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Weekly Assignments

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Here is where you will find the specific assignments for each week of class. For detailed instructions for posting on this wiki and the expectations for this assignment go visit the Assignments Instruction Page


Weekly Wiki Posts (275 points - 11x25)

Must be posted no later that 9 am Thursday; 200 word minimum 300 word maximum. I will create a wiki page for each student to post materials for the class. Each week, students will have a task such as finding a topical article or website, answering a question, or other tasks related to the course. These posts will be used along with the readings as basis for discussion. Students must post by the weekly deadline to earn credit. See the Assignments Instruction Page for details.

 

Make sure to concretely link your analysis and experiences directly to the readings for the week and specifically reference the text (page number) using APA Style. For example, (Carey, 2006, p. 84)

 

Creating your Entry

1. Copy and Paste or type the topic title into your wiki page. Select Heading 2 under format.

 

Week 2

What communication rituals do you practice? Interrogate a media based communication ritual - trace its origins - where did it come from? How did you create/adopt this ritual?

 

2. Copy and Paste or type your entry. The wiki does not have a spell or grammar check so I suggest composing in word first. Use the normal size font under format.

3. Entries should be no more than 150 words (give or take 10).

4. Entries will be assessed using the following guidelines.

• Following directions

• Technical (Grammar, Spelling, etc.)

• Referencing the Readings

• Posted on time (see syllabus - BTW I know EXACTLY when you post)

• Reference the readings explicitly (page number) - VERY short quotes ok- avoid long quotes

5. Written comments will be added online by the instructor.

6. Grades will be uploaded to Blackboard


Assignments by the Week

 

Week 15

Final Wiki Assignment: (500+ words) Using Wise as your source, post about what you have taken away from the readings and discussions in this class. What have learned about yourself or others cultures/co-cultures? What insights, if any, have you experienced? Feel free to discuss several different topics but remember to cite the text (any chapter is fine).

 

Week 14

none

 

Week 13

Wise discusses how we define our cultural territories or have them defined for us. Again, this week you have a few options on the question you address. Please identify which option you choose to use by only pasting in your wiki page the option chosen.

Option #1: How do you define your own cultural/co-cultural territories? Be specific and use examples.

Option #2: How do you feel constrained and coerced into specific cultural/co-cultural territories? Be specific and use examples.

Option #3: How do you balance being constrained and coerced into specific cultural/co-cultural territories and defining your own cultural/co-cultural territories? What strategies do you employ?

 

Week 12

There are two options for this week’s discussion question. Please identify which option you choose to use by only pasting in your wiki page the option chosen. Both deal with the role of music in establishing and projecting your own culture.

Option #1: Select one song or artist/band or genre of music that you would use to exemplify your personal or a co-culture you belong to and the role it plays in signaling who you “are.” Be specific and use examples.

Option #2: Are you into a live music scene? Describe the scene and how it exemplifies your own culture or co-culture you belong to and the role it plays in signaling who you “are.” Be specific and use examples.

 

Week 11

Wise and Kjeldgaard (pp. 71-72) discuss the idea of the “consumptionscape” – how we construct our culture through the act of consuming local, regional, national, or global goods. Within the context of this chapter - describe your own consumptionscape and how it impacts your cultural self.

 

Week 10

Often the media we consume reflects our culture(s). Select a television program or movie that embodies or bridges your culture(s) or co-culture(s). Describe that particular cultural aspect(s), explain why you think that TV program or movie is a good representation of your co/culture, and how this links into the text.

 

Week 9 (Wise)

Strategic essentialism is a way to express an “essential identity” (which in practicality do not exist) but it is important to express that identity (gender, race, ethnicity, etc) at a particular time and place (p. 14). See text for examples.

 

Recall a time and place where you either practiced strategic essentialism or witnessed it practiced by a friend, relative, or co-worker (not in the media or via hearsay). Be specific. How did it make you feel? Was it effective?

 

Week 8

The telegraph changed reality by, for the first time, separating transportation from communication. This had many impacts ranging from the development of monopoly capitalism to the idea of the multilevel transformative nature of technology.

Ideology of the internet – how has it changed reality (culture/communication) in general and for you specifically?

 

Week 7

None

 

Week 6

Carey (p. 152) states that “we are awash now in nostalgia for the future.” It what ways does your “nostalgia for the future” impact your present? That is, unlike nature, we construct our worlds teleologically (designed or directed toward a final result). How are your actions now designed to create your specific future? Please avoid generalities dealing with education to get a better or good job, make you smarter, etc.

 

Week 5

Compare and contrast your own space-binding and time-binding cultural aspects. Which of your cultural characteristics fit into each category? Be specific and concentrate on just one or two in each category.

 

Week 4

How will new technology affect the development of your future “cultural-self?” Using technological developments of past “communication revolutions,” project into the future. Think about how culture in the past might have been influenced by the technology of the time and how new technologies (say in 15 years – 2024) might impact our personal cultural selves. Try to use specific, rather than general, historical references or concepts from the text.

 

Week 3 

What is the “value” of a college degree? Why did you choose to attend college and what are your expectations (specific or general) for earning a degree?

 

Week 2

What communication rituals do you practice? Interrogate a media based communication ritual - trace its origins - where did it come from? How did you create/adopt this ritual?

 

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