Shame on me. I went more than a month without a post. In my defense, I did spend much of February researching and writing toward my social media pedagogy essay. I still have about 10 days to the deadline for the special journal call I’m working toward. Scrolling through the stacks of my university library, [...]
25. January 2010.
My TiVo hates me…and other research opportunities
So much for less grading translating to more writing. We’re beginning week 3 of the semester, and I still have yet to find a writing rhythm. As usual, my ideas for new papers and conference panel collaborations trump my current projects. The late-night mess at NBC broke during Week 1, and it’s been downhill for [...]
10. November 2009.
BLOG #8
Baudrillard defines postmodernism as, “a world of simulations and hyperreality. Economies are now based on produciton of images and information rather than production of things. Simulacrum is an identical copy without an orignal as stated by Storey. Or simply an identical copy without and original. The real and the imaginary conitually collapse into each other [...]
30. October 2009.
Blog 7#
Assimilationist equals invisibility. Assimilationist televsion eliminates or marginalizes social and cultural differences. These programs erase histories of slavery, isolation, power inequalities, and struggles for justice. These programs make these issues seem invisible. Family ties, Golden girls, and LA law are all examples of these. Pluralist means separate but equal. These progrmas place blacks in similar worlds [...]
22. October 2009.
Blog Thursday #Comm326
Select a popular romantic comedy of the past year or two and in a few paragraphs please discuss how these ideas play out in the film. Discuss the utopian, therapeutic nature of the characters and plot, the portrayal of ideological perfect love, and so on. You are welcome to select a film that
Geraghty argues that [...]
20. October 2009.
Blog Tuesday #comm326
The images and representations approach looks at, “what kind of images are present and what do those images reveal about women’s position in the culture, whose images are they and who do they serve, and what are the consequences of those images?” The feminine mystique is about the image of women as housewives and that [...]
6. October 2009.
#Comm326 Blog
Storey defines Langue as, “the rules and conventions that organize language.” Parole is used to refer to the individual utterence, states Storey. The game of chess could not be played or exist without rules, and the rules only come into being in the actual game. Langue is the rules, and parole is the individual game, states [...]
24. September 2009.
Blog 3
Something is popular because people watch, listen, read, buy, and consume it. Most people consume and enjoy the popular cultural products of today. Cell phones are a major part of today’s popular culture because everyone has one, is encouraged to buy one, and enjoys them. My blackeberry is a piece of popular culture. If I [...]
18. September 2009.
Blog 2
Working class culture and ideology are mixed with high class culture and ideology. “Ruling via consent” is basically the theory that the working class could overthrow the rich/ high class because we outnumber them, but we don’t overthrow them and we allow them to be dominant. Hegemony is the struggle for moral, cultural, intellectual, and [...]
6. September 2009.
pop culture essay #comm326 Billy M
Billy Maloney
Comm 326
September 8, 2009
My Pop Culture Essay
Cell phones have always been apart of my life ever since I was about 16 years old. My first cell phone was one of the original nokia phones, and I remember thinking I was so cool having it. All of my friends had a phone already, and I [...]
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