Week 3, Jan 30-Feb 3, 2017
CDAE 195 Propaganda, Media Ownership, and Citizen
Responsibility
CRN 14637, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Morrill Room 10
10:50-11:40am.
Check-In: Attendance, Handouts, Questions?
Friday 3 Feb: Free Write:
1. Are you enjoying our course so far? If yes,
why, if not, why not?
2. Is the course what you expected? If yes, why,
if not, why not?
3. Are we covering the material that you think we should
cover? If
yes, why, if not, why not?
4. Are there topics you would like us to cover
that are not on the course plan?
Read BLUR 6-End (thru page 210) TEST on
Book and material to date Week of Feb 27.
NEW ASSIGNMENT: Handout, Chapter 1 from George Lakoff's
book Don't Think Of An Elephant. Will be
on Test week of Feb 27.
DUE: React to NYT
Magazine Article "From Headline to Photograph, a
Fake News Masterpiece" Write a
two-to-three page reflection paper: Describe
what you read, summarize the important points,
write what you think - do you
agree/disagree?
Were there questions that you had that were
not answered in the article?
Was this helpful in deconstructing and
understanding the media?
DUE: Monday 30 January at the beginning of
lecture.
Also Due on Manday 30 January: Do your own
investigation: Imagine this pops up on
your Facebook Newsfeed: Women's
March Organizer
That links to http://washingtonfeed.com/alert-woman-behind-anti-trump-womens-march-linked-to-this-terrorist-organization.html
Do an analysis of this link above:
-What does the link claim, and how does it frame the information?
-What is true and not true, and misleading about the information
and the way it is presented in the link?
-How would you classify this link (what kind of journalism is it -
hint: check your text book page 34)
Hand in your responses printed on paper (two to three pages).
ON-GOING: Media Inventory Log Assignment
(10% of course grade):
Record all media you consume for one week
- from now (Friday 27 Jan) until the
beginning of our class Friday Feb 3
(10:50am). The Media log assignment
and the reflection paper will be due
on at the beginning of our class
10:50am Wednesday Feb 8. Zero if
late.
Bring this with you at all times for the
next week and enter the information by
hand. You should record what you
listened to, watched, browsed, or read,
and for how long. Include
information like type of movie watched
(drama, comedy, etc.), and whether there
were propaganda words used and
(unasked for) advertising that you were
exposed to.
TOTAL your media usage in minutes for each
media category at the bottom of each media
log page.
Calculate and estimated Cost of the media
per month using the last sheet.
Write a reflection paper (at least two to
three full pages) where you describe the
process – what it was like for you to
complete the assignment, and the
results. Do an analysis:
1. Make a graph of your
media usage that shows how much time for
each type of media.
2. What did you find interesting?
3. What was unexpected?
4. Will this change the
way you look at media, your usage or your
behavior?
5. Which media is most
important to you, and why?
6. What do you think
about unasked for advertising that you saw
or heard?
Media Log and reflection paper due
Wednesday Feb 8 at the beginning of class
10:50am. Zero if late.
Out of Class Assignment: Watch the
Youtube, and write a one to three page
reflection paper on what THEMES you
observed (and/or heard). Due Friday
(Feb 10) at the start of class. If
late Zero.
Out of Class ASSIGNMENT: Choose any speech
that is online (Vimeo, YouTube, etc;
Political Candidates, Current Politicians,
Historical Figures, etc), and find at
least five examples of Propaganda
Techniques that are used.
Record what these techniques are, and when
these techniques appear in the speech
(Minutes: Seconds) and be prepared to show
at least two of them to us using our
classroom's computer. Due Monday
(Feb 13). Hand in on paper: Your
name, for each speech a short description
(who, what, where, when, why) the link to
the candidate's speech, and list the
propaganda techniques and the time that
they occur in the video link (Minutes:
Seconds). Be ready to share with our
class at least TWO examples - to come up
to the class computer, show us the clip,
and ask what "propaganda technique" was
used, and explain.
Reading &
Reflection
Paper: The
Third
Wave.
Two to three
page
reflection
paper:
What
struck you
about the
read?
Did the
reading help
explain to you
the rise of
Naziism in
Germany in the
1930s?
What current
events did the
read remind
you of?
Due Friday Feb
17 at the
beginning of
class.