This afternoon, please write a short 200-400 word article on your experiences this weekend as you tried to unplug. Consider and reflect on how you felt, what you did, how you avoided (or did not avoid) media sources, and what you learned about your media consumption behavior. Your article will be an editorial. That is, an opinion piece (usually written by the senior editor at a magazine or newspaper or blogger/web writer) about a topic that corresponds to the attitude or belief of the organization (newspaper, magazine, media source, etc). Editorials are one way in which the media attempts to create a dialogue--a dialogue, we may argue that can be one sided--as the media source can decide to include or exclude "letters to the editor" (written by public viewers or the reading audience).
Then:
Please read the handout and article online: A Day Without Media. (See handout as well). After reading and working with this article, please add 100 words to your original editorial and explain (probably in an introduction) what you were asked to do by your teacher, and what the authors of these articles were attempting to do. You may use these sources in your own editorial. Your final draft of your editorial will be between 300-500 words (200 - 400 + 100 = 300 or 500!).
For our articles in this class, please write your article in a 2-column spread. Use the column tool in your word processor to do this.
When you complete your editorial please turn it in. You should complete your editorial TODAY--so don't procrastinate or get off track!
In addition:
Contrast this article and website with the article handout "Fighting a Social Media Addiction". In the COMMENT section below, post answers to questions for critical reading:
Then:
Please read the handout and article online: A Day Without Media. (See handout as well). After reading and working with this article, please add 100 words to your original editorial and explain (probably in an introduction) what you were asked to do by your teacher, and what the authors of these articles were attempting to do. You may use these sources in your own editorial. Your final draft of your editorial will be between 300-500 words (200 - 400 + 100 = 300 or 500!).
For our articles in this class, please write your article in a 2-column spread. Use the column tool in your word processor to do this.
When you complete your editorial please turn it in. You should complete your editorial TODAY--so don't procrastinate or get off track!
In addition:
Contrast this article and website with the article handout "Fighting a Social Media Addiction". In the COMMENT section below, post answers to questions for critical reading:
- Consider the Maryland report alongside Johnson's "Fighting a Social Media Addiction" especially in light of Rutledge's claim that the report's conclusion "had nothing to do with addiction" [para. 7]. To what extent do you think that "Fighting a Social Media Addiction" accurately represents the Maryland study? Why?
This is IN ADDITION to your editorial draft. Please post your comment in the section below by end of day today (or if you need an extension by beginning of next class)!
HOMEWORK: Please complete Chew on This. Our last chapter is "Your Way" and the "Afterward"--In a paragraph or two response, explain what the authors of the book attempt to persuade us to do after reading this book. How do the authors make a persuasive claim in this chapter about the health of our community? Why do you think they wrote this chapter as an ending instead of putting it in the beginning or middle of the book? Is the author's argument convincing to you? Why or why not?
Our next lesson will include: Intro to Discourse
The website took experiences from several different individuals, listed the effects of the media withdrawal, and put in the subject's inputs. The views of the subjects was the basis of this website, while in the article, it focused more on blanket explanations.
ReplyDeleteThe website took a study on the students to find current results on their days without media while previously being immersed in it. The website also took the effort to use the students words to formulate a common theme. In the article it seemed to be based on things that can be used on lots of people, taking what the Maryland studies did and made it into a token to drive another point into the our heads.
ReplyDeleteThe assignment for the Maryland students had lots to do with addiction. I disagree with Rutledge's claim because if the college students did not have addiction, then why were they not able to pass the entire day without using anything. Instead of using their phones, trying to get to use technology and other things that have to do with media, why couldn't they do something else to get their minds off media and do something else. "Fighting a Social Media Addiction" accurately represent the Maryland studies because since they tested many students in the school, it was like a proof that these new generations that are rising up are going to grow more addicted over time as technology advances.
ReplyDeleteIt is biased a bit in the regard that it thinks social media addiction is a bad thing (whether it is or isn't is not the point - it's that they took a side), but they do represent the results of the study accurately. I like that they included different viewpoints from many people, rather than using an overall statement to account for the study.
ReplyDeleteAny addiction isn’t healthy really. But music is a part of the media and some people need music. There was music long before there was any form of electronics. Everyone loves music no one can say they truly hate music. Because it would be a lie. Music is the most important thing in my life. I don’t care much for other things just mostly music. It's been a part of my life for a long long time ever since I was a baby.
ReplyDeleteThe article is about "Media Addiction" and although gives multiple quotes from various students well depicting what media is to them, the article was only coming from the idea that media was all bad and didn't give any mention to the positive things media has done to these students.
ReplyDeleteOn the website, it took view points from several different students, and even as they did that, they still didn't put their statements under a common theme. The website really only focused on the negative things about media, rather than the positive, which only makes you see one side of things. And with the article it really focused in one several explanations, and them put a common theme to them.
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ReplyDeleteI don't agree with Rutledge's claim that it had nothing to addition.After reading over every individual's experience It came to my attention that every single one of these students found it hard to stay off media for a whole day.They had an itching feeling to get on the media,even if it was just for a second.Judging from this article though I feel as if they only focused on the bad things about media.So it's as if you were only seeing one side.This article I think is bias.But,I think that Fighting the Social Media Addiction accurately represents this whole Maryland study
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