Some media issues September 17, 2008 Very Short Quiz Language and Media, Ch 4 Small Groups: Site Evaluations

Vlogging-start with Pew http://www. pewinternet Digital ethnography/Michael Wesch http://mediatedcultures.net/ksudigg/ The machine is us/ing Us http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLlGopyXT_g Women in Sport digital ethnography Pt I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaZqU_LRGxo The Internet has a face http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDAjO9jnccc

Hymes and communicative competence: issues to think about S and classroom Stereotypes P and media as Partner E and Evaluating movie trailers A and examining how interAction happens K (we’ll add to this list over the semester) I http://www.apple.com/trailers/ N G

So, what did you notice when you looked at Huffington Post, Townhall.com, and the Onion?

Ch4, Lang Soc & Power Media, language and power – p. 58, ‘the relationship between how a story gets told and what that might indicate about the point of view that it gets told from’

What does the text mean by Dominant discourse Unmarked vs marked forms (for gender) Asymmetrical power

Media and register Explain the following: audience design, norms, linguistic variation, context of use, media genre How do we play with them? How do they ‘play us’?

Small group interaction Process: Select recorder who will type up and save/email to bdavis@uncc.edu Other roles: criteria selectors, site selectors, site reviewers. Everyone has input, and each person has a role Format: Prior Knowledge Criteria/Tools for Review 4 site reviews Reflection on what learned Names of people and their role in the group