July 5, 2015
Does cultivation theory expand beyond television and violence? Choose 2-3 websites, digital platforms, digital technologies or media, etc. Then, using concepts from Cultivation theory, explain how these platforms do or …
June 28, 2015
The Priming Effects of Virtual Environments on Interpersonal Perceptions and Behaviors Interesting idea that the imagery and items associated within a virtual world prime the user to specific behaviors both …
June 27, 2015
Question #1: Think about the concept of gatekeeping, the media, and the internet. How do you use the internet to bypass mass mediated forms of news and information? What do …
June 20, 2015
Kindly App Helps You Find Someone to Listen When Times Are Tough Definitely an interesting concept for an App, and likely can touch all smartphone users at some point in …
Module 6 LDP: Isolation and Addiction Question #1: Given what we’ve learned today about social theories of mass communication, how do you perceive the media? Social? Isolationist? Offer debate points …
June 13, 2015
Intimacy in Social Media Unpredicated tweets – love this concept. Interesting perspective that “social media is a low-bandwidth form of communication.” “When we lose these social cues, we also lose …
June 12, 2015
Module 5 LDP: Persuasion and Conversational Maxims Using what you’ve learned about persuasion models and conversational maxims, choose a company or organization and assign yourself the title of PR Executive. …
June 5, 2015
Why We Watch Them Sing and Dance: The Uses and Gratifications of Talent-Based Reality Television Interesting that “American Idol” is used as part of the rationale of the observation, given …
June 4, 2015
Put Uses and Gratifications theory into current practice: How do YOU use the media? How do you encourage others to use or interact with media outlets, particularly in your field? …
May 29, 2015
Broadening the View: HCI and Critical Theory “Technological rationality causes a one-dimensional thinking, in which only one alternative of existence is considered and potential other alternatives are denied.” Dialectical thinking …