Introduce students to the history and development of the newspaper industry and the newspaper itself as a medium.
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Analyze how the organizational and economic nature of the contemporary newspaper industry shapes the content of newspapers.
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Detail the relationship between the newspaper as a medium and its readers.
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Examine changes in the newspaper industry brought about by emerging technologies and how those alterations may impact the medium's traditional role in our democracy.
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Improve students' newspaper-reading media literacy skills.