Ch 4
1. What is the public sphere?
2. What does Benedict Anderson mean by the term "imagined communities" and how is news a kind of "performance art that enacts nationhood and national consciousness"? (68)
3. What is objectivity and when and why was it first adopted as a central tenant of journalism?
4. What are the costs and benefits of commercialization?
5. How did new technology influence the news in the early 1800s? (77)
Ch 5
1. What are two central criticism of journalism?
2. How does "Monicagate" exemplify the changes that have taken place in the news environment?
3. Do you agree that news media today are too critical?
Chapter 6-8
1. What are some of the constraints the marketplace imposes on journalism?
2. What can be some of the benefits of commercialization of news media?
3. What is pack journalism?
4. What's the problem with journalists and politicians belonging to the same "microcosm"?
5. What does Kernell mean by "going public"--why did it happen and how did it change the presidency?
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