Media Citicism: April 2014

The Best and Worst Journalism - Columbia Journalism Review

Leegle is the world’s first app that can detect brainwashing, manipulation and thought control in any text - either written or spoken

Censorship The Death of Free Media in Russia – The Daily Beast
Aleksandra Szlufik - Kontrowersje wokół reklamy
Karolina Wiecheć – Para-jakość
Karolina Skiba - Zależność Mediów Od Reklamy
Małgorzata Olek - Reklamy, które łamią stereotypy płci
Elif Öven - StereotypingIn Mass Media
Marlena Momot - Sztuka w reklamie

Short list of topics for the final talk (for grade 4.5 - 5)

Stereotypes in mass communication (ethnic, religious, gender and others): Do journalists exploit or destroy them? Stereotyping
Violence in the media (fiction, news, and documentary): Is it really harmful? Terrorism and media. ‘If it bleeds, it leads.’ Is this principle now crippling the industry? (Text, MEDIA AND SOCIETY:)

Quality of media content: Is it getting better or worse? Infotainment. Penny Press. Media Scandals.

Hoaxes and falsification in mass media. Role play in journalism (when a journalist plays the role of another person). Fake News.

Ways of controlling media content. Which of the following is the most effective: censorship, judicial control, financial control, or spin?

Erotic motives in mass media: Where do you draw the line between the erotic and pornography?

Manipulation in mass media: advertising and propaganda. Degree to which the media depends on advertising revenue. Are media outlets still independent? Psychological impact of ads.

Freedom and censorship in mass media: Why are restrictions often counterproductive?

Relation between Freedom and Technologies (iPod liberalism: Would new media be able to do what missiles couldn't?) The Net Delusion

How does the news media reflect our perception of reality?

Textual analysis (Burton, 49)

Textual codes (Burton, 49)

Semiotic analysis (Burton, 50)

Image analysis (Burton, 52)

Discourse analysis (Burton, 52)

Media and audiences (Burton, 16)

Media and advertising (Burton, 18)

Media and government (Burton, 20)

The public service debate (Burton, 40)

Advertising and media – a relationship (Burton, 228)

Advertising and society – critiques (Burton, 230)

Advertising and audiences (Burton, 233)

Advertising and persuasion (Burton, 236)

A special case: advertising and children (Burton, 243)

News values (Burton, 281)

The news agenda (Burton, 284)

Neil Postman's Criticisms of the Television Medium

Media imperialism (Burton, 340)

Stereotypes in mass communication (ethnic, religious, gender and others): Do journalists exploit or destroy them? Stereotyping

Violence in the media (fiction, news, and documentary): Is it really harmful? Terrorism and media. ‘If it bleeds, it leads.’ Is this principle now crippling the industry? (Text, MEDIA AND SOCIETY:)

Quality of media content: Is it getting better or worse? Infotainment. Penny Press. Media Scandals.

Hoaxes and falsification in mass media. Role play in journalism (when a journalist plays the role of another person). Fake News.

Ways of controlling media content. Which of the following is the most effective: censorship, judicial control, financial control, or spin?

Erotic motives in mass media: Where do you draw the line between the erotic and pornography?

Manipulation in mass media: advertising and propaganda. Degree to which the media depends on advertising revenue. Are media outlets still independent? Psychological impact of ads.

Freedom and censorship in mass media: Why are restrictions often counterproductive?

Every student will get two questions randomly generated.

1-2 illustrations (taken from your and your colleagues’ essays and/or your own observations) are also required.

LITERATURE

Electronic Media Criticism, Peter Orlik