Comm Disc and LA Activity (Professor Anthony ONLY)

#1

Review the Learning Resources for the week before preparing your response to the week 4 discussion. Come to our Thursday evening class prepared to share your response and discuss the responses of other students.  (If you are unable to attend class on Thursday, please post your written response to the discussion question here, and contact the instructor to discuss the reason for your absence.)

After reading The Impact of New Media on Intercultural Communication in Global Context, think about the innovations in digital media that have changed the way we think, act, and live.

A) After reading under the categories in New Media and Globalization and The Impact of New Media on Intercultural Communication, apply critical thinking techniques to help Shan (2010) answer this question, “Is intercultural communication possible?” under the context of new media in global society.

B) Also, has digital media influenced music? What are your music habits and how do you listen to music and buy it? How have your habits changed in the way you access and buy music?

C) After watching "Michael Lockrey: Citizen Journalism and the Democratisation of News Coverage" provide an example of how citizen journalism has been effective. Explain how it was effective and explain how citizen journalism can also be problematic.

#2

After studying the assigned reading 21st Century Communication: A Reference Handbook: Chapter 54: Traditional and New Media, and then reading "The Impact of New Media on Inter cultural Communication in Global Context" complete the following assignment by synthesizing the readings. Considering the statement “technologies are simply tools” write a short essay that incorporates answers to the following prompts: A) Explain how that statement relates to the key words describing new media: "manipulate, converge, and instant." How does the concept of intercultural impact of new media increase the complexity of the statement? You should especially consider the new experiences, for human beings that the convergences of new media and globalization bring about.

Make in text citations where necessary, and cite any outside sources that you use.

Submit your response in the file submission area for this assignment. If you choose to “add a file” by attaching an MSWord or PDF document, please also copy and paste your response into the comments area.