Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
Friday, April 23, 2010
Reaction Paper #14
For the last paper, I'd like you to come up with a hypothesis or theory about how we interact with the mass media or how the mass media affects us and how you would test it (experiment, survey, focus group, case study, etc.)
For example:
My hypothesis is that students who use Facebook for more than 2 hours a day will have lower grades than those who don't use Facbeook.
I would explain why I think this is so, then I would explain how I would use a survey to measure this.
Also explain any other factors that might affect my outcome (for example, those without access to a computer wouldn't use Facebook at all, but their grades might be lower because of less computer access, etc).
That said, please don't use Facebook in your experiment. :-)
Use these sites to help you decide on a qualitative study (case study, ethnography, etc.) or a quantitative study (survey, experiment, etc).
http://wilderdom.com/research/QualitativeVersusQuantitativeResearch.html
http://www.orau.gov/cdcynergy/demo/Content/activeinformation/tools/toolscontent/quantiativemethods.htm
http://www.wilderdom.com/OEcourses/PROFLIT/Class6Qualitative1.htm#Types
Remember, you don't have to do the experiment/case study/etc. only explain how you would do it.
For example:
My hypothesis is that students who use Facebook for more than 2 hours a day will have lower grades than those who don't use Facbeook.
I would explain why I think this is so, then I would explain how I would use a survey to measure this.
Also explain any other factors that might affect my outcome (for example, those without access to a computer wouldn't use Facebook at all, but their grades might be lower because of less computer access, etc).
That said, please don't use Facebook in your experiment. :-)
Use these sites to help you decide on a qualitative study (case study, ethnography, etc.) or a quantitative study (survey, experiment, etc).
http://wilderdom.com/research/QualitativeVersusQuantitativeResearch.html
http://www.orau.gov/cdcynergy/demo/Content/activeinformation/tools/toolscontent/quantiativemethods.htm
http://www.wilderdom.com/OEcourses/PROFLIT/Class6Qualitative1.htm#Types
Remember, you don't have to do the experiment/case study/etc. only explain how you would do it.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
Final Exam study guide
May include but not limited to...
Chapter 16
First Amendment.. what are the five freedoms
What is Prior Restraint
Near vs. Minnesota case.. what did it conclude
Pentagon Papers and prior restraint
Shield laws protect reporters in cases of…?
Freedom of Information Act
Libel, slander, actual malice, NY Times v. Sullivan
How long does copyright last
Food Lion case.. what was the ruling
Equal Opportunities Rule
Fairness Doctrine
Does the FCC govern cable and broadcast TV the same way?
Telecommunications Act of 1996
Deceptive Advertising is monitored by whom?
Chapter 17
How journalists make their decisions: Ethical Principles (know basic differences)
What is Acculturation
Who is an Ombudsperson
Significance of Jimmy's World by Janet Cooke
Who are Stephen Glass andy Jayson Blair?
Hayes Code transitioning to MPPA ratings (when? why?)
Chapter 18
Theories of the press (libertarian, social responsibility, etc.) -- which is the U.S.?
What is the Free Marketplace of Ideas
Global Village - what is it, who said it?
Pros and Cons of Outsourcing
Digital divide - 4 main areas (economic equality, social mobility, democracy, economic growth)
Chapter 19
Magic bullet theory
Minimalist effects theory (with two-step flow)
Media Research - survey's, experiments, panel studies - pro's and con's of each
Socialization
Narcotizing theory
Spiral of Silence
Third person effect
Cultivation/Gerbner
Stereotypes (with cultivation theory)
How has the Internet changed politics?
Bandura and Bobo doll research
Different approaches to violence in the mass media
Violence: Catharsis/Stimulation/Catalytic theories
Social effects of the Internet
Agenda setting
Mainstreaming, resonance
Children and Advertising
3 possible essays (again, I'll pick two for the test, you write one):
1. You think that The Des Moines Register has written defamatory statements about you! What five things do you have to prove, and what can the paper show to defend itself?
2. Please describe how a media researcher would describe violence in the media and its effect on viewers according to these theories: socialization theory, catharsis theory, stimulation theory, and agenda setting theory.
3. Ownership of the press can be public (the government) or private (corporations). Control can be centralized (government controlled) or decentralized (little or no government control). This gives us four different possible combinations. As we've talked about, the United States, the U.K., China, and Mexico each have a different combination of these two variables. Which combination would be best for modern-day Iraq and why?
Chapter 16
First Amendment.. what are the five freedoms
What is Prior Restraint
Near vs. Minnesota case.. what did it conclude
Pentagon Papers and prior restraint
Shield laws protect reporters in cases of…?
Freedom of Information Act
Libel, slander, actual malice, NY Times v. Sullivan
How long does copyright last
Food Lion case.. what was the ruling
Equal Opportunities Rule
Fairness Doctrine
Does the FCC govern cable and broadcast TV the same way?
Telecommunications Act of 1996
Deceptive Advertising is monitored by whom?
Chapter 17
How journalists make their decisions: Ethical Principles (know basic differences)
What is Acculturation
Who is an Ombudsperson
Significance of Jimmy's World by Janet Cooke
Who are Stephen Glass andy Jayson Blair?
Hayes Code transitioning to MPPA ratings (when? why?)
Chapter 18
Theories of the press (libertarian, social responsibility, etc.) -- which is the U.S.?
What is the Free Marketplace of Ideas
Global Village - what is it, who said it?
Pros and Cons of Outsourcing
Digital divide - 4 main areas (economic equality, social mobility, democracy, economic growth)
Chapter 19
Magic bullet theory
Minimalist effects theory (with two-step flow)
Media Research - survey's, experiments, panel studies - pro's and con's of each
Socialization
Narcotizing theory
Spiral of Silence
Third person effect
Cultivation/Gerbner
Stereotypes (with cultivation theory)
How has the Internet changed politics?
Bandura and Bobo doll research
Different approaches to violence in the mass media
Violence: Catharsis/Stimulation/Catalytic theories
Social effects of the Internet
Agenda setting
Mainstreaming, resonance
Children and Advertising
3 possible essays (again, I'll pick two for the test, you write one):
1. You think that The Des Moines Register has written defamatory statements about you! What five things do you have to prove, and what can the paper show to defend itself?
2. Please describe how a media researcher would describe violence in the media and its effect on viewers according to these theories: socialization theory, catharsis theory, stimulation theory, and agenda setting theory.
3. Ownership of the press can be public (the government) or private (corporations). Control can be centralized (government controlled) or decentralized (little or no government control). This gives us four different possible combinations. As we've talked about, the United States, the U.K., China, and Mexico each have a different combination of these two variables. Which combination would be best for modern-day Iraq and why?
Friday, April 16, 2010
Reaction Paper #13
Sorry for another article about copyright but I thought this was an interesting topic and touches on ethics, which we talked about this week.
The first part of this article dealing with the ethics of downloading e-books:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/04/magazine/04FOB-ethicist-t.html
And this one:
http://www.teleread.org/2010/04/06/p-books-to-e-books-the-ethics-of-downloading-and-the-legality-of-scanning/
Please summarize both sides of the issue: whether it is ethical to download e-books that you own. What technology is coming about that will affect this issue?
Which side do you agree with and why? Please explain (and more than just a couple sentences).
The first part of this article dealing with the ethics of downloading e-books:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/04/magazine/04FOB-ethicist-t.html
And this one:
http://www.teleread.org/2010/04/06/p-books-to-e-books-the-ethics-of-downloading-and-the-legality-of-scanning/
Please summarize both sides of the issue: whether it is ethical to download e-books that you own. What technology is coming about that will affect this issue?
Which side do you agree with and why? Please explain (and more than just a couple sentences).
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
By the way, if you were interested in the source of the Earl Woods narration for the commercial we watched, read here.
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