Mass Media, Final Exam

CORRECTION: The final exam for Mass Media will be January 8th. Here is how the test will be broken down:

Vocabulary

This section will cover vocabulary from the slides from throughout the semester.

Essay Question

You will draw a topic from a box. The topic will be taken from a lecture that we've had, such as "Describe how mass media effects audiences."

Writing an Op-Ed

You will draw an op-ed topic from the box. You will need to write it in the op-ed style, with a lead, multiple points, and a conclusion.

Writing an Obituary

You can write an obituary on either yourself. You should write it in the style of a Western obituary. Check the textbook for examples.

Oral-Aural Final Exam, January 2nd

Oral Component (10 points)

You should meet with me for the oral exam by the time of the written test.

Logic Section (10 points)

You will need to write an analysis of an argument. Here is an example:

http://gre.learnhub.com/lesson/3392-gre-aws-analyze-an-argument

Join the Club! Section (20 points)

This section will involve terms from the textbook, Join the Club. Check the front of the book for a sample test from a previous semester.

Extension

Second exam has been moved back to December 19. Oral component deadline is December 14.

Third exam will be a written and oral assignment. To be explained in class next week.

Second Mass Media Test, December 12, 2011

The vocabulary section will include ten words taken from the first ten weeks of class. (5 points)

The essay question will require you to answer about an article of your choosing!! (Pick a 4-5 page article from The New York Times, Al-Jazeera, or other newspapers and have me approve it in advance. No two people can have the same article.)

The second writing portion will involve answering a question about the Society of Professional Journalist’s Code of Ethics. You should memorize the Code of Ethics.

Society of Professional Journalist's Code of Ethics

The oral component involves an oral quiz about the following four articles. (5 points)

Deadline: December 8, 2011

Up to three people can take the oral test together.

During the oral quiz, we will discuss any or all of the four articles in detail.

“King of Kings” by Jon Lee Anderson

“Changing Times” by Ken Auletta

“Closing the Gap” by Barbara Beck

“The Umbrella Man” by Errol Morris

“Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood” by Tariq Alhomayed

Test, November 14

Presentations are canceled. We will have a test on Monday, November 14.

Test One, Mass Media

Total of twenty points.

Definitions

I will give you twenty definitions (.25 points each), for a total of 5 points. You will have to give a definition and use it in a sentence. These definitions will be taken from the book and from slides. No word bank. No multiple choice.

Example Question: Lead

The first sentence in a work of journalism

The lead summarized all of the article’s main points.

Essay Answer #1

You will identify a quote from one of the following articles. You should write the author’s name and the title, and be able to explain the genre, medium, and occasion, for each of them. (5 points) You should also discuss how the quote fits into the article and what the strengths and weaknesses of the article are.

The articles that will be used are below. You can read and prepare before the test!

"Once Upon a Time in Damascus"

"Depression's Upside" by Jonah Lehrer

"The Possibilian" by Burkhard Bilger

Slavoj Zizek: 'Now the field is open'

Example Question: "This radical idea — the scientists were suggesting that depressive disorder came with a net mental benefit — has a long intellectual history." Where is this quote from? Discuss the article.

Essay Question #2

You will respond to a prompt that has been previously discussed in class, for a total of 5 points.

Example Question: What are the strengths and weaknesses for long-form journalism?

Long-form journalism includes articles that are longer than 5,000 words. These articles take a subject like the Arab Spring in the Middle East and go into greater detail than newspaper articles. The “I” voice is used, so that can provide information that is left out of “he” voice articles. Also, some readers will not read long-form journalism, because they don’t think the subject needs that much attention.

Essay Question #3

Answer a question regarding your assigned work of journalism (5 points).

The question might be one of the following:

What is the political importance of your assigned work of journalism?

Why should someone in 2011 know about your work of journalism?

What would have happened differently historically, if your work of journalism had not been created?

What is the social importance of your work of journalism?

Reading Assignment, Mass Media, October 19

We have three reading assignments for our class on op-ed articles:

Profanity in the Post

The Op-Ed Project

America's growing anti-intellectualism (Al-Jazeera)

Oral-Aural Skills

Presentation Schedule

English 213, Section 1

Philosophy of Aesthetics 1. __ayat kamal

2. kafa alasaed

3. dania smadi

4. ekram alghoul

5. shatha yousef

History of the Netherlands 1. __ibrahim manasrah

2. marwa Hassan karusheh

3. ___farah mohammad____

4. sawsan

5. ali aldebie

History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 1. maha smadi

2. Isra` al ankasouri

3. doha alharahsheh

4. walaa hussein

5. Israa__awad_

Liberalism, John Stuart Mill, and the Political Future

1. ameera malkawi

2. Muna abu sahyoun ___

2. haneen shaheen_

3. taqwa mohammagd

4. Eyad Zain

The Turin Test and Artificial Intelligence 1. Sajeda aljawarneh

2. leen hijazi

3. maya halboni

4. donia saif

5. dalya al rabadi

History of the National Football League 1. sereen muafaq abu aqula

2. eman mosa mohammad

3. nehaya ali magableh

4. malak abdallah

5. yazan abdula frehat

6. diaa sleman alkaldy

Italian Neorealist Cinema 1. ala'a mahmoud abd-latef

2. elham ahmad thyabat.

3. alaa khairi.

4. hadeel awad

5. Maram Jameel

The Science of Memory 1. alaa atef

2. walaa jazi

3. walaa barakat

History of Chocolate

4. raya ayoub

5. mimi oweis

6. Muhammad Sheab

7. Alaa Mahmood

American Science Fiction Movies (1920-2000)

1. manar jahmani

2.maram jahmani

3. lama mashhour

4. anatolia

5. jamelah rashdan

Post-Humanism

1. falak halbouni

2. saba abanda

3. reema khasawneh

4. majd abbassi

5. salem oweis

History and Methodology of Advertising

1. Sharook Asaheb