GASB05H3 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Visual System, Facebook, Retina
GASB05H3
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
GASB05-Lecture 1- Course Introduction
“Media Life”:
Everyone lives through their screens
Creates boundaries between individuals and their environment
There is much more different from Canada, where people are more zombie-like with their
screens, especially in North America
What Defined 2016?
Pokémon Go
Brussels attack
Zika
Brexit
IPhone 7
Syria
Music
The election
The emphasis on celebrity deaths
There is one major cultural stream that unites individuals from different places
Canadiannness:
Kim’s Convenience
What makes you a Canadian?
oTim Hortons
oBeing the “nicest” people on the planet
oMaple syrup
oIgloos
Is there such thing as Canadian media culture?
oExclusive television channels and cartoons
oTake pride in music artists (Tory Lanez, the Weeknd, JB)
oDue to diversity, Canadians do not have a specific media culture
Course Outline:
Textbook: Media and Politics in a Globalizing World (Alexa Robertson)
Media Imperialism
Media conflicts and militarism
Infotainment and mediatisation
Global audiences and local reception
Global political economy
Journalists vs. Activists
Global Television
Smartphones
Weibo (Chinese twitter)
Assignments:
oReading report (30%)
oEssay (30%)
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oExam (30%)
oParticipation (10%)
Zotero
Very basic introductory topics were discussed.
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Document Summary
There is much more different from canada, where people are more zombie-like with their screens, especially in north america. There is one major cultural stream that unites individuals from different places. What makes you a canadian: tim hortons, being the nicest people on the planet, maple syrup, igloos. Is there such thing as canadian media culture: exclusive television channels and cartoons, take pride in music artists (tory lanez, the weeknd, jb, due to diversity, canadians do not have a specific media culture. Textbook: media and politics in a globalizing world (alexa robertson) Assignments: reading report (30%, essay (30%, exam (30%, participation (10%) The concept that every country has their own media system. Media life by mark deuze: bans laptops from class as a belief that hand-written notes help individuals grasp more of the information. Popular culture is vastly pervasive and celebrity deaths have been given a great emphasis; when people die around the world every single day.
