W
Feb 13—Introduction to Course
F
Feb 15—Introduction to Course
Arguments
Are Everywhere
Introduction to Fallacies
Mini-Essay Due
Week
2
M
Feb 18—Which
Media Do You Trust?
By 8am E-mail
KKH at least 2 ideas
for Take
Charge Assignment
Fallacies
continued
Grammar Fun
W
Feb 20—Transparency
Begets Trust
Fallacies
continued
More Grammar Fun
RP
(Choose one!!!)
- If,
according to Glaser's article, trust
can only be given on a case-by-case
basis in the realm of media, is Jeff
Jarvis's idea of "transparency" (discussed
in Lasica's article) going to increase
the amount of people who trust blogging?
Define how he presents "transparency," then
describe how it is different from the
situational trust Glaser seems to advocate.
- Notice
the dates of the two articles. Do the
statistics presented in Glasner's article
rebut or augment Lasica's earlier assertions?
What is Lasica's argument missing that
Glasner's argument has in spades?
F
Feb 22—NPR
Interview: The Cult of the Amateur
[Please listen to the 10 minute MP3 file]
Bloggers Drive Inquiry on How Altered Images Saw Print
[Right Click, "Save as," & Read with Word Processor]
Click HERE to see the photo.
Fallacies continued
Even More Grammar Fun
Week
3
M
Feb 25—Use the link at the beginning
of In
Fake News We Trust to get to Warren
St.John's NYT article "The Week That
Wasn't: Trusting Fake News"
Watch
Jon Stewart on Crossfire (14 minutes)
Transcript
of Jon Stewart on Crossfire
RP
(Choose one!!!)
- In
this now infamous event, Jon Stewart
appeared on CNN's Crossfire,
and managed to make the hosts look
so irresponsible that the show was
cancelled a few months later. What
arguments do the hosts make in their
defense, and what sort of fallacies
do the hosts bring to bear against
Stewart?
- Summarize
Stewart's argument against pundit shows
like Crossfire. What does
he feel is the purpose of his own show
compared to that of more "serious" shows,
and what does that reveal about the
conclusions of Warren St. John's article?
W
Feb 27—The
Onion: Tell-all Book Reveals Wrestling
Fans are Fake
Seeing
Corporate Fingerprints in Wikipedia
Edits
F
Feb 29—20th
Debate: Reality Show or a Spinoff?
Group work on Take
Charge Assignment
Week
4
M
Mar 3—Take Charge Assignment
Due
W
Mar 5—Essay 1 Prep
Read the MLA Citation
and Plagiarism page
Bring
Essay 1 introduction to class!!!
R
Mar 6-F Mar 7—Class Cancelled
Individual Conferences in MEM 213
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