This is what the profesor has sent me, I chose the topic media and the question What is the role of media?:
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Topic 1. Power and Democracy
1.Who makes key political decisions?
2.How does power operate?
3.What are the main strengths and limitations of the elitist and pluralist approaches to understanding politics?

Topic 2. Identity, Civil Society, and the Public Sphere
1.What is ‘civil society’?
2.In what ways might race, gender, class and sexuality affect participation in civil society and the public sphere?
3.How important are the recognition of identity claims to a well-functioning society?

Topic 3. Citizenship and its limits
1.What is citizenship?
2.What conditions do you think need to be met for a person to be a ‘full’ citizen?
3.How possible and desirable is ‘global citizenship’?

Topic 4. Nationalism and other Imagined Communities
1.Do we have obligations to our co-nationals that we do not owe to others?
2.Do you think that commitments to co-nationals can conflict with responsibilities or loyalties we might owe to others, and if so, does this matter?
3.How inclusive is the idea of ‘community’?

Topic 5. Globalization and Risk
1.How useful do you think the concept of ‘world risk society’ is for describing and exploring contemporary and globalised challenges for states and societies?
2.How does the notion of risk shape the lives of different individuals and social groups?
3.How do attempts to mitigating risk affect societies and states?

Topic 6. Migration
1.What challenges does the movement of people pose for states and societies?
2.What impact have post 9/11 security policies had on the movement of people around the world?
3.How does migration affect people in different states and societies?

Topic 7. Neoliberalism
1.What challenges does neoliberalism pose for states and societies?
2.How does neoliberalism shape people’s everyday lives?

Topic 8. The Media
1.What is the role of the media?
2.Is this role changing?
3.Does the media challenge, reinforce or merely reflect political and social beliefs?
4.Is the media dominated by certain interest groups? If so, does this matter?

Topic 9. Social Movements and Social Change
1.Are social movements instigators of social change?
2.How effective are social movements at challenging governing practices?
3.How united are social movements and how might their composition shape their aims and activities?

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