INTRO TO
MEDIA
STUDIES
HONORS SENIOR LANGUAGE ARTS
SPRING 2014
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Total up your number of screen-time hours
from an average day (TV, movies, cell phones,
computer, video games, kindle, ipad, online
newspapers/magazines, websites, etc).
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How long do you think you can go without any
screen-time?
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Total the number of hours you spend with any
other media in an average day (books,
newspapers, magazines).
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Add the two numbers.
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How long do you think you could go without
any media use/interaction?
YOUR DAILY MEDIA TOTAL?
THINK ABOUT THIS – BE READY
TO DISCUSS IN A FEW MINUTES
“What exactly is the nature of our relationship with
media? And could we sustain our social ties and
our democratic practices for very long if we were
unable to connect to each other through mediated
words, sounds, and images?”
(Campbell, Martin, & Fabos, 2011)
OUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH THE MASS MEDIA
At their WORST, the media’s appetite for
telling and selling stories leads them to
exploit or misrepresent tragedy.
• Exploit or misrepresent events or people
• Hurtle from one event to another
• Lose their critical distance
At their BEST, our media reflect and sustain
the values and traditions of a vital democracy.
• Help us understand events and trends
• Engage and entertain
THE MEDIA STORYTELLERS
MASS MEDIA DEFINED
Mass media are industries that create and
distribute the following to large numbers of
people:
• Songs, novels, newspapers, movies, Internet
services, TV shows, magazines, other products
DEBATES OVER MASS
MEDIA
People have always debated media’s merits and
dangers.
• Ancient Greeks argued over whether exposure to
plays would corrupt youth.
• Leaders at the turn of the 20th century feared that
“low culture” forms like vaudeville shows would
undermine American values.
• Modern people fear that media violence spawns
real violence or media conglomerates unduly
influence attitudes and behaviors.
CAN A VIDEO GAME
LEAD TO MURDER?
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/03/04/60minutes/main6
78261.shtml
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=678389n
REFLECTION
• List all the mass media products you use or
buy...ex. facebook, music from iTunes, any of the
Google products, TV shows, movies, etc.
• To what extent is the mass media a part of your
daily life? (1-2 paragraphs)
SEMESTER OVERVIEW
Commercial Media
• Advertising, product placement, 21st cent.
advertising
Information/Communication Media
• Traditional vs. new media, social media,
interpersonal communication
Entertainment Media
• Film analysis, music industry, evolution of television
programming
DID YOU KNOW 4.0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ILQrUrEWe8
HOW GULLIBLE CAN
PEOPLE BE?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1oRQ
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