Reading Notes Instruction Video
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Section 1
Reading notes 1 is mandatory
Reading Notes 1 |
Due: Thursday, 2/11 by 11:00am |
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APA Citation: Smith, G. (2010). "It's just a movie": Why you should analyze film and television. In What media classes really want to discuss: A student guide (chapter 1). Retrieved from: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/templeuniv-ebooks/detail.action?docID=557321.
File Title: Last name, First name - Reading Notes 1
File Title: Last name, First name - Reading Notes 1
Section 2
Select 3 of the following 5 reading notes (and accompanying lessons) to complete.
Reading Notes 2 |
Due: Thursday, 3/11 by 11:00am |
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APA Citation: Butler, J. G. (2013). Mad men: Visual style. In E. Thompson, & J. Mittell (Eds.), How to watch television, (pp. 38-46). New York, NY: NYU Press.
File Title: Last name, First name - Reading Notes 2
File Title: Last name, First name - Reading Notes 2
Reading Notes 3 |
Due: Thursday, 3/25 by 11:00am |
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APA Citation: Acarón, T. (2016). Shape-in(g) space: Body, boundaries, and violence. Space and Culture, 19(2), 139-149.
File Title: Last name, First name - Reading Notes 3
File Title: Last name, First name - Reading Notes 3
Reading Notes 4 |
Due: Tuesday, 4/6 by 11:00am |
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APA Citation: Mast, M. S., & Cousin, G. (2013). Nonverbal communication. In J. A. Hall, & M. L. Knapp (Eds.), Power, dominance, and persuasion, (pp. 613-635). De Gruyter Inc.
File Title: Last name, First name - Reading Notes 4
File Title: Last name, First name - Reading Notes 4
Reading Notes 5 |
Due: Thursday, 4/8 by 11:00am |
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APA Citation: Ahearn, L. (2001). Language and Agency. Annual Review of Anthropology, 30, 109-137. Retrieved January 12, 2021, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/3069211
File Title: Last name, First name - Reading Notes 5
File Title: Last name, First name - Reading Notes 5
Reading Notes 6 |
Due: Tuesday, 4/13 by 11:00am |
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APA Citation: Leavitt, P. A., Covarrubias, R., Perez, Y. A., & Fryberg, S. A. (2015). “Frozen in Time”: The Impact of Native American Media Representations on Identity and Self-Understanding. Journal of Social Issues, 71(1), 39–53. https://doi-org.libproxy.temple.edu/10.1111/josi.12095
File Title: Last name, First name - Reading Notes 6
File Title: Last name, First name - Reading Notes 6
Reading Notes Assignment Sheets and Rubric
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Reading Notes 1 - Smith - Exemplars
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Essential Question Exemplars:
- Why is it important to analyze all forms of media across centuries of history and a vast diversity of cultures?
- In what ways might a mediamaker be more deliberate about creating specific meaning in a text?
- What variables factor into message creation in a pop culture text and how do each of those variables affect meaning making?
- How can we analyze film to understand both the creator’s intentions as well as the context in which the story was shaped?
- How can we apply Smith’s logic of analysis to other works like books, comic books, video games, etc?
- What should a media analyst’s purpose be when analyzing pop culture texts?
- Of all the mediamakers that contribute to a media text, who has the most jurisdiction/ownership over the intended messages of that text and why? (Who do we attribute the final product and its message to?)
- How might the average person go about learning to see pop culture texts as sites of both entertainment and analysis?
- How do cultural norms influence the production and analysis of pop culture texts?
- How does the depth of one’s media analysis knowledge affect their relationship to the content they consume?
- How does personal identity influence the ways in which people “read into” films and television?
Reading Notes 2 - Butler - Exemplars
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- How effectively does Mad Men critic the social structure of the 1960s?
- How do different aspects of visual style influence the way audiences interpret scenes and actions of characters in television?
- How do the “background” elements of Mad Men play major roles in its storytelling?
- How does the visual style of a program not only reflect the era of focus but also serve as a narrative tool to the audience representing everything from plot development to relationships between characters?
- How does visual style affect the way we perceive television and the messages it tells us, direct or indirect?
- Moving forward, what aspects of visual style will be most important for producers to incorporate in order to authentically represent the current/modern-day period to viewers who may be watching the show in the decades that follow?
- What elements of a show must be in place to accurately depict a time period?
- How can producers genuinely or accurately represent a time period on a television show, especially with the constraints of the medium of television and film?
- How might modern shows criticize the modern era in the same way Mad Men critiques the 60s?
- How might audiences perceive the series differently if these techniques of mise-en-scene, cinematography, and editing were not used?
- What other television shows make use of specific visual style techniques to convey their messages?
- How could mise-en-scene, cinematography, and editing be used to critique the culture today, and how would that differ from the way those elements are used in Mad Men?
- How might Mad Men as a series and its critique of 1960s values and power structures influence modern audiences?
- How does Mad Men differ in content from television programs made during the 1960s?
Reading Notes 3 - Acaron - Exemplars
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Essential Question Exemplars:
- How does the media’s portrayal of women affect actual women’s idea of what space they can occupy and how they should act in those spaces?
- What defines the Self and how does our perception of our Self and the space we inhabit impact our behavior?
- What can those who are privileged in their embodied space do to support those who do not have the same privileges due to physical and societal factors?
- How have we seen a change in space with the development of advanced technologies and mobile media?
- How can we examine and understand political/public figures through the study of proxemics, and more specifically, how space and power are determined through their interactions?
- After reading about the different characteristics about embodied space, how can we be conscious about how we take up space and how we interact with space and others in our lives, especially when it comes to marginalized groups?
- How are notions of power related to space and spatial violence against particular groups learned when such behaviors are not directly communicated and are generally performed on an unconscious level?
- How does the way our bodies shape space impact how we analyze television shows and films?
- While this article focuses on the potential negative use of space to enforce dominance, how can space be used and shaped to benefit society?
- How often within our everyday lives do we unknowingly shape a space? How often do spaces shape us without us even noticing?
- How might Acaron’s argument and definitions of space and bodies be applied to virtual spaces?
Reading Notes 4 - Mast & Cousin - Exemplars
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- How might clothing (specifically clothing perceived as gendered) play a role in nonverbal dominance?
- How might the differing perceptions of power between genders illustrate the gender divide in our society?
- How might race be a mediating factor that perceivers combine with nonverbal cues and individual stereotypes in order to assess power status?
- How might people exhibit nonverbal dominance behaviors through an online mediated communication form, such as Zoom, and how might the communication and perception of those behaviors be similar to or different from in-person?
- In what realms do we see specific people or groups intentionally or unintentionally utilizing language and nonverbal behaviors to persuade people?
- How can we use the idea of verticality to better understand the different relationships in our life?
- How would future research studies need to operate in order to find answers to the questions proposed by the authors at the end of the article?
Reading Notes 5 - Ahearn - Exemplars
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- In what ways would being multilingual affect an individual’s agency?
- How are different pronouns used in American society to give agency (or not) to the gender nonconforming?
- What are ways personal agency can differ between countries/social backgrounds?
- Who has the authority and/or power to form the “formal” definition of the terms language and agency?
- How might agency be established in the digital/virtual world?
Reading Notes 6 - Leavitt et. al. - Exemplars
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- In what ways do other groups (Latino Americans, LGBTQIA+ community members, etc.) experience relative invisibility?
- How can we improve the contemporary representation of Native American people?
- In what ways might media consumers bear
- fault, along with media makers, for perpetuating limited representation of minority groups, and in what ways?
- In what ways can change in policy impact change in media representation? What small differences can we make in our everyday lives to positively influence media representations of marginalized groups?
- How can mediamakers shift the negative and stereotypical media representations of Native Americans, and minority groups in general, to positive and truthful representations?