Complete list of required blog/journaling assignments.

This is a final list of all the blog/journal entries required for completion of the competency.

It is my hope this can guide you in getting your final entries in for the competency.

Fred

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1. Media Consumption Log
2. Reaction to EPIC/The Future of Media
3. Answer the following question to the EPIC/Future of Media piece [followup from the class]:
a. Is the world of EPIC's "Googlezon" good or bad, better or worse than the current system of industrialized media that we are leaving behind?
b. Is the world of EPIC's "Googlezon" good or bad, better or worse than the current system of industrialized media that we are leaving behind?
c. What other visions of the our future 'mediascape' are you aware of that is like or unlike the one portrayed in EPIC?

4. Reaction to The Public Mind: Consuming Images [Form vs Content]
5. Read,The Meaning and Significance of Stereotypes in National Culture and blog two examples of stereotyping on your blog, with a link to the class blog.
6. The Meaning and Significance of Stereotypes in National Culture
7. Platform Mapping: List on your blog the media platforms on which you find the documentary “The Ad and the Ego”.
8. Reaction to The Ad and the Ego [Form vs Content]
9. Reaction to Class Dismissed [Form vs Content]
10. Reaction to Production Notes: Pick one or two of the examples shown in Production Notes and choose one of the theory examples listed in the links for next weeks reading.
11. Fictional characterization of the news and current affairs. Look for an example of an entertainment program (In radio or television) that addresses a current news and current affairs story that is in the media now.