Readings

• Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber. 2001. Trust Us, We’re Experts! NY: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Ptnam (Chapter 5, ‘Packaging the beast’). In Canvas.
• Joyce Nelson. 1989. Sultans of Sleaze. Monroe, Maine: Common Courage Press (chapter 2, ‘The time of the hangman’). In Canvas.
• Jane Johnston and Susan Forde. 2011. The silent partner: News agencies and 21st century news. International Journal of Communications 5: 195-214. In Canvas.
• Andrew Currah. 2014. What’s happening to our news. London: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. Pp 67-78.
• Yola Mzizi. 2025. With all eyes on them, a ‘WAG’ style emerges. July 2, New York Times.

Lecture pages

• Techniques and principles
• More principles of persuasion
• Persuasion strategies and climate change

Power Point

• Democracy on Junk Food (Grigsby)
  • Video of pdf here.  (about 50 minutes–optional)