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INTRODUCTION TO THE NEWSSTAND MODULE

This module allows students to expand even further their sphere of investigation and apply their cross-cultural skills to the analysis of media in the US and in France.

Students will be able to compare:

• the front pages of the New York Times and Le Monde for a day or for a whole week
• the type of events these two newspapers report on a daily basis: the priorities they give to specific events and or news.
• the way they report on a same event. This will give students the opportunity to develop insights into different reporting modes and, perhaps, uncover implicit cultural and ideological biases.

Such a study will also help students continue developing critical skills which they can apply to the reading of the press.

Students can read a variety of articles that will allow them to analyze:

• how the Americans and the French present themselves in their own media
• how the Americans view the French
• how the French view the Americans
• what events the French press and the American press report
• how they report one same event
• what the Americans and the French think about the issues (via the Newsstand forums)