To recap the assignment for Monday, write a brief response to each of the following and research one media hoax to share with class on Monday. You do not have to write up the hoax; simply be prepared to talk about it and demonstrate it (if possible) in class. If you missed the movie, I have a copy and there is a copy to check out in the DVD section of the NMT Skeen Library. Media Studies—Magazines, Newspapers, and Shattered Glass After watching Shattered Glass, what connections can you make between early trends in newspapers and magazines and issues that Glass’s paper, The New Republic, faced? Do modern magazines face the same issues? Explain and provide specific examples. If you provide a gmail address, I can invite you to the blog and you can post your responses and/OR your hoax to share in class. How does sensationalism and the effort to “win” readers affect the news? Shattered Glass shows us how media has changed in the short span of about 15 years. List some of those changes and then focus on one. Explain the significance of that change in current media.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Magazine/Shattered Glass Assignment
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Games of Nostalgia
I found this app on my friend's iPad and couldn't help but think how silly it is that we have taken the things that used to be the daily chores of life and made them into games just so we urbanized people will feel like we are a part of our past. Plus, coming from some one who has done quite a bit of milking through high school, this app is highly inaccurate.
(Side note: My favorite part was the "premium" app which comes with 5 MORE utters of various types such as hairy, XXL, and a cyber utter.)
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Newpaper assignment ch 3
I enjoyed your triva and wonder what the value of such details might be in the scheme of accessing valuable information and ideas.
for next class, please do the following:
1. Follow up on one piece of trivia that came out of chapter 3--reflect on what one small "trivial" detail might represent. In other words, knowing who Nelly Bly is brings up why she is remembered. She is remembered for being the first woman to cross into significant journalism; she paved the way for embedded, investigative journalism; she used her position as a journalist to bring about social reform. Looking into the historical framework in which she lived, gives us insight into feminist critique. She demonstrates the interconnection between media and culture. Naturalist Loius Agassiz once said that "facts are stupid things unless connected to general principals." With Agassiz's insight in mind, locate a fact about newspapers and show how that "fact" is connected to a greater web of understanding. Hope that makes sense. Write up a paragraph (or two) to share with class. Hardcopy please.
25 points.
2. Do a cross comparison of 3 news sources. Look for patterns. For example, you could triangulate the represented stories. MSN, Google news, Yahoo news, ABC news or the Huffington Post or the Washington Post are certainly great options. I am sure you will find others that interest you. If you like, you might examine the lead stories. Are they the same? How do the headlines for those stories and the first line of the stories differ?
OR, locate a single story and show how that story is "spun" in three different sources of news. Here are some quick examples. Whitney Houston died recently.. how did three different media sources handle the story? What similaries, what differences were brought to light? Here is another example. Hugouly, a student from Virginia Tech, was on trial for the murder of his girlfriend. This is definitely a sensationalized story (just like Houston's death). Did news sources handle the case in the same manner using the same facts? Were the sources "objective"? Did sources emphasize different aspects of the case and the trial?
There are lots of options for this assignment, so please follow up according to the "spirit" of the assignment. We are investigating the treatment of "news" by looking at three different sources. I am not sure what you will find, so please do not think there is a "right" answer.
Write up your results--at least a typed page double or 1.5 spaced. We will look at these in class.
50 points.
If you have questions or concerns, please email me. I will post the assignment on our blog:
http://nmtmediastud12.blogspot.com/
If you want to check out last year's blog please visit: http://nmtmediastud.blogspot.com/
for next class, please do the following:
1. Follow up on one piece of trivia that came out of chapter 3--reflect on what one small "trivial" detail might represent. In other words, knowing who Nelly Bly is brings up why she is remembered. She is remembered for being the first woman to cross into significant journalism; she paved the way for embedded, investigative journalism; she used her position as a journalist to bring about social reform. Looking into the historical framework in which she lived, gives us insight into feminist critique. She demonstrates the interconnection between media and culture. Naturalist Loius Agassiz once said that "facts are stupid things unless connected to general principals." With Agassiz's insight in mind, locate a fact about newspapers and show how that "fact" is connected to a greater web of understanding. Hope that makes sense. Write up a paragraph (or two) to share with class. Hardcopy please.
25 points.
2. Do a cross comparison of 3 news sources. Look for patterns. For example, you could triangulate the represented stories. MSN, Google news, Yahoo news, ABC news or the Huffington Post or the Washington Post are certainly great options. I am sure you will find others that interest you. If you like, you might examine the lead stories. Are they the same? How do the headlines for those stories and the first line of the stories differ?
OR, locate a single story and show how that story is "spun" in three different sources of news. Here are some quick examples. Whitney Houston died recently.. how did three different media sources handle the story? What similaries, what differences were brought to light? Here is another example. Hugouly, a student from Virginia Tech, was on trial for the murder of his girlfriend. This is definitely a sensationalized story (just like Houston's death). Did news sources handle the case in the same manner using the same facts? Were the sources "objective"? Did sources emphasize different aspects of the case and the trial?
There are lots of options for this assignment, so please follow up according to the "spirit" of the assignment. We are investigating the treatment of "news" by looking at three different sources. I am not sure what you will find, so please do not think there is a "right" answer.
Write up your results--at least a typed page double or 1.5 spaced. We will look at these in class.
50 points.
If you have questions or concerns, please email me. I will post the assignment on our blog:
http://nmtmediastud12.blogspot.com/
If you want to check out last year's blog please visit: http://nmtmediastud.blogspot.com/
new app for phones that mimic media photos
Former student and TC student Tony sent this lik:
http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/22/opinion/phones-instagram-apps-stern/index.html?hpt=hp_bn9
http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/22/opinion/phones-instagram-apps-stern/index.html?hpt=hp_bn9
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