Media and Society
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Syllabus
Lessons
1. Course Intro
2. Media & Society
3. Media & Identity
4. Media & Community
5. Media Analysis P1 - Basics
6. Media Analysis P2 - Color/Symbol
7. Media Analysis P3 - Light/Dark
8. Media Analysis P4 - Camera Angle
9. Media Analysis P5 - Sound
10. Media Analysis P6 - Face and Body
11. Media Analysis P7 - Power and Norms
Zoom Session 1 - Media Analysis
12. News Media Intro
13. News Media Tactics Part 1
14 . News Media Tactics Part 2 - Fake News
15. Logical Fallacies
16. Hegemony
17. Spiral of Silence
18. Cognitive Dissonance
Zoom Session 2 - News Media
19. Utopia/Dystopia
20. Black Mirror - "The National Anthem"
21. Black Mirror - "The Waldo Moment"
22. Black Mirror - The Entire History of You
23. Black Mirror - Striking Vipers
24. Black Mirror - "Nosedive"
Zoom Session 3 - Black Mirror
25. Black Mirror - "15 Million Merits"
26. Black Mirror - "White Bear"
27. Black Mirror - "White Christmas"
28. Course Wrap Up
WCFH - Presentation
Assignments
Makeup Work
Class Intros
Async Quizzes/Drive Entries
Reading Notes
Screening Response
Take Homes Review
Takehomes
Episode Guide
Takehomes
Read the takehomes for the previous lesson before moving on.
As a sidenote, this
Lisa Kudrow mean tweet
moment is my favorite - her genuine - gets me every time
Screening
Black Mirror
Season 1, Episode 2
"15 Million Merits"
On Netflix
Before watching the episode, go to the
episode guide page
and read through the synopsis and guided screening questions.
Watch the episode
Screening Guide
Some questions to consider and scenes to revisit.
Hot Shot/Bing's Room 7:43 - 10:00
Bing and Abi talk 17:20 - 23:30
Abi goes on Hot Shot 27:00 - 39:00
The shot of the women - the judge and the biker
Consent - is I suppose a yes?
Abi's debut 40:50 - 44:14
Screening Response
Complete the screening response in your individual google drive folder.
Lesson 25: Screening Response - "15 Million Merits"
"15 Million Merits" Lecture
The notes I work off of in this lecture will be posted on the Take homes page.
I reflect on ideas that have come up for me and in past classes when we watched and discussed this episode.
There is much to dissect and discuss.
HOME
Syllabus
Lessons
1. Course Intro
2. Media & Society
3. Media & Identity
4. Media & Community
5. Media Analysis P1 - Basics
6. Media Analysis P2 - Color/Symbol
7. Media Analysis P3 - Light/Dark
8. Media Analysis P4 - Camera Angle
9. Media Analysis P5 - Sound
10. Media Analysis P6 - Face and Body
11. Media Analysis P7 - Power and Norms
Zoom Session 1 - Media Analysis
12. News Media Intro
13. News Media Tactics Part 1
14 . News Media Tactics Part 2 - Fake News
15. Logical Fallacies
16. Hegemony
17. Spiral of Silence
18. Cognitive Dissonance
Zoom Session 2 - News Media
19. Utopia/Dystopia
20. Black Mirror - "The National Anthem"
21. Black Mirror - "The Waldo Moment"
22. Black Mirror - The Entire History of You
23. Black Mirror - Striking Vipers
24. Black Mirror - "Nosedive"
Zoom Session 3 - Black Mirror
25. Black Mirror - "15 Million Merits"
26. Black Mirror - "White Bear"
27. Black Mirror - "White Christmas"
28. Course Wrap Up
WCFH - Presentation
Assignments
Makeup Work
Class Intros
Async Quizzes/Drive Entries
Reading Notes
Screening Response
Take Homes Review
Takehomes
Episode Guide