Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Chapter 1

Assignment --  blog comments

Respond to classmates' Media Autobiographies (their blogs from last week). These are the classmates at your table, not the whole class. Your response may include differences or similarities with your own Media Autobiography, something that resonated with you, something you learned. Two to three sentences recommended.

Make sure your own blog is set to accept comments.

Responses are due Sunday Oct. 5 at midnight.

Textbook:

I'm emailing the .pdf of Chapters 1 and 2. You don't need to read Chapter 1. There will be a quiz on Chapter 2 on Thursday, but not open book. Meanwhile, the bookstore has ordered more copies.

 

We discussed in class:

We talked about Chapter 1,  specifically the "Seven truths about the media 'they' don't want you to know." The "truths" are more like themes or patterns that will continue to appear as we study the eight forms of mass communication.


1: The media are essential components of our lives. 
  
 2: There are no mainstream media (MSM). What he seems to mean is more like "All media are mainstream." 

3: Everything from the margin moves to the center.

4: Nothing’s new: Everything that happens in the past will happen again. 

5: New media are always scary

6: Activism and analysis are not the same thing

7: There is no “they.” 


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