Media and Culture |||||
Webster University Leiden - Spring II 2013 -
Wednesdays 18:00-20:00
Instructor: Tina Bastajian
tbastajian10@webster.edu

MEDIA_SKETCHES +

LINKS etc. FROM WEEK 4

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[iDC] Notes on Produsers and Produsage

****1 PAGE OUTLINE on your research paper topic/approach with at possible least 5 sources** DUE TODAY APRIL 10th - no exceptions****

Your HEADLINE HERE 

Extension of Headline for the body of article

Your Front Page Image Here 

What would you elaborate on in this front page news article? Try to formulate at least a few paragraghs directed to your "audience" or readership. What sort of tone would you use? How far could you push "satire" ? Experiment with a few different ways of relaying the same message. Who are your main sources you might quote? (politician, farmer, banker, citizen journalist) fyi these people's roles and quotes can be entirely made up.

Add your own corrections/for the record

We apologize for...

Add your own advertising and conflicts of interest that we may not be aware of

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imagine a law that doesn't exist (yet) that might make media more transparent

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Imagine a video game for exposing
corporate or goverment...?? Name? Tagline?

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Does this organization really exist? Do a search to see what sources quote this organization.

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What can you read into this article's placement?

your text here

Search for shamefaced and NY Times and see what results you get in their reporting

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What pressures of popular movements have changed govermental policies that you can think of in the last 5 years? Concerning the oil lobby? Or?

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name of reporter?

Explain/unpack this Paradoxical framing ... Does this absurd and satirical apology make us question that which is under reported or "unsaid" but obvious? How? Can you use this rhetoric with another issue?

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Treasury Secratary Paul Krugman quotes advocate of corporate responsibiity Paul Hawken... Search for Hawken's book and quote.

Ever wonder why their are no taxes imposed on "waste" producers such as American large auto makers?
Would such an article in the NYTimes cause stock prices to go down?

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Secretly run CIA facilities? Who funds this?

Do you know about Blood Diamonds? What would you add to this advertizing campaign?

Have a Yes Men/Women campaign idea? A press release? Public intervention? etc.?

What are
current
conflicts of
interest does
NY Times still
have outstanding?

New section to be added?

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