Magazine/Shattered Glass Assignment

To recap the assignment for Monday, write a brief response to each of the
following and research one media hoax to share with class on Monday.  You
do not have to write up the hoax; simply be prepared to talk about it and
demonstrate it (if possible) in class.

If you missed the movie, I have a copy and there is a copy to check out in
the DVD section of the NMT Skeen Library.

Media Studies—Magazines, Newspapers, and Shattered Glass

After watching Shattered Glass, what connections can you make between
early trends in newspapers and magazines and issues that Glass’s paper,
The New Republic, faced?  Do modern magazines face the same issues? 
Explain and provide specific examples.  If you provide a gmail address, I
can invite you to the blog and you can post your responses and/OR your
hoax to share in class.



How does sensationalism and the effort to “win” readers affect the news?


Shattered Glass shows us how media has changed in the short span of about
15 years.  List some of those changes and then focus on one.  Explain the
significance of that change in current media.