Media culture Exam

Exam 3

Answer the following questions in essay form.  All answers must include clear examples that support your statements.

1.     What are some of the major issues involving political advertising?

2.     What is a pseudo-event?  How does it relate to the manufacturing of news?

3.     What are the differences between consumer choice and consumer control?

4.     What are the major criticisms of the public journalism movement, and why do the mainstream national media have concerns about public journalism?

5.     What is a major criticism about specialization of academic research at universities?

Extra Credit

What issues are at stake when First Amendment and Sixth Amendment concerns clash?