Please read and do your notes for Chapter 3 of the textbook. These will be due on Monday, February 9th.
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Friday, February 6, 2015
Friday, January 16, 2015
State of the Union Address 2015 LIVE TWEET ASSIGNMENT!
DETAILS!
State of the Union Broadcast Date: Tuesday, January 20th 2015
Live Tweet Due Date: Friday, January 23rd 2015
If you cannot watch/tweet the address live, you will need to tweet as you watch from You Tube.
My Twitter handle (for school) is @Ms_GriffithMCHS. Please "follow" me.
You need to use the Twitter hashtag #MCHSSOTU for all of your Tweets. You don't necessarily need to Tweet at me.
REQUIREMENTS:
1) You need to tweet about the connections between the chapter 1 terms and ANYTHING from the State of the Union address using the hashtag #MCHSSOTU. YOU MUST HAVE 10 TWEETS MINIMUM.
2) Fill in the C-SPAN issues chart with 5 issues brought up, 5 proposed actions, and your opinion of each.
3)Fill in the Google Doc chart with your connections and explanations.
State of the Union Broadcast Date: Tuesday, January 20th 2015
Live Tweet Due Date: Friday, January 23rd 2015
If you cannot watch/tweet the address live, you will need to tweet as you watch from You Tube.
My Twitter handle (for school) is @Ms_GriffithMCHS. Please "follow" me.
You need to use the Twitter hashtag #MCHSSOTU for all of your Tweets. You don't necessarily need to Tweet at me.
REQUIREMENTS:
1) You need to tweet about the connections between the chapter 1 terms and ANYTHING from the State of the Union address using the hashtag #MCHSSOTU. YOU MUST HAVE 10 TWEETS MINIMUM.
2) Fill in the C-SPAN issues chart with 5 issues brought up, 5 proposed actions, and your opinion of each.
3)Fill in the Google Doc chart with your connections and explanations.
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
1st Socratic Seminar Focusing Question
Our first Socratic Seminar deals with the current trend in reality television-- searching out extreme or atypical lifestyles and offering them up for public viewing and commentary. The original article that I have selected, entitled, "The Profound Lack of Empathy in My Husband's Not Gay", specifically focuses on the fear that this program glosses over the root of emotional pain that men are dealing with; furthermore, it is said to promote the concept that ones sexual preferences are "programmable" (meaning, can be ignored or changed without affect on overall well-being).
I am going to provide you with two routes you can take with this topic. My advice would be to attempt to find one source to relate to each. Our goal will be to touch upon both focus questions during our seminar next week.
1) Focus on the current "trend" in reality television to uncover atypical lifestyles and the affects (if any) this can have on society.
A quote from our article states:
"Inevitably, this controversy will win the show more viewers. Because this is what TLC does: It finds people living atypical lives—usually ones in tension with "progressive" cultural norms—and turns them into spectacle. Watching the network's line-up, we're supposed to regard the show's subjects with equal parts amusement and outrage: Freaks with too many kids. Freaks who have never had sex. Freaks from the South. Freaks with multiple wives. This approach to programming succeeds, wildly, because it's a pure distillation of the appeal of reality television: self-righteous voyeurism."
The word "voyeurism" in this case means that audiences are attracted to these television shows for the spectacle and entertainment value, but are missing larger social injustices, emotional or physical abuse, or moral vacancy. Examples of this could be: 19 Kids and Counting, The Virgin Diaries, Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, or Sister Wives.
FOCUS QUESTION: Are current trends in reality television actually exploiting individuals who are victims of social injustice, abuse, or moral indecency?
2) Focus on the current social issue surrounding LGBT individuals and the affects of choosing to ignore, attempting to "rehabilitate", or de-emphasizing the importance of sexuality in a person's identity.
A quote from our article states:
"The bigger tension is fundamental: "TLC is ... sending the message that being gay is something that can and ought to be changed, or that you should reject your sexual orientation by marrying someone of the opposite sex," the Change.org petition says. More straightforwardly: This show represents a worldview that says being and acting gay is a sin. It may or may not be a Christian worldview, but it's one held in a lot of Christian communities. By airing a television special about this worldview, objectors say, TLC is implicitly endorsing it—which is a form of bigotry."
FOCUS QUESTION: Does the television show My Husband's Not Gay promote a negative worldview of homosexuality and propagate the idea that sexuality is something that can/ought to be changed or rehabilitated? Is TLC endorsing a form of bigotry or not?
I am going to provide you with two routes you can take with this topic. My advice would be to attempt to find one source to relate to each. Our goal will be to touch upon both focus questions during our seminar next week.
1) Focus on the current "trend" in reality television to uncover atypical lifestyles and the affects (if any) this can have on society.
A quote from our article states:
"Inevitably, this controversy will win the show more viewers. Because this is what TLC does: It finds people living atypical lives—usually ones in tension with "progressive" cultural norms—and turns them into spectacle. Watching the network's line-up, we're supposed to regard the show's subjects with equal parts amusement and outrage: Freaks with too many kids. Freaks who have never had sex. Freaks from the South. Freaks with multiple wives. This approach to programming succeeds, wildly, because it's a pure distillation of the appeal of reality television: self-righteous voyeurism."
The word "voyeurism" in this case means that audiences are attracted to these television shows for the spectacle and entertainment value, but are missing larger social injustices, emotional or physical abuse, or moral vacancy. Examples of this could be: 19 Kids and Counting, The Virgin Diaries, Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, or Sister Wives.
FOCUS QUESTION: Are current trends in reality television actually exploiting individuals who are victims of social injustice, abuse, or moral indecency?
2) Focus on the current social issue surrounding LGBT individuals and the affects of choosing to ignore, attempting to "rehabilitate", or de-emphasizing the importance of sexuality in a person's identity.
A quote from our article states:
"The bigger tension is fundamental: "TLC is ... sending the message that being gay is something that can and ought to be changed, or that you should reject your sexual orientation by marrying someone of the opposite sex," the Change.org petition says. More straightforwardly: This show represents a worldview that says being and acting gay is a sin. It may or may not be a Christian worldview, but it's one held in a lot of Christian communities. By airing a television special about this worldview, objectors say, TLC is implicitly endorsing it—which is a form of bigotry."
FOCUS QUESTION: Does the television show My Husband's Not Gay promote a negative worldview of homosexuality and propagate the idea that sexuality is something that can/ought to be changed or rehabilitated? Is TLC endorsing a form of bigotry or not?
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
"Pulling Back the Curtain on Stage Fright" Class Response
Choose ONE of the following prompts to respond to in a 5-8 sentence post. Then, check back and comment on TWO other people's posts. If you see someone's post with no responses, try to comment on that person's first (before a post with many responses).
1. In the article, Mary Fensholt theorizes that stage fright actually stems from our primitive "fight or flight" response to danger. What comparisons can you make between public speaking and the types of dangers our early ancestors probably experienced? Do you think that this theory is based on solid research, or does it seem unlikely to you that this is the root of stage fright? Be specific and give examples to support your ideas.
2. At some point in their lives, most people have experienced stage fright in one of its manifestations-- be it sweaty palms, shaking, stuttering, or even loss of short term memory. The article gives some suggestions for how to overcome these specific biological responses to anxiety, but what are some others? Do some research and present a few suggestions for overcoming stage fright. Try to customize the ideas that you post to the types of stage fright that are most common to public speaking.
1. In the article, Mary Fensholt theorizes that stage fright actually stems from our primitive "fight or flight" response to danger. What comparisons can you make between public speaking and the types of dangers our early ancestors probably experienced? Do you think that this theory is based on solid research, or does it seem unlikely to you that this is the root of stage fright? Be specific and give examples to support your ideas.
2. At some point in their lives, most people have experienced stage fright in one of its manifestations-- be it sweaty palms, shaking, stuttering, or even loss of short term memory. The article gives some suggestions for how to overcome these specific biological responses to anxiety, but what are some others? Do some research and present a few suggestions for overcoming stage fright. Try to customize the ideas that you post to the types of stage fright that are most common to public speaking.
Friday, January 2, 2015
Welcome to Speech Communication!
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