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COJO 2480: Politics & Media

Dr. Kristen Landreville Mon. Aug. 23, 2010. COJO 2480: Politics & Media. Who Am I?. Dr. Kristen Landreville BS and MA, University of Florida BS: Journalism MA: Mass Communication PhD, The Ohio State University, Communication. Primary research areas

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COJO 2480: Politics & Media

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  1. Dr. Kristen Landreville Mon. Aug. 23, 2010 COJO 2480:Politics & Media

  2. Who Am I? • Dr. Kristen Landreville • BS and MA, University of Florida • BS: Journalism • MA: Mass Communication • PhD, The Ohio State University, Communication • Primary research areas • Effects of political communication (news, entertainment, and discussion) on people • New media (social networking, UGC) • Personal interests • Family time, hiking, cooking, reading, jogging

  3. Who are you? • Complete questionnaire • Class introductions • Chat with your neighbors for 5 minutes • Get contact info. in case you miss class and need notes or updates

  4. About the Course • How does communication effect politics? • How does the political environment effect how we communicate? • We’ll consider: • Traditional news media • Television, newspapers • Entertainment media • Late-night comedy, films • New media • Internet, social networking sites • Interpersonal communication • Parents, friends • KEY THEME: How does what we read, what we view, and how we talk influence what we know and how we behave?

  5. Source: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2008/

  6. The state of Rhode Island, with its 1.1 million inhabitants, appears about twice the size of Wyoming, which has half a million, even though Wyoming has 60 times the acreage of Rhode Island.

  7. Purple Nation! Election map by percentages of Rep/Dem votes within counties. Shades of red, blue, and purple are used to illustrate percentages. To the right is the population-based map.

  8. Syllabus Review

  9. Special Note on “Politics” in a Politics & Media Course • This class is non-partisan • Please remember that the US is very purple • We will not discuss political points of view, instead how communication effects all audience members • Please bring your perspectives to class, but comments should be based on readings, not personal left or right biases

  10. For an online tutorial, please see: http://www.jtoolkit.com/blogging/wp_tips.html WordPress Blog Setup

  11. WordPress Registration • Use free WordPress hosting (recommended for the non-tech/web savvy) • Sign up with a web hosting partner that offers easy-install WordPress • Have to buy your own domain name • Uwyo offers free hosting at http://students.uwyo.edu/ • You can use a WordPress recommended host as well

  12. WordPress Blog Setup • Choose a professional domain name • E.g., you can use your name or initials • Choose a clean template • Don’t want a lot of clutter • Familiarize yourself with the “dashboard” • Examine the options • Look at the widgets

  13. Basic Posting HTML • Use the “visual” view in the posting area • Scroll over the icons to see what they do • You can: • Bold • Italicize • Create a list • Insert links • Insert images • Make an image a link

  14. 1st Blog Post • Now that you have a blog, you have to use it. • Focus your first blog post on • Where you get your news from? Why? What are the benefits of that source? How much news do you consume? What improvements to your news diet can you make? • Due: Mon. Aug. 30 by 11:59 p.m.

  15. For Next Time… • What is politics? News? Political communication? • Read Bennett Ch. 1

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