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.
Friday, April 9, 2010
Reaction Paper #12 due 4-16
This paper is worth up to 25 points (10 points + 15 extra credit).
Chapter 16 and the Internet will be your main sources.
A nuclear power plant located in Colorado Springs, CO. provides power to a 400-mile radius.
The plant is notable for being tied to the Defense Department's local network of "in-case-of-disaster" installations (the North American Aerospace Defense Command is located in Colorado Springs).
A journalist receives a tip from a source whose name they know but wishes to remain anonymous in print (or they won't give the journalist information). The tip concerns the lack of security at the plant, including sleeping guards and visibly broken security cameras.
The plant offers a tour to the public once a month. Of course, no cameras are allowed. The journalist goes undercover, posing as a regular citizen, and takes the tour. Once inside the journalist uses a special hidden camera to take still photographs.
The tipster was right. The journalist discovers many faults in the security at the plant.
The newspaper decides to go with it as a multi-part story, spanning five days. Different pictures and detailed notes from inside will be published.
After the first edition is released, the government immediately springs to action. The Defense Department launches an injunction against the paper, trying to stop further pictures and details from being published whatsoever and also to reveal the identity of the anonymous source. They also want to charge the journalist with trespassing.
The court will hear the opening arguments to decide if the paper has a right to publish this information and whether the journalist must reveal their source.
Take one side or the other. The side of the newspaper, arguing for the right to print it (and no trespassing), or the side of the Defense Department, arguing that it should not be allowed to go to print (and the journalist should be charged with trespassing).
**** Your best bet to win is to cite prior court cases that show that you are right. **** You can use court cases from your book (Chapter 16) or from the Internet (one idea, try Googling: reporter trespassing). If you want points beyond the normal 10, you'll want to build the strongest case you can using these court cases as precedent.
Chapter 16 and the Internet will be your main sources.
A nuclear power plant located in Colorado Springs, CO. provides power to a 400-mile radius.
The plant is notable for being tied to the Defense Department's local network of "in-case-of-disaster" installations (the North American Aerospace Defense Command is located in Colorado Springs).
A journalist receives a tip from a source whose name they know but wishes to remain anonymous in print (or they won't give the journalist information). The tip concerns the lack of security at the plant, including sleeping guards and visibly broken security cameras.
The plant offers a tour to the public once a month. Of course, no cameras are allowed. The journalist goes undercover, posing as a regular citizen, and takes the tour. Once inside the journalist uses a special hidden camera to take still photographs.
The tipster was right. The journalist discovers many faults in the security at the plant.
The newspaper decides to go with it as a multi-part story, spanning five days. Different pictures and detailed notes from inside will be published.
After the first edition is released, the government immediately springs to action. The Defense Department launches an injunction against the paper, trying to stop further pictures and details from being published whatsoever and also to reveal the identity of the anonymous source. They also want to charge the journalist with trespassing.
The court will hear the opening arguments to decide if the paper has a right to publish this information and whether the journalist must reveal their source.
Take one side or the other. The side of the newspaper, arguing for the right to print it (and no trespassing), or the side of the Defense Department, arguing that it should not be allowed to go to print (and the journalist should be charged with trespassing).
**** Your best bet to win is to cite prior court cases that show that you are right. **** You can use court cases from your book (Chapter 16) or from the Internet (one idea, try Googling: reporter trespassing). If you want points beyond the normal 10, you'll want to build the strongest case you can using these court cases as precedent.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Friday, April 2, 2010
Reaction paper #11 due 4-9
Another video! This one on piracy.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6483543718966313073&hl=en#
According to the Matt Mason, speaker and author of The Pirate's Dilemma, how is copyright out of touch compared to the way that we are sharing and using information? Also, summarize his three main points: why piracy is important, how it works and how should we respond? What response do you have to the speaker's points?
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6483543718966313073&hl=en#
According to the Matt Mason, speaker and author of The Pirate's Dilemma, how is copyright out of touch compared to the way that we are sharing and using information? Also, summarize his three main points: why piracy is important, how it works and how should we respond? What response do you have to the speaker's points?
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