Week of November 15-21

Hello Class! I hope today finds you well. Here is what's on the Schedule and Participation Pages for this week:

*Read Chapter 11 - Communication and the Mass Media

*Participate in Week 13 discussion

*Start working on your final project in this course: The Concept Application Paper. Please review the grading rubric associated with this assignment before starting your paper. Your final paper is due on December 4th by 11:59pm.

*Complete your final Journal Entry. Your completed journal is due by Saturday, November 28th at 11:59pm. I will email out more direction about the Journal Assignment this week.

Class Discussion: Answer one in each of your three posts, at least 12 hours apart:

1). Have you made friendships that exist exclusively in cyberspace? If so, how are they different from f2f relationships? If you have not formed cyber relationships, why not?

2). Do you agree with Marshall McLuhan that the medium is the message, i.e. that the format or logic of a medium is as important as its content and, in fact, determines what content will be broadcast through that channel? Evaluate his idea that television is a cool medium.

3). Pick one concept from the assigned reading, that we have not already discussed, that you found useful or interesting and discuss it.

Remember to post 3 responses to your colleagues blogs during this discussion week.

REMINDER: Thursday, November 19th is a furlough day. I will not hold office hours online on this day. However, I will be on campus and will be available to meet in person. If you would like to meet with me on Nov. 19th, please email me so we can schedule a time to chat. I would love to meet with each and every one of you, if you have time! :)