• Mediated reality.
• Media as a product designed to attract audiences and sell advertising.
• Trade offs for our new media options.
• How economic, social, and political forces can influence the news.

Interview with: Tim Borchers, Ph.D., Vice President for Academic Affairs, Peru State College

Resources: Persuasion in the Media Age, by Timothy Borchers (book)

Boxed In: The Culture of TV, by Mark Crispin Miller (book)

Constructing the Political Spectacle, by Murray Edelman (book)

Finding Truth in Fiction: What Fan Culture Gets Right & Why It's Good to Get Lost in a Story, by Karen Dill-Shackleford & Cynthia Vinney (book)

The Power of Movies: How Screen & Mind Interact, by Colin McGinn (book)

Persuasive Technology: Using Computers to Change What We Think and Do, by B.J. Fogg (book)