Communication

“received view” of technology limits our understandings of how we might intervene in historical technological developments. For your final essay, you will consider the role of technology and education in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. You will need to use at least two recent news articles that discuss these issues.  (1) Explain what the received view suggests about technology’s abilities to address the problem of education during the pandemic. in this particular moment. How might many people see this development as evidence of progress, convenience, determinism, and control? (For example, “As we are quarantined, the received view suggests that online education is a form of progress that allows us to continue our everyday lives in the face of the pandemic, in ways that wouldn’t be possible otherwise.) (2) Explain how James Curran helps illuminate a different view of this phenomenon. What role has the internet played in relationship to other social forces? How might we see this play out in the realm of education and COVID? What problems might emerge? (3) Finally, what do you think McChesney and Nichols would suggest in response to these problems? Do you agree? Why or why not?  You should cite: (1)    Slack and Wise (2)   James Curran  (3)    Two news articles (4) McChesney and Nichols

Watch an episode from ‘Leave it to Beaver’ (“Beaver Gets Spelled”), ‘ The Brady Bunch’ (“Where’s the Smoke”), and ‘Malcolm in the Middle’ (“The Funeral”). Analyze the interaction and communication of these various families according to the guidelines on the prompt (the prompt will have you just choose one family to analyze). These are all accessible through Hulu, most are on Youtube as well.

Choose a person and a situation in which you are currently experiencing or have experienced a conflict.  I.  Justify that it is, in fact, a conflict (rather than a difference of opinion or perspective) by demonstrating that it meets the five parts of the definition of a conflict.  So, define each of the following and then explain how your specific conflict fits each of these criteria.     A.  Expressed Struggle      B.  Perceived Incompatible Goals     C.  Perceived Scarce Resources      D.  Interdependence     E.  Interference from the Other Party  II.  Describe how this conflict would be handled using each of the communication styles and conflict methods in your text.  To do this, briefly define each method.  Make sure to paraphrase the text.  After you have defined each method, describe your and the other person’s behavior that would be associated with each of these methods.  Discuss the pros and cons of each choice.      A.  Avoiding     B.  Accommodating     C.  Competing     D.  Compromising     E.  Collaborating III.  Which choice would be the best and why? Answer all questions below, as well.  A.  Compare and contrast different skills that you have learned for dealing with differences of opinion/perspective and conflict in which there truly is a scarce resource. B.  Reflect on the different styles and methods for conflict management.  How might less appropriate styles and methods of conflict management alter relationships? C.  How does practicing the appropriate style and method in conflict demonstrate communication competence?

In this assignment, you will watch a TV show you’ve seen before. Your goal is not to be entertained, but to focus on one way that television tries to keep you entertained without you thinking about it. Answer the questions by using the letters and numbers below. Include those letters and numbers, so it’s easier to grade. Watch an episode of a TV situation comedy you grew up with that was aimed at your age group – Saved By the Bell, Moesha, Full House, Drake and Josh, That’s So Raven, Boy Meets World, etc.  FRIENDS is not acceptable. You need to choose a program that is aimed for children, not young adults) as a targeted audience. Write down the show you watched, episode name, Season and Episode number, and when you watched it as a kid, and when you watched it (including TV network or Web site) for this assignment. Every time you hear the “laugh track” (a real audience or a soundtrack of artificial laughter), you must physically laugh aloud with it. Moreover, every time you hear an audience “aaah” or “boo” or “hiss” or other sound would not have been “heard” by the characters in the show, you also must make that noise. Keep a running tab of the number of times you laughed, booed, awwwed, etc. Tell me that number. Tell me how many times you had to laugh because it was part of the assignment, not because what you heard or saw was funny enough to make you laugh. Write about the experience: How did you feel as you watched it? How aware were you of the laugh track then (and now)? Did you feel manipulated? Why or why not? How “good” would the show be without that track? How have your feelings about the show changed over time? (Do you feel the same way about that show when you watched it for this assignment, compared to how you felt when you saw it as a child?) How does this exercise relate to what we’ve talked about related to media effects? What else do you want to tell me about your experience with this exercise?

For your informative speech you will demonstrate a process or inform us of a life hack. The speech must be between 3-5 minutes. Prepare a full-sentence preparation outline of speech for submission with an accompanying works cited page. Prepare a PowerPoint presentation of 3-5 slides containing minimal text and mainly visual images that enhance the speech.

In studying queerness on television, Diane Raymond argues that there are two ways to read queer images: denotatively and connotatively. In the article assigned for this Unit Raymond focuses on a denotative read of queerness on television. She does so because with the increase of gay and lesbian characters on primetime the meaning created by the viewing audience is no longer implicit but rather explicitly created. She states that before there was an increase of lesbian and gay representation on television, the viewing audience needed to “queer” the text because it was hidden behind a culture of homophobia and heterosexism. Her study of queerness on television revealed three tropes or patterns of queerness: Increased appearance of lesbian and gay major and supporting characters Gay pretender Straight-mistaken for gay These tropes offer potential for subverting heterosexist norms and assumptions but she cautions all too often this potential is policed, contained and heterosexism is reinscribed. Why and How is gay and lesbian sexuality “contained” and “reinscribed” within heterosexual norms?

In this assignment, you will choose three of the following questions. Provide your answers with question numbers (don’t let me guess which ones you are answering) . You should make some references to the class materials and the concepts we have discussed in this class. The length is no more than three single-spaced pages plus a separate page of references. Cite your sources in APA styles. If you are a graduate student, you will work on this assignment instead.,   Based on Michel Foucault’s chapter, how does the concept of Panopticism transform power and discipline in today’s digital society? Be sure to discuss how today’s panopticism operates, how it may affect our behaviors and private lives, and what might be at risk when the Big Brother is watching us.   When it comes to the issue of privacy and public safety, for example, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, to what extent should the government exert control over access to data on personal devices? How much control over our personal information should we have?    What can happen when artificial intelligence can perfect itself? How can such perfection affect us and our purposes? Do you agree that the perfection of artificial intelligence will make humans jobless and make our lives meaningless? Why or why not?   Define fake news, disinformation and misinformation. Why is fake news on social media more harmful than that in any other platform? As a communication major/student, what suggestions do you have for the media industry to handle fake news? What might be the concerns in implementing regulations or lack thereof?    What does online dating offer us? How does it affect people’s behaviors and expectations? What might be the concerns that emerge from the proliferation of dating apps and algorithms?    Include your references on the last page or page 4.

Why don’t we listen better? How by becoming a better listener can you become a better communicator

Research: Using the internet and the information from the Graffiti and Street Art Page as resources, find a piece of graffiti to analyze using the PCTHEDC method. Be sure to respond to every aspect of PCTHEDC and give the piece you found considerable thought.    Respond: Respond to the graffiti you’ve found by using the PCTHEDC analysis. Use the following prompts to help you use the PCTHEDC method. Make sure to site the artist of the piece you find as well as the.  PERSONAL: State your personal perspective regarding the graffiti visual, but don’t let it get in the way of your ability to see the larger whole. CULTURAL: Determine the cultural perspective of the graffiti piece. What does this visual say about our current cultural values? TECHNICAL: What are the mechanics of creating the visual message? What are the constraints, limitations and positive aspects of various media? HISTORICAL: What is the historical perspective of the graffiti visual? ETHICAL: What are the legal issues with this graffiti visual? DEISGN: What elements of design do you see incorporated into the graffiti piece? What principles of art do you see? What colors do you see? CRITICAL: Draw a critical analysis about the graffiti piece. Make more general comments about our human nature as it relates to the graffiti piece. Ask yourself, “What do I think about this graffiti visual now that I’ve spent so much time looking at it and studying it?”

communication equality in work place. presentation can be in in the format of a slide presentation (Google slides, PowerPoint, Prezi, etc.) or a video presentation of your content. You should use 10 slides for your content or 5 minutes maximum for you video.