{"id":352,"date":"2019-01-29T00:58:53","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T00:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/427\/?page_id=352"},"modified":"2023-01-10T16:47:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T16:47:34","slug":"assignments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/427\/assignments\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Assignments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Part I \u2013 Print Photography Analysis &#8212; 5%<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>What: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dr. McClurken will assign a time period to each of the five tables. At each table, each student will choose a historical photo significant to the History of the Information Age. Then, each student will add their photo to their table\u2019s timeline, accessible through a group Google Doc.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Time Frame: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2 days<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Tuesday, Feb 5<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Pick your photo, write your sentences<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Thursday, Feb 7<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Present photos in class<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Before Class: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each student chooses a historical photo from their assigned time period, adding it to their table\u2019s timeline.<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Prompt:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Choose a historical photo from your timeframe and explain the significance of that photo to the Information Age. Be sure to include the photographer, the subject, historical context, and the significance\/cultural impact of the photo (approximately 3-5 sentences per photo). Include full citation of the photograph, and discuss copyright status of the photograph.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Time Period Ideas: (Years are generalizations, US focus, but flexible)<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1850-1900 (Civil War, Early Photography, etc.) &#8212; Table 1<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1900-1945 (WWI, Great Depression, Roaring 20s, WWII\/Japanese Internment, etc.) &#8212; Table 2<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1945-1970 (Post-War Boom, Social Change, Early Vietnam\/Cold War, etc.) &#8212; Table 3<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1970-1990 (End of Vietnam, Cold War, etc.) &#8212; Table 4<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1990-Present Day (Social Movements, Pop Culture, 9\/11, etc.) &#8212; Table 5<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>In Class on Feb. 7: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Going chronologically, each group will present their individual timeline. Then, each table\u2019s timeline will be added to a class timeline.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Evaluation criteria: citation, annotation, accuracy, significance<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Part II \u2013 Yellow journalism &#8212; (in class activity on Feb 12, not separately graded assignment)<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yellow journalism\/Sensationalism &#8212; (In class small groups)<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Possible topics: Hearst, Pulitzer, \u201cRemember the Maine,\u201d \u201cThe Yellow Kid,\u201d creation of mass media networks via newspaper companies, creation of news personalities<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Possible methods of presentation: source document analyses or in-class video or infographic <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finished products can be added to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/427\/timeline\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">overarching course timeline<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Part III \u2013 Silent film &#8212; Due Thursday, February 28 (topic by Feb. 14) &#8212; 15%<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Group project -Embedded\u00a0into timeline <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Out-of-class assignment added to timeline<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Time frame: two weeks to complete with a group<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set maximum length of film: 3-5 minutes so that it is completed on time<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Styled like an actual silent film using editing tools (black and white, caption screens, traditional soundtrack)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tools required: [Get training from DKC on HCC Recording Studio and basic video editing, if needed. Schedule in advance for training and reserve studio.] &#8212;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Video recording equipment,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Editing software,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Possibly need a green screen,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Costumes?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Requires reading about how silent films were produced<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Potential topics for the film (<\/span><b>submit topic by February 14<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Original silent film genres: crime, slapstick, etc <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About a historical event<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Include historical figure in modern day scenario<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spoof or parody <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>TOPICS:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Table 1: Maddie U., McKenzie, Maddie S., Allison<\/strong> &#8212;\u00a0Charlie Chaplin in the modern world, trying to get back to his time period.<br \/>\n&#8211; In our film, Charlie Chaplin will emerge from a time machine and learn that<br \/>\nhe is in 2019. He will run into two girls, who will help him find the time<br \/>\nmachine and get back to his own time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Table 2 (Emma Baumgardner, Jasmine Alanis, Nikki McCormick, and Glynnis Farleigh) Silent Film Project.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We will be recreating significant scenes of student life from UMW history, as though we are going back in time.\u00a0We will begin our film as a group in Simpson Library looking over UMW yearbooks. Then, we will select a photo or scene from a yearbook from each decade to recreate, (EG, 1950, 1960, etc.) going in chronological order until we reach the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Table 3\/4 &#8212;\u00a0Cole, Sean, Jacob, Will, Billy <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Robbing Mary Washington.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Table 5 &#8212; Connor, Andrew, Nicole, Kyle, Sean<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No Bars&#8221;\u00a0 About what happens when our interconnectivity via hand held devices ceases functioning. Cell and internet\u00a0coverage drops, and how people react and cope with these tools and social connectivity doesn&#8217;t come back.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Part IV \u2013 Infographic about memes &#8212; 10%<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Infographic about memes: <\/span><b>individual project <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-Embeddable into timeline <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Timeframe: <\/span><b>due March 26<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tools: prominent meme pages, Canva\/Piktochart<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choose a topic and <\/span><b>have it approved by Dr. McClurken by March 12<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Possible topics could include<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notable proto-memes (Kilroy)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meme reactions to current events (Comparison to political cartoons?)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Newsworthy memes (Stefan Karl, Harambe)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Controversy (Pepe, NPC)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTone\u201d of memes (Relatable, stupid, or surreal)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Others?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Guidelines to be determined in Class on Tuesday, March 12\n<ul>\n<li>Use of an infographic format, context (history and reach) of a specific meme, comment on a meme that connects to larger issues, include examples (link to video\/vine\/gif), citations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Topics:\n<ol>\n<li>Glynnis &#8212; Vaporwave and satirization of consumer and capitalist culture.<\/li>\n<li>Maddie &#8212; bon appetit memes and unspoken language<\/li>\n<li>Nikki &#8212; Joanne the Scammer<\/li>\n<li>Emma &#8212; Nancy Pelosi and memes with political issues<\/li>\n<li>Jasmine &#8212; Success Kid<\/li>\n<li>Jake &#8212; We are number one &amp; Stefan Karl Stefansson<\/li>\n<li>McKenzie &#8212; Distracted Boyfriend Meme<\/li>\n<li>Connor &#8212; World&#8217;s most interesting man<\/li>\n<li>Kyle &#8212; &#8220;How do you do, fellow kids&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Nicole &#8212; de-motivational posters<\/li>\n<li>Sean M &#8212; Kilroy<\/li>\n<li>Andrew \u2014 Hoax memes<\/li>\n<li>Sean I \u2014 Be Like Bill<\/li>\n<li>Maddie U \u2014 \u201cKim K crying\u201d meme and this meme has expanded a personal brand through popularity and pop culture<\/li>\n<li>Allison M. \u2014 Grumpy Cat<\/li>\n<li>Billy &#8212; Michael Jordan Crying<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>Final Assignment &#8212; Choice of topics &#8212; Due <del>April 18 <\/del>April 23 (Choice due to Dr. McClurken by April 2) &#8212; 10%<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Choice 1<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8212; Research blog post for social media influencers, others who make a career from the internet<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">~1000 words<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each <del>group<\/del> individual can focus on one specific platform and analyze how the platform came to be, when people started making careers on it, any disruptions to their income, and who the standout earners in the platform are. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tools: WordPress, social media, standard research tools<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Potential categories: Youtube personalities (Pewdiepie) E-sports players\/Twitch streamers (Doublelift, Hungrybox, Ninja) Instagram \u201cCelebrities\u201d Artists (Patreon, Etsy) Indie video game studios (Team Cherries and Chucklefish) Twitter personalities, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Potential for venture capitalists- Gofundme, Indiegogo, Patreon. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sources of revenue (donation, advertising, sponsorship, monetization)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Disruptions\/threats to income (Adpocalypse 2017 and onward)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Disruptions to other industries (Print media)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Choice 2 &#8212; Fake News &#8212;<\/b> identifying fake news headlines individually <del>in small groups<\/del>, discussing the challenges, and comparing tips on how to best identify valid sources of news. Blog post sharing each group\u2019s experience. \u00a0The New \u201cYellow Journalism\u201d?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deliverable: an infographic blog post or short timeline on individual blogs<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tools: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Optional timeline<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Social media, available research tools.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taking two forms of news: \u00a0Political speech (or statement) and an article in a particular field \/ current topic. \u00a0Fact check them and\/or determine who is funding the article. Compare social media version of story with MSM = circular narrative?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who determines the Fact Checkers validity? \u00a0What \u2018sources\u2019 do the \u2018FC\u2019 use to determine truth or falsehood? \u00a0Algorithm vs human research? Pinocchio scale?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What responsibility does the media have to promote the truth and validate that in which is reported? \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When facts determine that the media was incorrect what responsibility do they have to correct the narrative? \u00a0Note whether there is a retraction or apology.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Choice 3 &#8212; Dehumanization of humanity &#8212;\u00a0<\/b>The gradual dehumanization of humanity more focused on a screen than what is around in the present (looking at your phone at dinner instead of talking to each other)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Group assignment &#8211; possibly in the timeline format where each group could pick as aspect of the mentioned topics and display them in a digital format of their choosing (i.e.: infographic, meme, power point, or a timeline). \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Potential topics<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Average screen time of today\u2019s youth, research the statistics. \u00a0What are you missing? <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Average age that someone receives a cell phone compared to ten\/fifteen years ago. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Movie \u201cIdiocracy\u201d &#8211; prophetic sarcasm. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Physical evolution of tech neck. \u00a0Looking at a screen: Does it damage the spine? <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Choice 4 &#8212; Documentary on some aspect of the Information Age<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Group assignment &#8212; 5-10 minute documentary &#8212; <\/span><b>topic approved by Dr. McClurken by April 2.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>TIMELINE ASSIGNMENT &#8212; 10%<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Contribute two entries to the <a href=\"https:\/\/courses.mcclurken.org\/427\/timeline\/\">class timeline<\/a>.\u00a0 <del>Details to follow<\/del>\n<ul>\n<li>Each entry should be ~150-200 words (ask if you want to make the case for it to be longer) and should include your name.<\/li>\n<li>Each entry should include some multimedia aspect (image OR video clip OR map OR social media platform that TimelineJS accepts)<\/li>\n<li>Each entry must be fully cited (including content and multimedia).<\/li>\n<li>Test out your entries in your own TimelineJS installation which you will post on your blog.<\/li>\n<li>Share your Gmail address with Dr. McClurken so he can add you to access the TimelineJS Google Spreadsheet.\u00a0 Then copy from your Timeline to the class Timeline. [Obviously, don&#8217;t edit or delete anyone else&#8217;s lines in the spreadsheet.]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Entries must be approved by Dr. McClurken by Feb. 19.<\/li>\n<li>Entries completed by <del>April 9<\/del> April 11<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part I \u2013 Print Photography Analysis &#8212; 5% What: Dr. McClurken will assign a time period to each of the five tables. At each table, each student will choose a historical photo significant to the History of the Information Age. 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