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Archive for the ‘Communications and Media’ Category

Audience ethnography

For this assignment you are required to develop a log (worth 20%) and research report (worth 30%) on the television viewing behaviours of a group of people (3-4 people) with whom you are in contact covering weeks 8-11. The participants may be members of your family (siblings, parents, grandparents, cousins), a selection of friends, people at work (e.g. if TV is shown in the workplace), or others who you are able to access watching TV. Not all your participants need to be viewing at the same time but there should be something that unites them as a group. The participants you follow may consume television in any of its myriad forms e.g. broadcast, online, on laptops or on mobile phones. As an ethnographer your role is to temporarily step out of your participants' world and imagine you are from a different country or culture looking back at them with new eyes. What would you notice about their TV viewing

digitalization

This assignment is a bit different. Instead of giving a response in plain writing, your response will be in form of a digital presentation, more like a multimedia story that explains the concepts. Presentation skills are very important in the digital age, and digital media provides many possibilities to work with a combination of text, images, videos and sounds. There are several tools out there. Feel free to use one of the following: http://bunkrapp.com/ (Links to an external site.) https://www.canva.com/ http://www.powtoon.com/ (Links to an external site.) https://www.emaze.com/ (Links to an external site.) You can find several quick tutorials on the sites, but in general they work like online PowerPoints. The task is much in line with the "application of a learned concept" assignments you are used to by now, but the answer will consist not in a written format, but in a digital multimedia story: Select one example of digitization of your choice that contains at l

technological & socioculture analysis of Starbuck’s financial statement

The topic of the essay is how types of decisions influence the financial statement of Starbucks. It's actually a group work essay, my part is to analysis how the technological and sociocultural parts influence the Starbucks' financial statement. There is no need to introduce the background of Starbucks. I will attach a note of writing my part, please follow the note. Any questions or problems please contact me or text me.

Peer review comment

The comtents of this paper is comment a classmate who published the daily on the social software. The Assigment page is attached and Here is the link of my Classmate work: http://comm663.wikispaces.com/Qian+Chen

digitalization

This assignment is a bit different. Instead of giving a response in plain writing, your response will be in form of a digital presentation, more like a multimedia story that explains the concepts. Presentation skills are very important in the digital age, and digital media provides many possibilities to work with a combination of text, images, videos and sounds. There are several tools out there. Feel free to use one of the following: http://bunkrapp.com/ (Links to an external site.) https://www.canva.com/ http://www.powtoon.com/ (Links to an external site.) https://www.emaze.com/ (Links to an external site.) You can find several quick tutorials on the sites, but in general they work like online PowerPoints. The task is much in line with the "application of a learned concept" assignments you are used to by now, but the answer will consist not in a written format, but in a digital multimedia story: Select one example of digitization of your choice that contains at l

How do ideologies of technological utopianism relate to Web 2.0, and is this utopian discourse valid? In your essay, be sure to clearly position your argument in relation to contemporary debates about technological or cyber-utopianism.

The first essay relates to the early weeks of the course about the internet and its influence on the relationship between global and local cultures, and the dialectics of empowerment/disempowerment, utopianism/dystopianism that surround this relationship. Guided by the below essay questions, you should focus your essay around a particular element of cyber-culture discourse explored in the early weeks of the course, and/or a particular case study which illuminates the nexus between the internet, globalization, and local cultures. Essay questions will be discussed in tutorials, and you are encouraged to approach your tutor or coordinator for guidance as you choose your essay question and narrow down your argument. Your essay must be structured around a precise, carefully considered argument developed in response to your chosen question. Don?t simply unload everything you happen to know about the topic! Ensure that your essay does not draw on broad generalizations, anecdotal evidence, or

High School

This week's online discussion refers to this week's reading: Carlota Perez (2004), “Technological revolutions, paradigm shifts and socio-institutional change”, http://www.carlotaperez.org/pubs?s=orgchg&l=en&a=technologicalrevolutions (Links to an external site.) ; http://www.carlotaperez.org/downloads/pubs/TRs_TEP_shifts_and_SIF_ch.pdf (Links to an external site.) In Figure 4 of the text, Carlota Perez explains the process of creative destruction of long wave transitions by going through it step-by-step. Select one example of creative destruction your choice. Then walk us through each of the steps outlined in Figure 4. Make sure you read the text before you answer the question to ensure that you understand what she means by each step of the process. Also make sure you make clear which step you refer to at each point of your explanation (you could use bullets to distinguish between them, but don't have to...). Grading rubies is also attached. Thank you.

Masters Research Project Exegesis

Order Description Masters Research Project Exegesis Guide Total length - 40-45 pages (~10k words) Abstract: Long Paragraph summarizing your project. 1 page. Introduction: Background, how you got to where you are with your project. Extended outline of the project, where is your project situated in terms of art fields or design or music...in detail: 5-6 pages Context Review: Discussion of the field...almost like a literature review...but you are talking more about the overall field you work is in. 5 pages you can expand this section. Process/Practice/Personal Motivations....what is your artistic process overall and how does this project extend or consolidate that practice: 4-5 pages You could concentrate on this more.... Description and Discussion: The �meat� of the document. Discussion of your works. and that would be like a mini essay within your essay....introduction....talk about each work...in detail...lots and lots and lots images.. technicial/ar

Article Critique: Masking Poor Communication

Use the ProQuest online database (found in the Ashford Online Library) to locate the article entitled, “Close Relationships Sometimes Mask Poor Communication.” Write a two-page paper (excluding title and reference pages) about your thoughts on this article. In your paper, be sure also to address the following:
  • Have you ever had a miscommunication with someone close to you simply because you assumed that they understood you? What happened?
  • How can you make sure that this kind of miscommunication does not happen in the future? Or when it does happen, what could you do to make your communication more clear?
Be sure to reference the ProQuest article and at least one of the other course readings from this week in your paper. This can be your textbook or one of the recommended articles. The paper must be formatted according to APA style. Cite your resources in text and on the reference page. For information regarding APA samples and tutorials, visit

Communication Theory

Assignment Requirements   System Wide Assessment Brief The assessment will be based on research Essay Research Essay: Write an essay researching the salient features of Theories of Persuasion ( attached file) , analyze and apply it to a given media situation. Some of the examples could be: o Uses and Gratifications Theory o Agenda-Setting and gatekeeping o Cultivation Theory (Media effects) o Elaboration Likelihood Model Your research paper should demonstrate you can: o Explain the theory o Apply the theory to a given media situation o Collect evidence through study of films/ video/ Radio/ print / Advertising/PR/ Internet/Animation / Interviews o Analyze the evidence collected to support your arguments o Summarize the key findings to give your conclusion Your paper must include the following sections: o Cover page o Honesty statement o Introduction o Explain the theory o Research question o Evidence gathered through the study of messages disseminated on various mass media