This course covers media as it has changed through history and looks at how media has documented historical events and has sometimes been the driving force behind them. It covers the shift from newsprint to radio to cinema to television and the internet as the semester progresses. Throughout, there will be articles, radio broadcasts, television, cinema, and internet items to better understand US and global history from the Spanish-American War in 1898 to today. Major themes will include media bias, media as both shaper and recorder of history, and evolving cultural attitudes toward and use of media in all its forms.Â