Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Media Exploration & Chapter 11


Lowi 10
Media Exploration:
  1.  Find 2 national media conglomerates and create YOUR OWN graphic showing which media companies they own
  2. Explore examples of concentration of local media in radio; Create the same kind of visual as #1
  3. Find evidence of 5 vocabulary terms form the last two set of notes.  This could include media stories, politician or consumer actions.

Major and Minor Political Party notes
  • Title on the video shows that this is a video from my American Gov't class. 
  • I made this in the morning and sound funny: I'm tired and don't want to wake my family.
Read Lanahan #74

  • Answer the "Lanahan Response" into your OneNote.  here is the question:
    • According to Walter Dean Burnham there have been five major critical realigning elections 1800, 1828, 1860, 1898, and 1932. Speculate why it has been over eighty years since the United States has had a realigning election. What factors or events could lead to a future realigning election in the United States; does it seem likely? OR, Have we had a realigning election since the printing of Burnham’s work? Explain.

Begin Reading Chapter 11

  • Core is due Tuesday--not that you need the core yet (because I suggest reading the entire chapter first), but if you are so inclined you may grab one from the file...its toward the back.  
  • I don't have a reading guide yet.  I may have one tomorrow. Consider making one of your own with this blank copy of my reading guides.