This assignment asks you to analyze television, radio, and web-based news outside the U.S. Analyze two different news platforms (from the list below) for each critique. To ensure a variety of experiences, you may analyze a given news organization only once during the semester. For example, you might watch France 24 and read The Guardian for your first critique, then watch RT and listen to Radio Sweden for the next.
Television
Arirang TV (South Korea) – http://www.arirang.co.kr/
Korea Central TV (North Korea) – https://kcnawatch.org/korea-central-tv-livestream/
Press TV (Iran) – http://www.presstv.ir/
France 24 (France) – http://www.france24.com/en/
NHK World (Japan) – http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/
CCTV (China) – http://english.cctv.com/
RT (Russia) – http://rt.com
ND TV (India) – http://www.ndtv.com/
Please watch at least 30 minutes of programming. Some channels have newscasts on demand; others livestream at specific times (keep in mind some might be during nighttime in the U.S.). I leave it to you to check the schedules and plan your viewing!
RADIO
Inside Europe (Germany) – http://www.dw.com/en/program/inside-europe/s-3067
Newshour: BBC World Service (U.K.) – http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p002vsnk
Radio Sweden — https://www.nan.ng/
Please listen to at least 30 minutes of programming. For example, Radio Sweden has some short clips posted online so make sure to listen to enough of these clips so that the time adds up to 30 minutes.
NEWSPAPERS (ONLINE)
The Guardian (U.K.) — http://www.theguardian.com/us
The Straits Times (Singapore) — http://www.straitstimes.com/global
The Jerusalem Post (Israel) — http://www.jpost.com/
The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) — http://www.smh.com.au/
South China Morning Post (China) — http://www.scmp.com/frontpage/international
The Times of India (India) — https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
Please read at least eight stories (from start to finish) written by newspaper staff. Do not read stories authored by news agencies, such as the Associated Press or Reuters.
Each critique should be at least two pages (you can write more if you wish), typed and double-spaced. Please include: (1) a summary of press freedom and journalistic professionalism in each country of analysis (use the 2019 country reports from Reporters Without Borders, https://rsf.org/en); (2) the types of news stories you read, watched, or listened to; (3) your analysis of ideological or political leanings in the content–as illustrated by story selection, source selection, etc.; and (4) your assessment of the training and autonomy of the journalists whose stories you read, watched or listened to (you can judge training and autonomy by the range of topics covered; range of sources used, etc.). The critiques will be graded on critical thinking and the richness of your observations, as well as organization, grammar, and spelling. Check out the grading rubric on Blackboard!
