MASS COMM IS OVER
(if you want it)
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Final Exam
Outline your contribution to the course and demonstrate what you have learned. I ask you to identify (1) key points of learning, (2) shifts in your knowledge, and (3) a discussion of key theoretical terms as discussed in class. I ask that you reflect on your participation, on your learning process and style, and on your understanding of the theories presented in the readings. You may discuss the readings, the assignments, and your response to the class.
Accessing the Course Reserve
For those of you who are still having difficulties accessing the course reserve, I've taken the liberty of creating a Jing presentation to walk you through it:
http://www.screencast.com/users/ireilly/folders/Jing/media/5f8281d9-323f-4d0f-a665-f88d68b9bbdb
I hope this helps,
i.
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This may interest some of you ---- Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme ---http://pitchfork.com/tv/#/episode/2049-freestyle-the-art-of-rhyme/1 [an interesting exploration of creativity, improvisation, and collaboration in hip hop culture]
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Midterm Teaching Evaluation
I'd like you to complete a short informal survey to critique my performance this term. Because we've reached the mid-way point of the semester, I'd like to have a chance to look over your comments, so as to make any changes that need to be addressed. The point is for you to give me a sense of how I'm doing and how you're responding to both the class and the course materials. All of the surveys are anonymous so you can be as candid or as critical as you see fit.
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Dear all,
Please make sure to have included your name and blog link in the "Blog URLs" page. Paul and I will be using that page as our point of reference for retrieving your blogs. If your URL doesn't appear on that page, we will not be able to locate your work.
I hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving weekend. I look forward to seeing you all again next week.
All best,
Ian
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Welcome to the course wiki.
As the semester progresses, I'll be adding a number of different texts/pages that you may find useful. You're free to upload media texts to the wiki, post comments/questions, create pages for collaboration and dialogue, and to use this space as a future reference point.
If I can't answer one of your questions, I'm almost certain that one of your peers in the classroom can. I will be checking in sporadically to monitor wiki activity, but this site is mostly meant to serve as a space for students to engage the course material outside the classroom. I hope you enjoy the wiki.
"All media work us over completely. They are so pervasive in their personal, political, economic, aesthetic, psychological, moral, ethical, and social consequences that they leave no part of us untouched, unaffected, unaltered. The medium is the massage. Any understanding of social and cultural change is impossible without a knowledge of the way media work as environments." - Marshall McLuhan