Last Blog of the Quarter!

Week 11: Class Highlights (15)

 Describe three of the “Aha!” moments you had this quarter (see p. 2 in workbook). Write 1-2 sentences about each. – OR –  Describe how what you learned in JOUR 2 affected your level of media literacy. Do you view media in a different way? How? Has your understanding of media impacts, the First Amendment, or media messages changed? How? Include any relevant link or media clip you would like.

Class 17 and 18 - Media Law and Ethics

DISCUSSION - We discussed media law and ethics, including the First Amendment, historical examples of the Payola scandals it the 1950s, the blacklisting of Hollywood actors, screenwriters and production people, the Quiz Show hoax etce. We also talked about the recent Westboro Baptist Church case, coverage of Charlie Sheen and the Mohammed cartoons.


RESEARCH PAPER is due at 11:59 p.m. at TurnItIn.com. 

If you are late, e-mail me the paper and I will turn it in at TurnItIn. In the Research Paper, information from sources should be cited in MLA style. That means that when you're presenting material from your sources, whether it's a direct quotation, a paraphrase (in your own words) or a summary, you need to name the source. Each source should correspond with an item on your Works Cited list. Link to information about how to cite sources in MLA style: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/02/ PRESENTATIONS: Here's what you should include in your presentation. You can include a discussion question for the class at the end if you think you will not fill the time (5 minutes min.): Brief description of two sides of controversy; something interesting or surprising from your research findings Media clip if relevant (1-3 minutes) Images if relevant Your opinion POWERPOINT:  Here are some tips about PowerPoint presentations. You can find more tips and videos on YouTube.com.  If you don't have PowerPoint, you can use Google Docs Presentation. Go to docs.google.com and sign in with your google ID. ·         No more than seven words across, seven lines down ·         Use bullet points ·         Use photos, graphics, video clips ·         Video should be limited to 1-3 minutes ·         Limit animations GRADES: I will e-mail the grades later this weekend! WORKBOOKS will be due Thursday March 10. BLOG TOPIC:  Week 9: Media Ethics/Media Law (15) Describe a media law or media ethics case from 2010-11involving one or more of the following: ·         First Amendment/censorship ·         Libel ·         Privacy/intrusion ·         Copyright ·         Federal Communications Commission ·         Misappropriation  Include an embed or link to a site about the case. Add your brief comments.

Class 15 - Public Relations

POWERPOINT - We viewed videos about Edward Bernays and about various aspects of public relations. We discussed greenwashing, astroturfing, crisis management and celebrity image make-overs.

DVD - We continued to view Bowling for Columbine (see below).

RESEARCH PAPER - We discussed the Works Cited (annotated) that is due Thursday Feb. 24. easybib.com will format the list for you if you type in all the inputs. When you're entering items you found on EBSCO and other databases, you should first choose Database as the type of item, then enter all of the required information and your annotation. See my website for a sample MLA Works Cited page with annotations.

DUE THURSDAY - Formatted Works Cited list with three items for the Research Paper.

HOMEWORK - Read Chapter 13 - Advertising and complete workbook assignment.

Class 14 - Electronic News

DVD - We began viewing Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine which examines the roots of violence in the United States.

Due on Tuesday Feb. 22 - Take home Chapter 11 quiz.


RESEARCH PAPER - The assignment will be due in two weeks, and will be the basis of presentations during the last week of class. Students must use academic databases to find most of the sources. Here is information about Accessing Library Databases.

Due on Thursday Feb. 24: Three items for the Works Cited List, with annotations. For help with MLA style, use easybib.com, where you can enter all the necessary information and the annotation and it will generate a Works Cited WORD document.

HOMEWORK:  Read Chapter 12 - Public Relations and complete the workbook assignments.

 BLOG:  Week 7: Internet (15)

Have you used the Internet for shopping, gaming or dating, or do you know someone who has? Do you know anyone who has developed an addition (or time-consuming habit) of one of these activities? Explain how it affected their lives and how they put a stop to it, if they did. Include friendly links to any specific sites you mention.

Class 13 - Internet

RESEARCH PAPER:  We discussed the Research Paper, which will be due in two weeks and will be the basis for presentations the last week of the quarter. The assignment with links is on my De Anza website here.

DUE THURSDAY: Topic for the Research Paper. You should do some preliminary research before proposing a topic. Your topic needs to be controversial in some way, specific and something you're genuinely interested in.

HOMEWORK: Read Chapter 11 (Electronic News) and complete the workbook exercises.

Class 12 - Television

DISCUSSION: We discussed viewing habits and  favorite shows. We talked about characters who reinforce stereotypes and those who defy them. We viewed clips including this one from Family Guy about the Freakin' FCC:

QUIZ 9 (Television) will be an online quiz. You can access it at the textbook website. At the end of the quiz, fill in your name, class student number, e-mail address and my e-mail address, and hit submit. You should immediately see a pop-up that the quiz has been sent. if you don't get the pop-up, copy and paste the quiz and e-mail it to yourself and me. Quiz is due Sunday Feb. 13 at midnight.

QUIZ MAKEUPS (due Tuesday Feb. 15 in class):  Missed quizzes or low quiz scores on Quizzes 1 to 7 can be made up by answering the Self-Quiz questions (in the light blue boxes) within each chapter for each missed quiz. You can find the questions at my De Anza Website. Each quiz question is worth one point. If you got a grade of 0 or missed a quiz, answer 10 questions for that chapter. For quizzes in which you received a grade lower than 10, answer as many questions as you would like to make up. You can make up 50 total quiz points over the quarter.  Your responses should include the questions and should be typed (or very neatly written), with the chapter clearly labeled and handed in. Bullet points are OK.

 

HOMEWORK: Read Chapter 10, complete workbook.

BLOG Week 6: Television

Find and describe an online video (from YouTube or another video site) that explains or explores topics that are mentioned in the textbook. Videos should be under 10 minutes in length and should not be one that a classmate has already posted.  For each video, give a link to the video and include:

·         The length of the video

·         A description of the video in your own words

·         The name of the corresponding chapter in our textbook

·         A course related quiz question to go along with the video

·         An answer to the quiz question

An example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIFYPQjYhv8&

Length: 4:22
Description: Stats and facts concerning Social Media's accelerated assimilation into mainstream culture.
Chapter 2: Media Impact, Chapter 10: Internet, other chapters.
Quiz Question: In comparison to Facebook, which reached 100 Million users in a matter of months, how many years did it take for Radio to reach 50 million users?
Answer: 38 years

Class 11 - Radio

DISCUSSION: Students wrote on the board the radio stations they listen to, including satellite and Internet radio. We discussed the formats, including rap, hip-hop, rap, public and campus stations and latin. No one seemed to listen to country, the most popular format in the U.S.

HISTORY: We discussed the invention of radio and watched a brief clip about "War of the Worlds" and a clip about CKLW , a 1960s-1970s AM station in the Detroit area that I listed to as a tweener/teenybopper.


DVD: We continued to view This Film is Not Yet Rated, an analysis and commentary on the Motion Picture Association of America's rating system.




HOMEWORK: Read Chapter 9 - Television, complete workbook page. We will have a Ch. 9 quiz on Thursday.

QUIZ MAKEUPS - See the post below. Clarification: You can make up 50 quiz points during the quarter. That could be 5 quizzes you totally missed or scored 0 on, or a few points from several quizzes where you scored less than 10.  New due date: Tuesday Feb. 15.

GRADES: If your grades are lagging, now is the time to catch up on work, e.g. the Internet Search Project  (e-mail the assignment to me as TurnItIn has expired) and missing Blogs.