CMC 210 Week 5 DQ 2 Post your response to this statement: When the change from sponsored programming to network programming took place, the amount of advertising dramatically increased. Was this a positive or negative development for the general public at the time? Why or why not? · Respond to your classmates’ answers by offering your own opinion on whether…
CMC 210 Week 5 DQ 1 How has television impacted social and political life in the United States? Use specific television programs as examples in your discussion. · Respond to your classmates postings with more examples of television programs that support or refute the influences pointed out by your classmates. Draw a conclusion about which television shows have had a…
CMC 210 Week 9 Final Project Overview of Your Media Specialty · Resources: Appendixes A and G · Write a 1,750 to 2,050-word paper in APA format with citations and references on one of the following media specialties: o Print—newspapers, magazines, and books o Radio o Broadcast and cable television o The Internet o Advertising and public relations · Summarize…
CMC 210 Week 6 CheckPoint Effects of Internet Convergence · Resource: Ch. 2 of Media & Culture · Explain in 250 to 300 words how Internet convergence and related issues about privacy protection affect the following aspects of American life: o Education o Business o Families o Government o Relationships with the global community
CMC 210 Week 7 DQ 1 Post your response to the following: Recalling that many people believe their lives are over-commercialized, use the Internet to research action programs or campaigns that are trying to curb the trend toward greater commercialization. Do you believe any of these campaigns can be effective? Why or why not? · Read about campaigns here: o…
CMC 210 Week 7 DQ 2 This discussion question will be conducted in specific threads to provide collaborative support for an upcoming assignment. · Read Appendix F about the Murphystown Recycling Promotion Project and look up your thread on the student roster in the Main forum. · Post your response to your assigned thread regarding the following: o Brainstorm why…
CMC 210 Week 8 CheckPoint Advertising or Public Relations CheckPoint: Advertising or Public Relations? · Resource: Ch. 12 of Media & Culture · Identify the major differences between advertising and public relations in 250 to 300 words. · Include the public relations and advertising strategies developed by Ivy Ledbetter Lee and Edward Bernays as examples.
CMC 210 Week 9 Capstone Discussion Question · Post your response to the following: How do issues such as deception and privacy present ethical problems for journalists? Provide two examples of situations that you think journalists could have handled better, and why. · Respond to your classmates by adding ideas for how the journalists could have ethically handled the situations…
CMC 210 Week 1 CheckPoint Cultural Periods CheckPoint: Cultural Periods · Resource: Ch. 1 of Media & Culture CMC 210 History and Overview of Mass Media: Sight, Sound, & Mind Course Syllabus Page 12 · Describe the characteristics of the premodern, modern, and postmodern cultural periods in 250 to 300 words. · Portray the values and symbols of the next…
CMC 210 Week 1 DQ 1 Discuss how much you think U.S. culture influences American media or vice versa, and explain why with specific examples. Remember that culture includes many aspects of life, including food, fashion, sports, entertainment, education, politics, science, religion, and technology.
CMC 210 Week 1 DQ 2 Post your response to the following: Name two or three media products—television shows, radio programs, magazines, newspapers, or Web sites—that you feel consistently exhibit poor taste. Then, name two or three media products that you feel consistently exhibit good taste. Explain your reasons for selecting these examples, and suggest what would move each example…
CMC 210 Week 2 Assignment Information Control · Resource: Ch. 10 of Media & Culture · Write a 750- to 1,050-word paper explaining who determines what is printed and how access to information is limited. · Summarize the history of the control of printed information. · Start with prebook manuscript culture. · Include the formation of early publishing houses. ·…
