Thursday, September 27, 2007

Creative Project Marks

Hi! Below are the marks for the creative project. This mark is 20% of your final grade. The marks below indicate the highest score each individual member may receive (assuming that you receive full 4% credit from the peer evaluation).

Com11 E
1. Bonz's group ("Colorful World"): 18/20
2. Hector's group ("Magic and Me"): 17/20
3. RA's group ("Ego"): 19/20
4. Patricia's group (Rachel's excuse to dress up): 19/20
5. Erin's group (social experiment): 18/20
6. James' group (300 spoof): 16/20
7. Maan's group: TBA

Com11 B
1. Brian's group (metrosexuality): 17/20
2. Vanina's group ("Dyipni"): 19/20
3. Jerome's group (response to Media and Morality): 14/20
4. Franz's group (t-shirt love story): 19/20
5. Denise's group (Barbie): 20/20
6. Misha's group (representations): 16.5/20
7. Mark's group (encoding/decoding): 17/20

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Week 14 Discussion: Audience Studies

HERE are the lecture slides for this week.

Here are the discussion questions:
1) How have audience studies contributed to a more sophisticated understanding of media power, media imperialism, audience activity, and identity?
2) What are the set of questions being asked by effects researchers and by reception/everyday life scholars? How similar/different are they?
3) How should we understand culture in light of the global/local framework?

I'm excited to hear your thoughts!

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Com11 Final Paper

Click HERE to download instructions for the final paper.

It is good to start thinking about your topic for the paper this early. You only have one month to put it all together, after all. You may also consult me about your topics, ask for references, etc.

Good luck!