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Writing about Media: Channel 5 Eyewitness News at 5:00
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Sunday, March 29, 2009. Channel 5 Eyewitness News at 5:00. And, in case I missed it, they ended the show with weather, too. Of the 1/2-hour show (27 minutes to be exact):. 5:00 Quick preview of top stories. Murder-suicide, Red River, Winter Storm Approaching. 5:00-5:07 Red River Flood Watch News Story. 5:07-5:09 Murder-Suicide News Story. 5:13-5:15 World/National News Stories. 5:18-5:21 On the Road Feature Story. Brief coverage of the High School Boys' Basketball Tournament, the Minnesota Wild's upcoming...
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Writing about Media: Facebook: "It's baller"
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Sunday, March 22, 2009. For this week's media ethnography assignment, I chose to focus on why and how my 9th, 11th, and 12th grade students use Facebook. I myself recently gave into peer pressure and joined this social network and was curious about how the younger generation viewed their participation in this forum. . My first question was "Do you participate in any social networks? 10 out of 60 said "no"; the rest said yes, and many participated in 3 or more groups! The next question was, "Which ones?
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Teaching Film, Television, and Media Studies-A Green Light Activity: March 2009
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Teaching Film, Television, and Media Studies-A Green Light Activity. A blog about teaching media literacy, written by a sexuality education teacher. Sunday, March 29, 2009. Sunday, March 29, 2009. Weather, winter storm watch. Weatherwoman explains the danger and then says more will come up soon. 1 min. Shooting in nursing home in North Carolina. 1. House fire in Minneapolis 30 sec. Delta and Northwest Airlines merger 30 sec. To upcoming stories and commercial 1. To upcoming stories and commercial 30 sec.
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Teaching Film, Television, and Media Studies-A Green Light Activity: February 2009
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Teaching Film, Television, and Media Studies-A Green Light Activity. A blog about teaching media literacy, written by a sexuality education teacher. Sunday, February 15, 2009. Critical Approaches to Media Text. Audience or rhetorical analysis is the thought that certain language, signs, and images can lead audiences to believe or think in a certain way. The audience will connect two things together that were previously not connected. For example, Sex and the City. Here, one’s views on reality are c...
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Teaching Film, Television, and Media Studies-A Green Light Activity: Vegans in the media--Watch out!
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Teaching Film, Television, and Media Studies-A Green Light Activity. A blog about teaching media literacy, written by a sexuality education teacher. Sunday, March 8, 2009. Vegans in the media- Watch out! By former Los Angeles Times cartoonist Tony Peyser:. Fox, J. and Ward, K. You are what you eat? Vegetarianism, health and identity. Journal of the American Dietetic Association (2003), 103(6), 748-76. March 8, 2009 at 9:18 PM. I've never thought about how vegans are portrayed, but I absolutely agree with...
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Writing about Media: 5472 Final: Using Film to Teach Literary Elements
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Saturday, May 2, 2009. 5472 Final: Using Film to Teach Literary Elements. Define Elements of Literature. Read English 9 Short Stories. Narrative Analysis Critical Approach/Genre Study. 1 Define Elements of Literature. Plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution). Conflict (character v. character, character v. self, character v. nature, character v. society). 2 Introduce Film Techniques. Framing (close-up shot, medium shot, long shot, establishing shot). Editing (cut, fade in/fade ...
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Duly Noted: Inquiry and Literacy: Genre and The News
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Duly Noted: Inquiry and Literacy. Thoughts on teaching, multi-modal literacy, and education. Saturday, April 4, 2009. Genre and The News. My news log dated last Sunday, March 29th, tracked Fox local news at 5:30pm. It was embarrassingly clear that the station recognized that most people watch local news for.THE WEATHER REPORT! Let's make a comparison:. The weather report=3 minutes and 30 seconds. Clip on local shooting=10 seconds. Clip on North Carolina nursing home shooting=10 seconds. I like your obser...
