tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4922363996284191692026-03-18T10:22:27.800-04:00This is a blog about my teaching, research and service with some occasional personal comments thrown in. <br>These are my <b>notes</b> on a variety of topics. If you want to follow my blog posts on a specific topic, then see the Table of Contents in the right-hand column. While I try to work in the realm of facts, logic and moral absolutes, if there are any opinions expressed here, they are my own. -<b><a href="http://www.williamhartphd.com">WilliamHartPhD</a></b>WilliamHartPhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10186409541942091616noreply@blogger.comBlogger224125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-492236399628419169.post-8279797489428498982016-12-01T16:30:00.000-05:002016-12-01T16:30:01.040-05:00

In his book,&nbsp;Global Communication: Theories, Stakeholders, and Trends, Thomas McPhail defines the CNN effect as "the process by which the coverage of a foreign event by CNN causes that event to be a primary concern for its audience, which in turn forces the federal government to act."&nbsp; One could add to the U.S. government, then as part of its foreign policy, may influence foreign

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The idea of presenting a development message within a fictional program is the type of development communication that is called&nbsp;entertainment education. &nbsp;The World Bank&nbsp;is a multinational organization that uses entertainment education&nbsp;in their work. &nbsp;See the video below for examples and background information. Below is another example of entertainment education. &

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When an U.S. American enters another country as a development worker, tourist, etc., they should be conscious and cautious of the "Ugly American" concept. Counterproductive attitudes that Americans can have about people from other countries?* "Foreigners coming to live in the U.S. should adapt American ways." "Asians do many things backwards." "Much of the world’s population remains

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Define/explain the terms&nbsp;development, development communication&nbsp;and&nbsp;development journalism. Development: "purposive changes undertaken in a society to achieve what may be regarded generally as a different ('improved') state of social and economic affairs"(Hernández-Ramos &amp;&nbsp;Schramm, 1989). Development projects typically focus on certain areas/issue of a society (e.g.

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Media Imperialism (Anglo-American Dominance) Imperialism: “the extension or imposition of power, authority, or influence.” (Merriam-Webster Dictionary Online) Imperialism is justified under “the White Man’s Burden” views. (See 1899 poem by Rudyard Kipling entitled “White Man’s Burden”) Part of Poem: "Take up the White Man's burden‑‑ &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Send forth the best ye breed‑

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There are&nbsp;activities (things that happen in the world) and there are fields of academic study. International communication can be seen as both an activity and a field of study. International Communication (as an activity): “simply defined, is communication that occurs across international borders, that is, over the borders of nation-states”(Fortner). International Communication (as an

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How did Facebook come to be? What is Mark Zuckerberg's story? Fact and Fiction You might know some of the story from the 2010 film,&nbsp;The Social Network. However, is the film based on the fact? &nbsp;What does Zuckerberg object to? If you are curious, you might also want to check out a recent article "Zuckerberg reveals he found The Social Network 'hurtful'." A documentary or news

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What makes Facebook or Twitter examples of social media? Is YouTube social media?&nbsp; What is social media? &nbsp; "Andreas Kaplan and Michael Haenlein&nbsp;define social media as 'a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0, and that allow the creation and exchange of user-generated content.'" (Wikipedia). So, Web 2.0 has

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Below is a clip from the film,&nbsp;Glengary Glen Ross, about four real estate salesmen and &nbsp;the challenge set before them. The A.I.D.A marketing formula is something that can help&nbsp;you&nbsp;in your own marketing efforts. You want to be successful in your media career? &nbsp;No matter your career path, you will be "marketing" something, "selling" something, "promoting" something,

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A case study is a method of teaching in which students are presented with a problematic scenario or case. &nbsp;A case is an example or illustration of a problem or challenge. Case studies are some times used in law classes and some times in public relations classes, for example. After an international case is presented there is a common method used in PR courses. Define/describe the PR

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Public relations&nbsp;is what an organization does that “helps establish and maintain mutual lines of communication, understanding, acceptance, and cooperation between an organization and its publics” (Harlow). If a toy company sold a product that was found to be harmful to children, what four groups (publics) would they want to be sure to work with? Four key publics that an organization/

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“A good joke idea is raw potential and can be used in an almost unlimited number of contexts” (Sankey). Jokes can be used in stand-up comedy, commercials, cartoons, radio shows, a humor column in a newspaper/blog, TV sitcoms, etc. Jokes are the heart of comedy writing. What is a joke? A funny story. Typically has two parts, the setup and then the punchline. May have an additional part, a tag,

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An ever-growing form of entertainment is the video game. &nbsp;However, do note that we've moved well beyond games like Pong and Pac-Man. How are video games like films? &nbsp; Same? &nbsp;Different? &nbsp; Here's another interesting questions: Are video games next in the evolution of story telling? A key part of answering those questions is understand games and how narrative can fit within

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Within entertainment television, one of the increasingly popular genres is reality TV. Reality TV: "a genre of television programming that presents&nbsp;purportedly&nbsp;unscripted&nbsp;dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors.” Unscripted? &nbsp;Really? In the video clip below, pay particular attention to

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There are a variety of screenwriting methods available. &nbsp;We've already talked about Syd Field's approach and Campbell's Hero's Journey. Let's now look at another approach to screenwriting, Blake Snyder's Beat Sheet. Don't follow Snyder's (or another approach) dogmatically. &nbsp;See them as guidelines. Share this post with others. See the Twitter, Facebook and other buttons below.

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How to Do Ideological Criticism (according to Foss) “The primary goal of the ideological critic is to discover and make visible the dominant ideology or ideologies embedded in an artifact and ideologies that are being muted in it” (Foss, p. 295-296). Step 1: Formulate RQs What is the ideology embodied in this artifact? What are the implication of this ideology? What are the alternative

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We all, more than likely, watch a lot of film and TV. &nbsp;How much do we carefully think about what we watch? &nbsp;What are ways of analyzing, critiquing and better understanding these texts? One means of analyzing a film or TV program is to do an ideological critique of it. What is ideological criticism? How do you do an ideological critique of a film or television series? Ideological

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We've covered previously some basic rules of composition in photography. &nbsp;Now let's add a little more to that discussion of composition in still photography and then we'll move to composition in film. Within still photography composition, other topic worthy of discussion is&nbsp;Itten's contrasts. Composition in Film&nbsp; After you learned about composition in still photography (rule

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What would a rhetorical analysis look like for the following songs? Notice how they are paired together. Nina Simone - Mississippi Goddamn. Live Version (lyrics) Steve Earle -- "Mississippi, It's Time" Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. (lyrics) Rihanna - American Oxygen (lyrics) Share this post with others. See the Twitter, Facebook and other buttons below. Please follow,

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Quantitative research papers which use methods like experiments, surveys, and content analysis typically follow a certain format. Quantitative research paper outline: Introduction&nbsp; Review of literature Research question(s)/hypothesis Methods&nbsp; Results Discussion&nbsp; References Rhetorical criticism papers usually take a different approach. Writing the Rhetorical Criticism Essay (

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To answer research questions (RQs) researchers use research methods. The four main research methods, at least in the social sciences, are experiments, surveys, ethnographies and textual analyses. A researcher who does textual analysis is a researcher who studies a particular text or set of texts. &nbsp;A text is a communication artifact. A text could be written, visual, electronic, etc. &nbsp;

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There are a variety of genres of popular music: blues, country, rock, pop, rap, etc. No matter your favorite genre of music, generally the song lyrics are structured in the same way. Parts of Popular Songs (Lyrics) Title Intro* -- unique section before 1st verse Verse -- 2 or more sections; different words, but similar music and lyrical structure. Chorus (aka: refrain, hook, etc.) -- section

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In adaptation studies,&nbsp;adaptation&nbsp;is the process of a story changing as it moves from one form to another. Example: Harry Potter books to Harry Potter films. It could also be from a video game to a film, from a play to a film, etc. One of the key concepts in adaptation studies is&nbsp;infidelity.&nbsp;Infidelity&nbsp;is a measure of how different an adaptation is from the original

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Previously, we've covered how to write a story based on the three-act structure (e.g., Syd Field's approach). Now let's take a look at a different way of writing a story. Joseph Campbell first identified what he called the Hero's Journey, common story structure found around the world. He found this common story structure in a vast number of old myths from around the world. &nbsp;Novelists and

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So, we now taking a serious look at idea of story. &nbsp; We are studying story. &nbsp;There is a word for that. Narratology is "both the theory and the study of narrative and narrative structure and the ways that these affect our perception" (Wikipedia). Previously, we covered the key components of a story and key things to keep in mind to strengthen a story. In an earlier post we covered: "

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