Use concepts from the course (e.g. free press, marketplace of ideas, consensus, censorship, stereotyping, infotainment, sensationalism, ideology, public sphere, civil society, social movements, and fake news) to make your own argument about the role that news should play in a democracy. How has the definition of news changed over the last one hundred years? How is the definition of news changing now? What impact have these changes had on political participation?

Include a header with the paper title, your name and page numbers. In text citations are required for both paraphrasing and direct quotes from either the text or lecture. Feel free to cite other books and articles as needed. Include a full list of works cited at the end.

Some possible sources:
Trump White House offered ‘alternative facts’ on crowd size
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/22/politics/kellyanne-conway-alternative-facts/
Delusions or Deceptions? White House ‘Alternative Facts’ Rile Press
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/23/511160267/delusions-or-deceptions-white- house-alternative-facts-rile-press
Fake news: Too important to ignore
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-38636042
Sales of George Orwell’s 1984 surge after Kellyanne Conway’s ‘alternative facts’
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jan/24/george-orwell-1984-sales-surge-kellyanne- conway-alternative-facts
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