chambers of American politics? (Respond to this question by commenting and reply to at least one of your classmate's responses by Sunday, March 17th at 11:59pm in order to receive full participation points for the week.) 

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