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COM 340 Entire Course COM 340 Successful Learning 340 Week 1 Individual Assignment Mass Media Worksheet COM 340 Week 1 DQ 1 COM 340 Week 1 DQ 2 COM 340 Week 1 DQ 3 COM 340 Week 2 Assignment Print Media Comparison COM 340 Week 2 LT Assignment Web Excursion COM 340 Week 2 DQ 1 Have media had an impact in your life? In what way or ways? In answering this question, consider all of the media you use, including print media, broadcast media, digital media, and entertainment media. COM 340 Week 1 DQ 1

COM 340 Week 1 DQ 2 COM 340 Successful Learning Media conglomerates are getting bigger and bigger, with more and more media companies concentrating into fewer hands. Do you think this is a positive or negative trend? Why? In what ways does mass communication differ from interpersonal communication? How is this distinction likely to change in the future and why? COM 340 Week 1 DQ 3

COM 340 Week 1 Individual Assignment Mass Media Worksheet COM 340 Successful Learning Complete the University Material “Mass Media Worksheet” located in Week One of the COM340 Course Materials. Instructions and details of the assignment are included. and cite two news articles (NOT editorial or op-ed columns) found in the University Library on the same current event issue. One article should come from an American newspaper and the other from a magazine or journal. The key factor is that they come from the University Library with proper in-text APA citations provided for anyone in the class to find the articles. You may also use/cite information from assigned readings in our textbook as support. Write a 1050-to-1400-word (excluding quoted content) analysis of the similarities and differences between the coverage in the two different forms of print media. Speculate about the reasons for the differences. COM 340 Week 2 Assignment Print Media Comparison

COM 340 Week 2 DQ 1 COM 340 Successful Learning What events toward the end of the 19th century enabled general interest magazines to become mass circulation magazines? Next, explain why the impact of images is such major controversy in the magazine industry today. What are the major changes in form that books have taken through time? Currently, E-books are proving to be the wave of the future. What is your opinion of them and personal preference? COM 340 Week 2 DQ 2

COM 340 Successful Learning • COM 340 Week 2 LT Assignment Web Excursion COM 340 Week 2 LT Assignment Web Excursion How reliable is anecdotal evidence that movie violence causes violence in real life? COM 340 Week 3 DQ 1

COM 340 Successful Learning • COM 340 Week 3 DQ 2 Many early television programs came over directly from radio. As these programs became visual, how would the family viewing experience differ? What kind of effects might this have had on family life? Commercial radio became the norm in the United States, whereas many other countries adopted a government-owned model used for education, entertainment and culture. How would America be different today if the U.S. government owned and operated radio? COM 340 Week 3 DQ 3

COM 340 Successful Learning • COM 340 Week 3 DQ 4 Should the Internet be regulated? If you were in charge, how would you regulate it? Write a 1,200- to 1,500-word paper analyzing the influence on young people under the age of 18 of sex and violence portrayed in movies, television, and video games. What is your opinion? What do research experts say about the effects on young people? Find and analyze opposing conclusions by citing research experts in at least four references from peer-reviewed scholarly journals. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines COM 340 Week 3 Individual Assignment Sex and Violence Paper

COM 340 Successful Learning • COM 340 Week 3 LT Assignment Team Paper Outline and References COM 340 Week 3 LT Assignment Team Paper Outline and References Researchers have shown that subliminal persuasion doesn’t work, yet some critics insist that the constant barrage of regular advertising keeps certain brand names in the consumer’s mind, making it seem natural to subconsciously reach for that brand on the store shelf. Do you agree that this could be considered a form of subliminal advertising? Why or why not? COM 340 Week 4 DQ 1

COM 340 Successful Learning • COM 340 Week 4 DQ 2 What is your perception of PR professionals based on your readings, current events, and personal experiences? What are some of the public relations tactics that critics consider to be of questionable ethics? Which is the most essential news value: the audience interest, importance, or timeliness of the story? COM 340 Week 4 DQ 3

COM 340 Successful Learning • COM 340 Week 4 DQ 4 What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of the various media for advertising? How do advertisers influence the editorial content of the media in which their ads appear? : Please complete this assignment as one paper with two sub-sections (one for the advertisement and one for the press release), rather than composing it as two separate papers. 1. Locate a recent electronic version of a print advertisement. Write a 700- to 1,050-word analysis that addresses the following questions: • Who was the target audience? • What was the intended effect? COM 340 Week 4 Individual Assignment Advertising Press Release

COM 340 Successful Learning • COM 340 Week 5 DQ 1 When and why did people become concerned about the effects of media? When did systematic research into media effects begin? Do industry professionals have the ethical responsibility to produce society-making media rather than segment-making media? Why or why not? COM 340 Week 5 DQ 2

COM 340 Successful Learning • COM 340 Week 5 LT Assignment Final Paper and Presentation COM 340 Week 5 LT Assignment Final Paper and Presentation

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