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Reading Summary In chapter seven of What Media Classes Really Want to Discuss, the author discusses what mediums are in media, technology, and the internet. A medium can change an existing form of media and how audiences view realism. The essence emphasized is what makes different forms of media have unique factors and traits. ForContinue reading “CH. 7 What Media Classes Really Want to Discuss”

Reading Summary Chapter 7 of What Media Classes Really Want to Discuss talks about how technology has changed the medium throughout the years. It also talks about how society decides how we should be using each type of medium such as television is for viewing tv shows and movies at home with family and eachContinue reading “What difference does a medium make?”

Reading Summary The chapter’s main focus was to highlight the meanings and distinctions of the mediums of media. In particular, the emphasis was placed on “essence”, ranging from what makes each particular form of media unique to the factors that enable those unique traits. For example, technology and its development through innovation have transformed theContinue reading “Ch.7 What Difference Does a Medium Make?”

This article explores human behavior and how media has a lot to do with how roles in society have changed over time. Meyrowitz begins by explaining how people modify their behavior to fit a certain situation, sometimes subconsciously. He then presents two theorems that explain how human interaction has changed throughout history and how electronicContinue reading “Behavior in its Place”

READING SUMMARY Chapter 7 of What Media Classes Really Want to Discuss covers what a medium actually is in technology, focusing on television, film, and the internet. Each new medium automatically changes existing media and how it shows realism. For example, paintings were once the most realistic medium, then photographs, and then television; a medium’sContinue reading “Monday – What Media Classes Really Want to Discuss, Chapter 7”

Summary In this reading, Giannetti describes the numerous factors in films that affect the ideology portrayed. Every movie presents some sort of ideology, however significant to the overall plot. Different ideologies regarding politics, religion, culture, ethnicity, sexuality, gender, and women’s rights each affect the over tone of the film and the audience’s likelihood of acceptingContinue reading “Giannetti- Ideology”

Joshua Meyrowitz (1985) “Introduction: Behavior in its place,” No Sense of Place: The Impact of Electronic Media on Social Behavior. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Topic: Jacob Sanchez’s Personal Meeting Room Join Zoom Meetinghttps://zoom.us/j/2622686644 Meeting ID: 262 268 6644 If your wifi drops out and you want to call into our zoom meeting: Call into one of these numbersContinue reading “Agenda 4-3”

Chuck Klosterman (2004) “The awe-inspiring beauty of Tom Cruise’s shattered, troll-like face.” Excerpt from Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs. New York: Scribner. Paper #1 is now due to Tlearn Friday (4/3) before class, Enjoy the Extension! Topic: Jacob Sanchez’s Personal Meeting Room Join Zoom Meetinghttps://zoom.us/j/2622686644 Meeting ID: 262 268 6644 If your wifi drops out and you wantContinue reading “Agenda 4-1”

The author of this article talks about what live sports are like in comparison to recorded sports events when you’re rewatching them. You get much more excited when watching them live instead of running it back. There are 5 reasons why this happens. The first is with commercials, there is less drama and less ofContinue reading “Space Time and DVR”

Reading Summary We all have different personalities dependent on the people we are around. We also adjust how we act or how we describe things and activities based on the people or environment we are around. We each perform different roles in different socialarenas, depending on the nature of the situation, our particular role inContinue reading “No Sense of Place: The Impact of Electronic Media on Social Behavior.”