read chapters 63 for W, 64 for F
blog due F
visual rendering assignment:
course goals
critical thinking about media
historical understanding of media
multimodality (visual modes) and born-digital media composition
interpreting keywords from course theme
In class exercise: in your groups come up with 5 visual renderings on any theme and rate them for complexity.
how complex?
let's look at examples and give a 1-10? rating of complexity; what are we shooting for?
how deeply engaged? what concept "tangents" are acceptable?
Bring your idea for a visual rendering to class Friday.
On Friday we will look at different visual platforms for composing your rendering.
The L Word
media concept keywords:
--"media" e.g. media's portrayal of lesbians
--homogenization e.g. about lesbians and other minority groups and how the media does that
--"the good gay": the media ideal of a homosexual life (relates to "model minority"?)
--media convergence: def: "economic strategy in which the media property is owned by communication companies, employing digitization and computer networking to work together" i.e. Showtime created the show and the online interface as well
--Caitlin Jenner's "I Am Cait". Blog: disables comments. Big following. Research paper topic?
--p 602 "The L Word" = "feminine, white, economically flush lesbians in L.A."
similar to Caitlin Jenner's position.
writing concept keywords:
(your critique of Kessler's article)
--repetitive: making the same point differently over and over again
--(is this a feature of academic writing, sometimes?)
--would have liked instead: advice on how to change those interfaces
blog due F
visual rendering assignment:
course goals
critical thinking about media
historical understanding of media
multimodality (visual modes) and born-digital media composition
interpreting keywords from course theme
In class exercise: in your groups come up with 5 visual renderings on any theme and rate them for complexity.
how complex?
let's look at examples and give a 1-10? rating of complexity; what are we shooting for?
how deeply engaged? what concept "tangents" are acceptable?
Bring your idea for a visual rendering to class Friday.
On Friday we will look at different visual platforms for composing your rendering.
The L Word
media concept keywords:
--"media" e.g. media's portrayal of lesbians
--homogenization e.g. about lesbians and other minority groups and how the media does that
--"the good gay": the media ideal of a homosexual life (relates to "model minority"?)
--media convergence: def: "economic strategy in which the media property is owned by communication companies, employing digitization and computer networking to work together" i.e. Showtime created the show and the online interface as well
--Caitlin Jenner's "I Am Cait". Blog: disables comments. Big following. Research paper topic?
--p 602 "The L Word" = "feminine, white, economically flush lesbians in L.A."
similar to Caitlin Jenner's position.
writing concept keywords:
(your critique of Kessler's article)
--repetitive: making the same point differently over and over again
--(is this a feature of academic writing, sometimes?)
--would have liked instead: advice on how to change those interfaces