Media and Politics

Research and Class Material

Media, Conflict and Change

Here is the course guide for Media, Conflict and Change for 2008-7:

http://www.media-politics.com/med conflict change 2008_9 aug 08.doc

The essay questions (for the entire year) are listed on the last page of this course guide.

MOCK EXAM QUESTIONS FROM LAST YEAR

Media, Conflict and Change

MOCK EXAM 2008

 

NB: Remember the exam is 2 hours and worth 50% of your final mark.

 

You must answer TWO questions, ONE from section.

 

Section One/General

ANSWER ONE QUESTION FROM THIS SECTION

 

  1. Analyse the value of media models in understanding the relationship between the media and politics in comparative context.

 

  1. Analyse the acceptable limits of censorship during war.

 

  1. Does the Internet contribute to a media system that is both freer and fairer?

 

Section Two/Methodology

ANSWER ONE QUESTION FROM THIS SECTION

 

1.      What are some of the insights focus groups have offered for understanding political communication?

 

2.      Describe and evaluate the most appropriate methods to analyse election coverage in the media.

 

3.      Compare the different roles of quantitative and qualitative research in understanding the role of the media in politics.

  

For Lecture 5/Content Analysis

Due for tutorial 31 October 2008:

 

Go to soates666 on www.youtube.com and watch clips from the 2008 US election campaign (to be determined)

 

 

After watching the ads, make a list of 8-10 items to use in a content-analysis coding frame. These can be ‘subjects’ (i.e. economy, national security, etc) or ‘images’ (flags, etc.) or characteristic of the ad. This can vary a great deal – we will compare what people came up with in the tutorial.

 

Here is a sample of a TV coding sheet for some ideas:

http://www.media-politics.com/MCC 2007/content analysis coding sheet example.doc

http://www.media-politics.com/MCC 2007/040903_ruspubopinion.pdf

Seminar assignment on Web analysis for 20 February 2009:

http://www.media-politics.com/MCC 2007/coding sheet for internet exercise.doc

Articles of interest to the course:

Gerbner and Mendelson article (see more info at www.csis.org)