For this class you will need an iPad or a laptop or some other computer.
- Go to your list of news sites that you will use. If you haven’t made that list just yet, search out the TEN that you are going to examine and list them.
- Go to each of the ten websites and see what the biggest stories are on each front page. Compare this across the different sites.
- Scan the story across a few of the sites and see if you can find any differences in the coverage. Jot down any that are obvious.
- For each of your websites, do some searching and try to find out any affiliations or companies that run each site. We’re trying to decide what BIAS or slant your websites might have. What political parties, beliefs or ideologies appear to be supported by each site?
- What companies, products or services appear to be most commonly advertised on your new sites? For each, jot down a couple that stand out.
- Finally, note the weirdest web news story that appears on each of your news site’s front page. Pick the story that most seems to stand out as not fitting in, or is the least newsworthy.
If you get done all this in a hurry, you can start creating your blog using Blogger, and your first post should be an introduction to you by listing and justifying which media products and specific shows, performers and subjects you most like or dislike. Remember, this is a blog, so try to be as multimedia as possible, giving examples and samples where you can to help me see what kind of a person you appear to be, according to the things you like.
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