Midterm

As announced in class today, you do NOT need to come to class on Thursday for a midterm. In lieu of a midterm, please conduct your survey and prepare a write-up of the results which includes at least the following sections:

Introduction (including your hypothesis - what you think your survey will find)

Description of the Survey (including a copy of the survey itself)

Method - a description of your survey method (verbal questioning, paper, online, population and sample size, etc.

Results Summary - a summary of the results of your survey - this can be in whatever graphical or table format makes most sense to you given the kinds of questions you asked and the kinds of correlations you drew from the responses

Conclusion - What do your results mean? Was you hypothesis correct? Incorrect? Inconclusive? So what?

A hard copy of this write-up is due the Tuesday after midterm break.

Assignment for RA#2

Your assignment for Reading Analysis #2 is to create a survey through which you answer a slightly modified version of the question posed in the reading this week: Are citizens better informed in the information society? Your survey should seek 3 or 4 basic data points relating to the responder's level of informedness relating to the upcoming elections. It should also ask 1 or 2 questions about the responder's use of internet, TV, texting, or specific websites like facebook or twitter. Your job is to draw correlations between the responder's access to information and his or her level of informedness. For Tuesday, bring in a copy of your survey exactly as you propose to use it, but do not begin surveying responders yet. If you missed class this Thursday, please check in with at least 2 students who were in class for notes to ensure that you are doing the project appropriately.

Assignment - Reading Analysis #1

Student’s Name

Andrews/World History

October 5, 2010

RA #1



Analysis Paper

Write a letter, song, ad or other communication to one of the major media outlets we have looked at either here in the United States or in another country. Your communication should be a critique of their news service – either complimentary or critical – from any one or more of the perspectives we have discussed in class so far. You may want to focus, for example, on the role of the media in keeping the voting public informed within the context of a democracy.

Your communication should be approximately two pages or two minutes in length. Whatever its format, it should contain all the elements of any good piece of writing, including cogent organization and purpose, evidence to support your reasoning, analysis to relate your evidence to your main point, effective word choice and appropriate references.

Schedule - October 5 update

Day-by-Day Schedule of Activities & Assignments
October 5 update


WEEK SIX

International perspectives on local/global issues.

DUE 10/5 spend at least 2 hours reading / watching news from international press online, taking notes on one particular issue and the different perspectives you can perceive about that issue – online sources include: England (www.bbc.co.uk), Russia (www.en.rian.ru, http://english.pravda.ru), Qatar (http://english.aljazeera.net), Australia (http://australianetwork.com, www.canberratimes.com.au), Japan (www.nhk.or.jp), Vietnam (www.vietnamnews.com, www.thanhniennews.com)
DUE 10/7 Prep for in-class workshop on RA#1



WEEK SEVEN

Are people better informed in the “Information Society”?

DUE 10/12 RA#1
DUE 10/14 Unit 6, Issue 18, page 364



WEEK EIGHT

Midterm week

DUE 10/19 RA #2
DUE 10/21 Study for midterm quiz



WEEK NINE

Is advertising good for society? Midterm 1:1 reviews.

DUE 10/26 Nothing – enjoy your break
DUE 10/28 Unit 2, Issue 7, page 129



WEEK TEN

Do video games encourage violent behavior?
DUE 11/2 Unit 2, Issue 5, page 9
DUE 11/4 TBD