90-778 Media and Public Policy Making
6 units, Carnegie Mellon University
This course will examine the influence of the media on public policy in the United States. During the mini students will join the instructor in considering various explanations of how the news and other activities of journalists affects the policymaking process. This will involve exposure to the major themes of media influence in American politics. We will also consider the role of the media in elections in public policy debates and in public opinion formation. Through lots of readings discussion and expert guest visitors we want to understand how the media influences American politics and policy as well as why the media behaves the way it does. Working in teams students will complete a project during the mini that involves drafting a imedia strategy analysisi for some organization promoting a major policy issue of current importance. Students will leave the course with a better understanding of the role of the media in American public life with practical experience in the analysis of news with knowledge of the laws that affect the media and with some sense of how to interact with journalists and media when participating in policymaking. a hrefhttpwww.heinz.cmu.eduacademicresourcescourseresultscoursedetailsindex.aspxcid99...Read Morea
Prerequisites: none listed
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