WCC COMM 101 reflective project #1 feedback LUTHER

1. COMM 101: UNDERSTANDING MASS MEDIA
PROJECT #1
• Avoid ALL direct and indirect contact with
MASS MEDIA MESSAGES sent/received via the
7 mass media channels for one 24-hour period:
• Print
• Recordings
• Cinema/Film
• Radio
• Television
• Internet/Video Games
• Mobile

2. YOU THEN REPORT ON THESE 4 AREAS:
• (A) The media contacts you could not avoid and why
• (B) Those you avoided but missed having in your life
• (C) Substitute activities you used to fill non-media time
• (D) Personal conclusions about the role of mass media
in your daily life
COMM 101: UNDERSTANDING MASS MEDIA
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3. • WORK: Stores, Restaurants, Bars, etc.
• SCHOOL: Textbooks, homework, etc.
• TO BE WITH OTHERS: Family time, friend
time, etc.
• GOING THROUGH EVERYDAY LIFE: Gas
pumps, GPS, etc.
• BECAUSE “I’M ADDICTED”
(A) The media contacts you could NOT avoid and why:
COMM 101: UNDERSTANDING MASS MEDIA
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4. (B) Those you avoided but missed having in your life
• STAYING CONNECTED: Facebook, Instagram,
Twitter, Snapchat, email, etc.
• COMMUTING: Driving/riding without music,
• WORKING OUT: Music as a motivator
• INFORMATION: Immediately knowing something
• DISTRACTION: Media while doing something else
(homework, laundry, chores, etc.
• AVOID BOREDOM: Media while waiting, etc.
• SLEEP AID: Media to go to sleep, help sleep, and
stay asleep
COMM 101: UNDERSTANDING MASS MEDIA
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5. (C) Substitute activities you used to fill non-media time
• TIME WITH FAMILY, FRIENDS, & PETS (often
outside)
• MAKING MEDIA (ALL KINDS)
• SLEEPING/NAPPING
• WORKING OUT
• CLEANING ROOM/CHORES
• CATCHING UP WITH HOMEWORK
COMM 101: UNDERSTANDING MASS MEDIA
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6. (D) Personal conclusions:
What did you all discover
about yourselves and your
relationship with mass
media?
COMM 101: UNDERSTANDING MASS MEDIA
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7. • BOTH USING AND AVOIDING MASS MEDIA ALLOWS
US TO BOND WITH OTHERS
• CONSUMING MASS MEDIA ALSO HELPS US BE
ALONE
• MASS MEDIA IS A MAJOR PART OF OUR SOCIAL,
WORK, AND EDUCATIONAL LIVES – WE NEED IT TO
FULLY PARTICIPATE AND BE PRODUCTIVE
• ANYTHING WE SPEND THIS MUCH TIME WITH
DESERVES OUR COLLECTIVE ATTENTION AND
SCRUTINY
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8. • MASS MEDIA TECHNOLOGY INEVITABLY IMPACTS
OUR SENSE OF PERSONAL FREEDOM AND
RESPONSIBILITY IN DIFFERENT WAYS; WE EITHER
ACTIVELY CONTROL IT OR FEEL AS THOUGH IT’S
CONTROLLING US…SOMETIMES BOTH AT THE SAME
TIME!
• MEDIA DOES NOTHING TO US BY ITSELF…
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