1- We have seen the rise in mobile device communication. Is this good thing or are we transitioning from face-to-face communication to solely relying on text messaging? Have we as a society lost our ability to communicate in person? If not, are we headed there? Justify your position with examples and citations from the readings and research
2- The telegraph is one of the least studied technologies, yet it set the stage for future communications of this nature, including fax, email, and computer networks in general.
What are some of the affordances of the telegraph? What are some of the limitations?
What has been lost and/or gained through the impersonal communications that the telegraph created?
How did the standardization and the "to the point" details of information communicated through the telegraph affect newspaper stories and first-hand accounts of situations? Is that still true today?
3- Discuss the limits on freedom of expression on radio. Are George Carlin’s seven “Filthy Words” as shocking today as they were in the 1970s? Why or why not? Describe a time when you heard something on the radio that was shocking.
4- Choose one and post your experience. Then respond to your classmates.
Listen to 1 hour of conservative and 1 hour of progressive talk radio on the same day. Compare and contrast the objectivity and ideology.
Listen to an NPR piece and a corresponding conservative radio piece on the same story/issue. Compare and contrast the objectivity and ideology.
Listen to an NPR piece OR a conservative radio piece and compare it to a foreign news piece on the same story/issue. Compare and contrast the objectivity and ideology.