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Gorman and McLean ch 9

Gorman and McLean ch 9

Q For full credit on the reading response, submit a 300-400 word response to the assigned reading, which should be approached from a critical perspective. You can pose a question about the reading and attempt an answer, you can analyze the author’s interpretation, use of evidence, or approach to the subject matter, or you can use information from the class to examine an idea expressed in the reading in more detail. The important thing is to approach the readings from a critical perspective and ask questions about how the historian has structured the reading and approached the subject matter. These will be submitted on blackboard via SafeAssign, which is the plagiarism tool.

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Chapter 9 of the book by Gorman & McLean deals with the impact of media on public. This chapter opens with acknowledging the fact that media can have huge impact on the people. Media tends to portray things in a certain way that will create perceptions about that. Media holds the power to create public opinions and sometimes, that has been exploited by the powerful groups in society. Media has been used as a tool to influence public both positively and negatively and this chapter shows how media can be a very powerful social, economic and even political tool to influence and create public opinion