Assignment for Class 1: due for class 2

• Read Hess, Chapter 1.
• Read article, "Of Knights and Presidents"
• Read article, "The Candidates as Communicators"
• Review these maps and cartograms showing the "Red" and "Blue" states in the 2004 presidential election.
• Prepare Bio Outline as described in the syllabus
• Remember to send me your email address. Just send a note with your name as the subject line to altonmiller@mail.com

Assignment for Class 2: due for class 3

• Read Hess, Chapter 2 and 3
• Post assignment for "The War Room" distributed in class, in the Student Forum
• If you have not already done so, prepare Bio Outline as described in the syllabus

Assignment for Class 3: due for class 4

• Read Hess, Chapter 4
• If you have not already done so, prepare Bio Outline as described in the syllabus

Assignment for Class 4: due for class 5

• Read Hess, Chapter 7
• Post assignment for "The Man From Libertyville" distributed in class, in the Student Forum
• Read class handout on "Strategy"
• Read this article: "A New Age of Prepackaged Television News," about Federal government propaganda.