Readings

  • Week 1 (Jan 5 – ) Is news coverage ‘biased?’ How?
  • Week 2 (Jan 12 –  ) Are some news stories ‘filtered?’
  • Week 3 (Jan 20 – ) Persuasion and propaganda
  • Week 4 (Jan 26 – ) Distraction and bait
  • Week 5 (Feb 2 – ) ‘Public Relations’
  • Week 6 (Feb 9 – ) Age of Infotainment
  • Week 7 (Feb 16 – ) 
  • Week 8 (Feb 23 – ) AI and the news
  • Week 9 (Mar 2 – ) Authority, power, AI
  • Week 10 (Mar 9 – ) Wrap-up
  • Week 11 (Mar 16 – ) Course evaluation, Group projects  due
  • See calendar of important dates