COMS 100A - Assignments Survey of Communication Studies Mass Media Webform Assignment Week #14   Your Name: Your E-mail Address: Part I Go to the following websites: To be announced. Read the Sacramento Bee's story on [to be announced]. Then read the New York Times' version of the [to be announced] story. Then read the USA Today's version of the [to be announced] story. Now answer the following questions: 1. How were the three newspapers different? 2. How were the three stories you read different? What different information did you get from each? 3. What information are you likely missing from all three stories? 4. How did the visual images differ in each version of the story? How did the visual images impact the three different presentations? 5. What can you infer about the gatekeeping mechanisms and agendas of the three different papers based on the differences you see in these stories? Part II Answer the following three questions in the space provided below: 1. What impact does the television medium have on teaching and learning in distance education? 2. What impact does the internet/computer medium have on teaching and learning in distance education? 3. Is there gatekeeping in distance education? Explain your answer.   OVERVIEW / ASSIGNMENTS / CALENDAR / INSTRUCTOR / COMMUNICATION / SYLLABUS DEPARTMENT / COLLEGE / CSUS Page updated: August 25, 1998