This slide provides the websites for analysis and discussion for Monday January 10.

1. Kairos Examples In response to the Giffords shooting

2. Quick Note It is important to clarify that we still do not know much about this shooting from over the weekend (Saturday January 8, 2011). However, we already have plenty of stories to study that take advantage of this kairotic moment for various purposes. In small groups, please analyze your page based on the criteria that I’m projecting on the screen.

3. Group 1: An Objective Report http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_theticket/20110109/ts_yblog_theticket/in-the-aftermath-of-the-giffords-shooting-a-debate-over-heated-political-rhetoric The above is Yahoo’s reporting about the Congressional responses to the shooting.

4. Group 2: Professional Political Blog http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2011/01/an-assassination.html Andrew Sullivan’s immediate response to the shooting and American political rhetoric as a whole.

5. Group 3: Professional Commentary http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/09/gabrielle-giffords-shooti_n_806357.html This is a response by two professional political correspondents.

6. Group 4: Professional Columnist http://www.slate.com/id/2280619/ Political commentary by a writer for Slate, a news publication owned by The Washington Postand Newsweek.

7. Group 5: Another Professional Political Blog http://crooksandliars.com/nicole-belle/sunday-morning-bobblehead-thread-104 This is a smaller, independent political blog. Similar to Andrew Sullivan’s post for The Atlantic, but a bit different as well.