Media Effects and Public Opinion - Shlossberg

2012-09-05T18:57:18Z

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Thanks for the great show, Becky! You are so right getting stretad with social media is just like getting stretad with anything that you want to do. Thinking you want to do it and knowing you could benefit by doing it, don't move you forward. The only thing that moves you towards your goals, is getting stretad! Today!

The Postmodern Urban Condition

2012-09-05T14:34:24Z

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May05 I agree with Pr Jay. No one has time for just one more thing to do. Even in the rural community in which I live and serve Sundays and srtpos practice is just one example of the competition for worship as a family. But despite the things that compete for our time we are a congregation that is very visibly serving our communities and county (I have 5 school districts in my congregation). People who join our church know that worship is a chance to refuel as we expend our energy out in the community the rest of the week as servant leaders (intergenerationaly). The question I challenge my congregation with is this: If our church were to close the doors forever, would the communities around us miss us? We can honestly and humbly say yes. Most of our folks are involved in our many ministry outreach opportunities in some way or another it's not just a small percentage. I am very thankful for my congregation in the ways they do live out their faith .all the while knowing they are not perfect and are in need of Jesus and his saving grace.

Media Studies 101 - Shlossberg

2012-09-05T14:26:57Z

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'''Pavel Shlossberg'''

This survey course examines the cultural, political, and economic significance of contemporary mass media. Media industries, the technologies of communication, and the content that they deliver are rapidly changing and diversifying. What are the social, technological, and economic reasons behinds these developments, and what do they mean to us as media consumers, media professionals, and local, national and global citizens? As we examine these questions, we will also try to define communication, and why it matters.

==Class Format:==
Lectures will comment on the readings, and provide additional information about each week’s topics. Ample time will be set aside for open discussions and questions. We will watch TV and film clips, listen to radio excerpts, browse the Web, and examine newspapers and magazines. We will do these things to develop, clarify, and question the ideas brought up in lectures, readings, and discussions.

==Requirements:==
There will be two take-home writing assignments (where you will have to discuss and analyze media content), 1 in-class writing assignment, 2 multiple choice tests, and a cumulative comprehensive final exam. Short pop quizzes on the readings will be given throughout the semester.

==Grade Distribution:==
Writing assignments and tests 12.5% each (50% total)
Participation and quizzes 10%
Final 40%

==Required Text and Additional Readings:==
Joseph R. Dominick, The Dynamics of Mass Communication, available at the college bookstore. Additional readings will be available on RESERVE at the library.

===Week 1===
Media Events and the Social Context of Mass Communication
Screening: JFK’s funeral, Princess Diana’s wedding, Sadat in Israel, etc.

===Week 2===
Transmission and Ritual: 2 Ways to Think About Communication
Reading: Dominick, pp. 3-28
Katz and Dayan, Media Events: On the Experience of Not Being There, excerpts

===Week 3===
Newspapers: Public Goods or Private Consumption?
Examine various newspapers and magazines
Reading: Dominick, pp. 84-117
Overholster, Editor, Inc. (http://ajr.newslink.org/special/part7/html)

===Week 4===
Books and Radio: Comparing Mechanical and Electronic Forms of Communication
Listening: clips from radio programs
Reading: Dominick, pp. 146-166, 170-196
Twitchell, Paperbacked Culture: How Candles Became Shoes, excerpts
Assignment 1 Due

===Week 5===
Film, The Mouse that Roars
Screening: clips from Saving Private Ryan¸ Blue Velvet, The Matrix
Reading: Dominick, pp. 226-256

===Week 6===
Electromagnetics, Circuits, and Packets: the Infrastructure of Mass Communication
Reading: Straubhaar and LaRose, excerpts

===Week 7===
Broadcast Television, the Mass Disseminator
Screenings: clips from broadcast television
Reading: Dominick, pp. 258-297
Larson, Media and Minorities, excerpts
Test 1

===Week 8===
Cable and Satellite Television: Towards One Million Channels or One Channel?
Screening: clips from cable television
Reading: Katz, “And Deliver Us from Segmentation”

Shoot, who would have tohuhgt that it was that easy?

===Week 10===
Recent Trends: Convergence, Conglomeration, and Globalization
Reading: Dominick, 458-478
Auletta, “The Pirate”

===Week 11===
Deregulation of Mass Communication: Dereliction or Wisdom?
Reading: Dominick, pp. 396-428
Herman and McChesney, The Global Media, excerpts
Test 2

===Week 12===
Journalism: The Pack is Bigger and More Diverse, But are the Watchdogs Becoming Puppies?
Screening: Broadcast news
Reading: Dominick, pp. 327-346
Kovach, Warp Speed, excerpts

===Week 13===
Putting It All Together: Personalized Communication in a Global Context
Assignment 2 Due

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