“The Role of the Media in Shaping Public Opinion: A Comparative Analysis”

2-page, double-spaced paper comparing and contrasting readings of your choosing from the week.
The Media
James T. Hamilton, “The Market and the Media,” in Geneva Overholser and Kathleen Hall Jamieson, eds., The Press (Oxford: Oxford University Press), 2005, pp. 351-71.
Jen Kirby, “Study: Hillary Clinton’s emails got as much front-page coverage in 6 days as policy did in 69” Vox, December 7, 2017.
Matthew Levendusky, “News Media and the Public,” Paper Presented at the Cornell Conference “A Republic If You Can Keep It,” Washington, D.C., Spring 2018.
Yochai Benkler, Robert Faris and Hal Roberts, Network Propaganda: Manipulation, Disinformation, and Radicalization in American Politics
(New York: Oxford University Press), 2019, pp. 3-24, 33-43.