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Seminar: American Media and the Manufacture of Consent - Vertiefungsmodul - Details
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Veranstaltungsname Seminar: American Media and the Manufacture of Consent - Vertiefungsmodul
Veranstaltungsnummer siehe "sonstiges"
Semester WS 2019/20
Aktuelle Anzahl der Teilnehmenden 6
erwartete Teilnehmendenanzahl 20
Heimat-Einrichtung British and American Studies
Veranstaltungstyp Seminar in der Kategorie Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
Erster Termin Dienstag, 22.10.2019 18:00 - 20:00, Ort: Seminarraum 3 [AKStr.35] (Angl.)
Studiengänge (für) ANG.06137.02 für MA Angloamerikanische Literatur, Sprache und Kultur 120 LP (2015) / MA IKEAS 120 LP (2015) / MA International Area Studies (2011+2015)
ANG.03590.01 für LAG, LAS
SWS 2
Sonstiges ANG.06137.02 für MA Angloamerikanische Literatur, Sprache und Kultur 120 LP (2015) / MA IKEAS 120 LP (2015) / MA International Area Studies (2011+2015)
ANG.03590.01 für LAG, LAS
ECTS-Punkte 5

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Kommentar/Beschreibung

Journalism and the media are often seen as important elements in a democratic society. Protected and supported by laws guaranteeing free speech, the media are supposed to provide the general public with reliable information so that voters can make sensible decisions in the context of democratic elections. Often regarded as a check on political power, the media and the journalists that represent them have been called the "fourth estate," a social force meant to serve as the voice of the people, speaking truth to power and keeping governments accountable.

Such a view of the media may have always been too idealistic, the political events in the most recent past, however, have clearly raised more urgent questions about the role that contemporary media play in the current political context. This class is designed to help students get a more comprehensive view of the position that media occupy in American life. At a time, when questions about the accuracy of information and the trustworthiness of the purveyors of information are perhaps more urgent than ever, the class will offer opportunities to study media phenomena in the context of propaganda and media manipulation. One segment of the class will rely on the book _Manufacturing Consent_ by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky (1988), therefore participants may find it helpful to familiarize themselves at least with chapters one ("A Propaganda Model") and seven ("Conclusions"). Additional reading material dealing with historical perspectives, scholarly analyses, and practices of critical media literacy will be made available in the course of the semester.

Students interested in signing up for this class must be prepared to participate actively in class and to commit themselves to weekly reading and writing assignments.

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* The book is available online at the Internet Archive:
https://archive.org/details/ManufacturingConsentThePoliticalEconomyOfTheMassMediawithEdwardS.Herman