My Classes
I like my classes a lot this quarter!
In my Domestic Sources of US Foreign Policy we are studying the effect of the media and the president on politics and how people make up their minds about who to support or vote for. And guess what? The president doesn't have as much power as we necessarily think he does - most people already have their minds made up about what policies they will support or not, even if they haven't consciously made that decision. And this is partly because people tend to listen more and believe those (people, media, etc.) who already agree with them. This is great stuff!
In my Chinese Politics class we read a great book on Chinese history, heard a guest lecture on Chinese responses to terrorism, and watched a documentary on the Tiananmen incident.
You may already know how I feel about statistics class, but I do like the stuff we are actually learning. I find it quite fascinating. I think I'm also one of the few people who understands the textbook, mostly I think because we had to do so much statistics when I was studying physics (of course, I didn't understand it then!).
And I just graded my first bunch of papers for the US, Japan and China class that I am TA for. Now I just hope that nobody complains about their grades! Grading papers is so stressful! I'll be glad to go back to grading tests.
So I like my classes! Yay!
In my Domestic Sources of US Foreign Policy we are studying the effect of the media and the president on politics and how people make up their minds about who to support or vote for. And guess what? The president doesn't have as much power as we necessarily think he does - most people already have their minds made up about what policies they will support or not, even if they haven't consciously made that decision. And this is partly because people tend to listen more and believe those (people, media, etc.) who already agree with them. This is great stuff!
In my Chinese Politics class we read a great book on Chinese history, heard a guest lecture on Chinese responses to terrorism, and watched a documentary on the Tiananmen incident.
You may already know how I feel about statistics class, but I do like the stuff we are actually learning. I find it quite fascinating. I think I'm also one of the few people who understands the textbook, mostly I think because we had to do so much statistics when I was studying physics (of course, I didn't understand it then!).
And I just graded my first bunch of papers for the US, Japan and China class that I am TA for. Now I just hope that nobody complains about their grades! Grading papers is so stressful! I'll be glad to go back to grading tests.
So I like my classes! Yay!
posted by Aaron at 10:42 PM
2 Comments:
It seems the media in China try to shape - or are used to shape positive attitudes about what the govt feels is important. Do they have more power than the US media- being controlled- or less- because the people know they are controlled?
I tried to answer Emily's question in my next post.
Let me think about the Chinese media, and I'll get back to you.
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