Media Deconstruction Worksheet

Click here for the worksheet. Click here for the vocabulary sheet.

Language, Image, Editing, & Argument: A Quick Comparative Case Study

Chuck Norris and his wife Gena recently published a video on their views of the 2012 election. Check it out for yourself, then answer the media deconstruction questions. Then , view the subsequent interview with Chuck Norris on Fox News. Again, answer the deconstruction questions for this video. Finally, answer the questions below.

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Digital Journalism 2: On The Media

If you’re getting serious about producing media, it helps to begin developing a critical lens on media. One way to begin formulating such a lens it to witness others employing their own. As such, I suggest you start listening to at least part of “On The Media” every week. These are journalists covering journalism, politics . . . → Read More: Digital Journalism 2: On The Media

IB L&L: May 02, 2012 – Media Deconstruction & Comparative Writing

Today in class you are to complete the following activities:

Watch and deconstruct this famous attack ad from the 1988 US presidential election. Use this version of our deconstruction worksheet and the language of persuasion document in Google docs to complete this. Feel free to work together. Share your individual deconstruction in a document with . . . → Read More: IB L&L: May 02, 2012 – Media Deconstruction & Comparative Writing

Digital Journalism: Resources for Investigation

The following are links that may help as you work to finish your investigative piece.

Source Attribution - for discussion on Thursday Investigative Reporting Workshop - A clearinghouse for investigative reports from America & worldwide, lots of politics and justice pieces. Sports Investigation by Yahoo - The best investigative journalism in sports. From the US. The Schuster Institute for . . . → Read More: Digital Journalism: Resources for Investigation

Digital Journalism: Final Exam

Please read this handout. This is your final exam, and you may get started immediately or wait. Your presentations must be completed by May 16. Bring any questions to class or leave a comment for immediate response.

Homework: IB L&L – Video: “The Girl With the Flaxen Hair”

Please watch this video and read the Nikki Giovanni poem “On Hearing “The Girl With the Flaxen Hair” for discussion in class tomorrow.

Homework: AP Lit – Podcast – The American Pastoral in Music

Please follow this link for a podcast on the subject of “the pastoral” in poetry through music and music lyrics. Listen and enjoy, then come to class ready to apply this concept to the reading of poetry and to discuss what you’ve heard.

Wealth of Creative Commons Resources for All Students

If you’re making videos, podcasts, or (Heavens forbid!) Pecha Kuchas, you may enjoy this incredible list of Creative Commons licensed resources. Check them out – more music, photos, and video than you can shake a stick at! Enjoy!

Assignment: AP Literature – Poetry Pecha Kucha

Please see this document and follow the directions. We will view these projects in class and discuss them together. Feel free to ask any questions that may arise as you work through creating your Pecha Kucha.