Readings

During the first week of class we read Cass Sunstein's Polarization of Extremes in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Sunstein develops his ideas in a fuller piece at the Boston Review and if you are still interested in reading more, check out the book Republic.2 No discussion of media is complete without learning a little more about Marshall McLuhan who is known for coining the phrase 'the medium is the message.' Another name to know well is Ben Bagdikian, the famed critic of conglomeration of the media. Hear it from the man himself in this interview on PBS.