 Feb 21 - 26, Week 7: Reading Week

 Feb 28, Week 8: CanCon — Our thoughts and our thinkers

This week we'll take a deeper look at media in Canada — from rules designed to protect
Canadian content to one of the greatest media minds of all time, Marshall McLuhan. The
Canadian famously proclaimed that "the medium is the message", but what exactly does that
mean? We'll explore the idea and apply it to today's reality. This week's assignment should be
completed by Sun, March 6 at 11:59 p.m.

 WATCH: Week 7 overview Kaltura Video Resource

 WATCH: Week 7 powerpoint, part 1 (Canadian thoughts) — 26.28 Kaltura Video

Resource

 WATCH: Ottawa's fight with Netflix reignites age-old debate — what is Cancon
and who should pay? (2019) Kaltura Video Resource

 WATCH: Week 7 powerpoint, part 2 (Canadian thinkers) — 13.27 Kaltura Video

Resource
 READ: The Medium is the Message (please read any 20 pages) File

 WATCH: The Medium is the Message Kaltura Video Resource

 Weekly quiz/reading #6
 POWERPOINT: WEEK 7 (no audio) File

 March 7, Week 9: The Rhetorical Tradition

"I have a dream" ... that after this week you'll have a much better grasp of rhetoric and
how it's used in speeches and everyday life. This week's assignment should be completed
by Sun, March 13 at 11:59 p.m.

 WATCH: Week 8 overview Kaltura Video Resource

 WATCH: Week 8 powerpoint, introduction — 10.29 Kaltura Video Resource

 WATCH: Neo-Aristotelean Perspective — 13.29 Kaltura Video Resource

 WATCH: Narrative Perspective — 4.42 Kaltura Video Resource

 WATCH: Dramatistic Perspective — 4.44 Kaltura Video Resource

 WATCH: Marxist Perspective — 6.03 Kaltura Video Resource

  WATCH: Feminist/Gender Perspective — 5.33 Kaltura Video Resource

 WATCH: Illusion of Life Perspective — 4.20 Kaltura Video Resource

 WATCH: Visual Perspective — 2.53 Kaltura Video Resource

 EXERCISE (MUSIC VIDEO): Rhetoric and Black Lives Matter by Dax Kaltura
Video Resource
 READ: The Essential Guide to Rhetoric (Read Chapter 7 only, pp 71-74) File

 WATCH: How to use rhetoric to get what you want Kaltura Video Resource

 Weekly quiz/reading #7
 POWERPOINT: WEEK 8 (no audio) File

 March 14, Week 10: Representation

This week is all about representation. How are different groups of people represented in media
(or are they?) and the impact of that representation on society. This week's assignment should
be completed by Sun, March 20  at 11:59 p.m.

 WATCH: Week 9 overview Kaltura Video Resource

 WATCH: Week 9 powerpoint — 47.14 Kaltura Video Resource

 READ: Out Online: Trans Self-Representation and Community Building on YouTube
(Chapter 6) File

 Weekly quiz/report #8
 POWERPOINT: WEEK 9 (no audio) File

 This week

March 21, Week 11: The creation and presentation of self

This week we explore our communication from a personal perspective. We'll look first at
phenomenology, which is interested in lived experiences and strives for authenticity. Then we'll
look at how we present ourselves in public ... which may or may not be authentic. This week's
assignment must be completed by Sun, March 27 at 11:59 p.m.

 WATCH: Week 10 overview Kaltura Video Resource

  WATCH: Week 10 powerpoint, part 1, phenomenology – 24.48 Kaltura Video
Resource

 WATCH (optional): Phenomenology: WTF? Time and Phenomenology explained!

Kaltura Video Resource

 WATCH: Week 10 powerpoint, part 2, presentation of self – 15.28 Kaltura Video

Resource

 READ: The Psychology of Selfies: Why We Love Taking and Viewing Photos of
Faces, by Courtney Seiter (Buffer.como) URL

 Weekly quiz/report #9
 POWERPOINT: Week 10 (no audio) File

 March 28, Week 12: Going Digital: The rise of the Internet and the social
media shift

The introduction of the Internet completely changed the world of communications

— and, indeed, the world. 

We'll explore the centuries-long evolution in depth this week including how the communication
cycle changed — and is continuing to change — with the advent of social media. 

No quiz this week. Take time to review course materials for final test next week. 

 WATCH: Week 11 overview Kaltura Video Resource

 WATCH: Week 11 powerpoint, part 1 — 15.12 Kaltura Video Resource

 WATCH: Thin underwater cables hold the Internet Kaltura Video Resource

 WATCH: The Internet of Things Kaltura Video Resource

 WATCH: Week 11 powerpoint, part 2 (social media shift) — 19.37 Kaltura Video
Resource

 READ: 50 Years of the Internet: Half a century of shadow and light URL
 POWERPOINT: Week 11 (no audio) File

 April 4 - 10: Week 13 Social Media: The good, the bad and the ugly + Final
test (last date to complete: April 10 at 11:59 p.m.)
Social media has given activists a voice and communities a gathering place — but it's also a
wasteland of cyber-bullying, addiction and fake news.