Category Archives: The Media and Politics

Booth’s Miseducation and “Fake News”

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Sana Fatima

I am very fascinated by how knowledge and information are produced, spread, and believed, and I am particularly interested in how this process manifests itself in the 2016 US Presidential Elections (or any political movement and momentum in general). Firstly, … Continue reading →

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Changing Powers by Rhetoric

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Alexandria Avant-Herbst

I suppose this doesn’t quite as much pertain to the topic of “Media and Politics” as it does to a few comments that stuck out to me during today’s mock election. I’m talking about our brief mention of “elected monarchy” … Continue reading →

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The (Queens’) Speech

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Melissa Teo

Last week we had some time to think about a mock election and the components of rhetoric that are employed in the media. Our group decided to take a “green matriarchy” position in terms of political stance (with the tag … Continue reading →

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