Current Events: 1/31/2010

Here are the current events for this week. Please let me know if you have any questions!

Restoring films from almost 100 years ago is no easy task. Here is an article about old Charlie Chaplin films.

The Cultural Experience Club is going to see In the Heights on Tuesday. This is an interesting article about the production.

Lost premiers this week. I am a huge fan of the show-- and it is worth seeing. Here is an interesting article about the upcoming season.

Current Events: 1/26

Here are the articles for our current events posting/quiz. Please follow the instructions below the picture of Admiral Ackbar.

Avatar is on its way to becoming...

Jersey Shore doesn't seem to be going away...

This is an older article- but is relevant because of the recent "death" of our favorite pirate Johnny Depp. [here is an article about Depp's car accident this week]

Mass Media: Semester II

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome all of my new students to my blog. The blog is an important part of the class because it allows me to give you relevant and timely information regarding this course.

On each Sunday this semester I will post links to articles, videos or other types of media. You are to read/watch/listen to ALL of the links posted. Our class discussions on Monday will be based around these links.

In addition to completing the above tasks, you will also be required to comment on the week's blog post. This comment must be at least 2 paragraphs and be a response to ONE of the articles. Commenting on each week's post is worth 15 points.

Sometimes I will give quizzes on the blog to make sure that you are reading all of the items that are posted. These quizzes will be more frequent at the start of the semester in order to get you in the habit of reading all of the articles. You will be allowed to use a piece of paper with 20 words on it during the quiz. These quizzes are worth 20 points.

Bonus:

If you send me an article that I end up using on the current week's post, I will give you bonus points.

Current Events: 1/9/2010

This will be the final current events post of the first semester. There will not be a quiz- but you will receive points from posting a 2 paragraph response.

Here is an article about the consumer electronic show (CES) that was happening last week. It is about E-readers.

This is another article that I thought was interesting from the show.

Since I seemed to have a theme this week-- here is an interesting video.

this just in: NBC is done with 10pm Jay Leno!