Comm Theories & Models: MIDTERM EXAMS

This is an INDIVIDUAL OUTPUT. Use a blog in answering your assigned topics. Consider posting essential photos, videos, print screens, documents and other materials to support your answers. Mention all dates of issue and airing.

I STRONGLY RECOMMEND A FACE-TO-FACE CONSULTATION FOR ANY QUERY.

Post your blog links through the comment box, so I would know where to check your answers.

Deadline of Blog entries:     on or before Sept 10 (TUES) @ 10:00 PM

Hardcopy:           or on before Sept 11 (WED) @ 12:00 NN

Agenda-setting

1.       Select two broadsheets that cover politics. Observe only the front page. Compare the coverage of the same event, and note the similarities and differences, such as the amount of spaces devoted to the item, page placement, and language, including quotations, used in the story. What conclusions can you draw from these differences? Consider reviewing AGT principles, like gatekeepers, priming, framing, etc.

For the hard copy, attach the analysed paper.

Broadsheets/Tabloid assignment:

PDI & The Daily Tribune-  Carbonel

Phil Star & Malaya- Irabon

The Mla Bulletin & Business Mirror- Laos

The Manila Times & Manila Standard Today- Robles

PDI & Business Mirror- Johar

Malaya & The Mla Bulletin - Santos

Abante & Tempo- Dichoso

Inquirer Libre & Pilipino Star Ngayon- Llorca        

People’s Journal & Bandera- Libunao

Tempo & Bandera- Usero

2.       On the same date, repeat the same exercise above. This time monitor a foreign news website’s homepage. What types of news are mostly emphasized and highlighted? How does the online news take political issues? Draw a conclusion supporting AGT. Post a copy of the website’s print screen in the morning, at noon and in the evening:

BBC www.bbc.com/ - Carbonel

CNN www.cnn.com/ - Irabon

The Wall Street Journal online.wsj.com/‎- Laos

Al Jazeera www.aljazeera.com/‎ - Robles

Euronews www.euronews.com/- Dichoso

Reuters http://www.reuters.com/- Llorca

Fox news http://www.foxnews.com/- - Libunao

Al Jazeera www.aljazeera.com/‎- Johar

CNN www.cnn.com/ - Santos

Fox news http://www.foxnews.com/- - Usero

Cultivation Theory (CT)

Choose your date and time. This should be a same-day monitoring for both media. Check your assigned TV news program and online news site.  Analyse how the local broadcast news and online media handle and create news stories involving women. Take note of all the headlines to categorize and classify the news on women according to Disaster, Crime, Metro, Feature, World, Showbiz/ Entertainment Sports and Political (local). Therefore all analyses shall be based on the same date. Aside from your observed data, I should also see supported answers citing CT.

On your blog, post the recorded news program and the print screen of the monitored homepage in the morning, at noon and in the evening.

NEWS BROADCAST

24 Oras- Bautista             

24 Oras- Raquel

TV Patrol- Martin

TV Patrol- Francisco

Balitanghali- Yamongan

Ibabalita- Handa

Ibabalita- Binsol

State of the Nation – Crisostomo

State of the Nation- Virtuz

ONLINE NEWS

The Daily Tribune www.tribune.net.ph -  Bautista

The Daily Tribune www.tribune.net.ph -Francisco

Malaya www.malaya.com.ph - Raquel

Malaya www.malaya.com.ph - Martin

Phil Sta www.philstar.com - Yamongan

PDI www.inquirer.net – Handa

PDI www.inquirer.net - Binsol

MB www.mb.com.ph – Crisostomo

Rappler www.rappler.com - Virtuz

CT/ Mean World Syndrome

1. What is your take on the current Internet censorship specifically on Facebook posts? Print screen samples of such. Edit (pixilate or blur) images as necessary. You don’t have to expose everything. Consider the date, time, comments, no. of shares, etc. Focus on how to substantiate our answers.

Pornography  ---San Jose

Pornography ---Llabore            

Videos on violence  - Cabrera

Videos on violence- Dianopra

 Erotic stories- Rapiz

 Erotic stories- Gerarcas

Existence of Sexually Suggestive Fan Pages-  Eloriaga

2. Then interview the following people. Compare and contrast your views. Present a table or graph for the comparison.  Reading and understanding CT will really help you a lot in your conclusive statements. Take the profile of your interviewee. An edited video of the interview is necessary. . Just apply BASIC editing (just cut or fade). Don't forget to transcribe their responses.

a.       A high school student

b.      A mother

c.       A barangay official

d.      A street vendor

Development Communicaion Class- Activity 1

Instructions: It’s Research Day!  Utilize the books in the library and other references online. Answer the following questions through my blog (themcprofessor.blogspot.com) on or before July 13, 2013 (Saturday). A hard copy must be submitted next Wednesday- July 17, 2013 (short bond paper, double-spaced, Times New Roman size 12).

1.      Development Communication has five areas of practice. Identify each , and determine whether these five are all practiced in the Philippines.

2.      Research on the characteristics of  community media. Check Frances Berrigan’s articles or his website for the details.

3.      Expound the term development journalism which was coined by Alan Chalkey in 1970. Mention the three- fold job of a dev journ. Also consider the explanation of Juan Jamias on dev journ.

4.      How is learning system design relevant to development communication. Look into Cadiz’ explanation. Provide a concrete example for this (at least one implemented output whether local or international).

Entrepreneurship or Employment

Hello. I'll wait for your reply within the day. Thank you.

a. Which is more practical: setting up a business or being employed?

b. If you'd rather be in the business sector, prepare a simple business plan with Jump as your co-planner.

c. If you'd choose to be an employee, where would you apply? What is your personal career path in 10 years?

BPO on call: Online Essayists

American Universities are now challenged with the cheating strategies among American students. In this video, online essay writing jobs as a BPO services are offered by third world countries to the said students . Watch this video to further understand the scenarios of both universities and the online essay writers. Discuss the following topics through the comment box below. Discussions must be thoroughly presented.

Things to shed light on:

1. If you were given the opportunity to work as a BPO employee offering an essay writing job, will you take it? Why or why not? Use attribution frm the video you have watched in supporting your answer.

2. How do these cheating strategies of the American students similar to the Filipino students' dishonesty issues in the academic community?

3. Would you rather cheat or would you rather fail? Support your answer.