read 2 chapters and write five paragraph paper
Instructions:
1) Everyone must do all V parts.
2) Number your responses.There must be Arabic numerals under the Roman numerals.At the beginning of each Arabic numeral, include the task you must perform as stated.
3) You will receive credit for each section – depending on whether you have addressed the task and how well you addressed it.You definitely need to cover the basic and central issues and then expand onto secondary issues.Your responses must be precise enough to address the specific tasks (of course, your response can be so general that it will cover many questions – but that will not receive credit).You must be through and exhaustive, within reason – your responses must not be so inappropriately general that you will receive “explain” in the comments from me.
4) No specified length for the sections – but I am expecting about a paragraph of well-constructed and complete sentences.
5) You must demonstrate the knowledge of the articles and the discussions we had.This paper cannot be written by someone who has not read the material and is simply supplying common-sense answers that anyone would give.
I.On Ch. 9. “… Democracy demands … imperatives…. people must be exposed to materials that they would not have chosen in advance and come across views that they would not have have previously selected or even agreed with.”
1) Explain the diversity imperative above.(Your answers must not be so general that they apply to many things and it is not clear that you are answering the specific question.Perhaps, give examples, if your more general answer could use clarification.Use the book and expand upon what you find there to show mastery of the subject matter.)Respond to each letter separately.
a) Why is it important for persons as individuals?(Do not provide generalities but explain how.)
b) Why is it important for persons as members of a democracy?(Do not provide generalities but explain how.)
c) What would happen if the opposite of the imperative happened?(Do not provide generalities but explain how.)
2) What is personalized news?
3) How does personalized news lead to failure of the diversity imperative from I.1?
4) What is meant by that social media separates people into groups?How does this separation happen – what is the mechanism of this separation process?
5) How does social media lead to the failure of the diversity imperative from I.1?
6) What does the analysis of Arab Spring with regard to face-to-face communication and failure of post-revolutionary government add to what has already been said about social media and the implications of it?
II.On Ch. 10. “… Popular art … [A] loses its critical edge and [B] takes shortcuts to commonplace insight … to reinforce the status quo … to stabilize culture … with subtle (or not) messages that reinforced the social structure.”
1) Explain what is meant by [B] and give some examples.
2) Explain what is meant by [A] – as the opposite of what [B] achieves or as what [B] fails to achieve, and as conforming to diversity imperative from Part 1 above.
3) What is the nature of a fake news program – the paradigm for which is the Jon Stewart show?
4) What is the nature of a genuine news program – the paradigm for which is the opposite of the Jon Stewart show?
5) What is the beneficial function of fake news in relation to genuine news- the paradigm for which is the Jon Stewart appearance on “Crossfire” with Tucker Carlson
6) Explain how fake news can be harmful and promote the opposite of what you discussed in II.2.
III. On Danish Cartoons.
1) Explain what the Danish cartoons were, as well as the context in which we can understand their publication.
2) Explain how – by means of what – Danish Cartoons could promote the critical function that you discussed in II.2.
3) Explain how – by means of what – Danish Cartoons could be harmful and promote the opposite of what you discussed in II.2.
IV.Your own example and analysis.
1) In one sentence, name the media phenomenon (program, web application, etc.) that you wish to analyze.
2) Explain what the phenomenon that you selected in IV.1. is, as well as the context in which we can understand its taking place.
3) Explain how – by means of what – the phenomenon that you selected in IV.1. could promote the critical function that you discussed in II.2.
4) Explain how – by means of what – the phenomenon that you selected in IV.1. could be harmful and promote the opposite of what you discussed in II.2.
V.Conclusion
Briefly summarize what you did.Discuss what you learned in the doing of the paper – what you did not know before and know now.Anything else that comes to mind.