In 2301 we're set to cover the media. What has always interested me is the degree to which that same people can come to different conclusions about a person or event based on whether they get the info from television or a newspaper.
Althouse has a soul searching take on how the same statement from Hillary Clinton seemed liberal when she heard it on television and conservative when she read it in a newspaper.
Recall the stories about the Nixon-Kennedy debates and how radio listeners thought Nixon won and TV viewers thought Kennedy won.
Add to the mix people's attitudes about the famous split coffee case. Cursory TV info leads one to side with McDonalds, the fuller info one gets from print sources make the plaintiff sounds more reasonable.
Why do we process info, and come to the conclusions the way we do? How much control do we have over our own thoughts?
