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

2. Vlogging-start with Pew http://www. pewinternet
Digital ethnography/Michael Wesch
The machine is us/ing Us
Women in Sport digital ethnography Pt I
The Internet has a face

3. 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 N G

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

5. 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’

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

7. 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’?

8. Small group interaction
Process: Select recorder who will type up and save/ to
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