Media Studies Journal

Media Studies Daily Journal:

Entries will be made daily in your comp book journal

*begin each entry at the top of a page in your comp book

*begin with the date of the journal entry

Comp books will be collected and graded periodically

Journal topics will be posted here, in order with the latest entry first:

Journal #16 - 11/27 extra credit journal entry - respond to the radio show "The Nudge" transcript at the following link: "The Nudge" CBC radio program

Journal #15 - 11/21 read the following article in the New York Times and comment in your journal

Opinion | How Evil Is Tech?Our devices consume our time and dilute our social interactions.

Journal #14 - 11/17 watch the segment by John Oliver on the Sinclair Group and respond in your journal

The censored version with language bleeped is available to watch in the classroom.

Journal #13 - respond to the discussion on proliferation of fake YouTube news

Start at 9:40 for the discussion on YouTube fake news.

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Journal #12 - 11/1 watch the following video and respond in your journal

Journal #11 - 10/26 read the following article and respond in your journal

Please Stop Using ‘Woman in Chador Walks by Anti-US Mural’ Stock Photo for Every Article About IranHow we visualize the news is just as important as the written content.

Journal #10 - 10/11 - Editorial Cartoons

Respond to the following editorial cartoon in your journal, then share your response.

See more editorial cartoons at The WeekThe Week

Journal #9 - 10/9 - The ACLU and the Alt. Right

Listen to the following podcast on the ACLU and Freedom of Speech and write a one page journal response

Listen to ‘The Daily’: The A.C.L.U. and the Alt-RightA decision to defend the organizer of a white supremacist rally has provoked soul-searching within the civil-liberties group.

Journal #8 - 10/3 - Regulating fake news

Read the following article and write a one page journal response:

Opinion | History proves how dangerous it is to have the government regulate fake newsEfforts to police the truth often become worse than the lies themselves.

Journal #7 - 9/18 (EXTRA CREDIT)

Read the following article and write a one page journal response:

Kenneth Goldsmith: Ignore the Internet ScaremongersIs the Internet a waste of time? It’s not so easy to say. When I click around news sites, am I wasting time because I should be working instead?

Journal # 6 - 9/14:

Take a close look at the US Press Freedom Tracker site below and choose three cases that interest you and respond with summaries, questions, opinions, or ?

U.S. Press Freedom TrackerThe U.S. Press Freedom Tracker is a project that aims to comprehensively document press freedom incidents in the United States — such as the arrests of journalists, seizures of their equipment, interrogations and searches at the U.S. border, subpoenas to testify about sources, leak prosecutions and physical attacks. The Press Freedom Tracker documents cases across the country, involving national, state and local authorities.

Journal #5: Respond the following video, infographic and/or the article it was embedded in

Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?More comfortable online than out partying, post-Millennials are safer, physically, than adolescents have ever been. But they’re on the brink of a mental-health crisis.

Journal #4: 9/6 - Respond to the following short videos

How free is our freedom of the press?In the US, the press has a right to publish secret information the public needs to know, protected by the First Amendment. Government surveillance has made it increasingly more dangerous for whistleblowers, the source of virtually every important story about national security since 9/11, to share information. In this concise, informative talk, Freedom of the Press Foundation co-founder and TED Fellow Trevor Timm traces the recent history of government action against individuals who expose crime and injustice and advocates for technology that can help them do it safely and anonymously.

Journal #3: 8/30 - respond to the following

This Brooklyn Artist Is Taking On the Media | Village VoiceAlexandra Bell challenges the media's coverage of people of color one poster at a time

Journal #2: 8/28 - respond to the following prompt

Respond to the short videos below on "The Cultural Factors driving America's Departure from Reality" and How Fake News Grows in a Post Fact World"

Journal #1: 8/24:

After viewing the videos and having our first class discussion, respond to any of the following questions

What is Media Literacy?
Name forms of media.
Why is media literacy important?

Media: plural form of medium

Medium: a means by which something is communicated or expressed

The Four Different Types of MediaThere are four different types of media: Paid, earned, owned, and shared. We explore all four here. Learn which media works best for your organization.