{"id":450,"date":"2021-08-29T16:37:53","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T20:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/?p=450"},"modified":"2021-08-29T16:55:34","modified_gmt":"2021-08-29T20:55:34","slug":"week-2-august-31-september-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/2021\/08\/29\/week-2-august-31-september-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 2: August 31 &#038; September 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What&#8217;s Due Next?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Tuesday<\/strong> (today)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Readings\n<ul>\n<li>Identity<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/the-highlight\/22573842\/the-best-four-years-of-your-life\">The Best Four Years of Your Life?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Thursday<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Response post to &#8220;Identity&#8221; keyword<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Next Tuesday, September 7<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reply comments to &#8220;Identity&#8221; post<\/li>\n<li>Readings for next week: <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/readings\/gender\/\">Gender<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/readings\/feminisim\/\">Feminism<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What&#8217;s Coming Up?<\/h3>\n<p>Start watching <a href=\"https:\/\/richmond.kanopy.com\/video\/i-am-not-your-negro\">I Am Not Your Negro<\/a> and consider how it illustrates or explains any of the keywords in the Identity section of the course. <em>Due September 19<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Login to your account on the <a href=\"https:\/\/urichmond.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UR ArcGIS StoryMaps collection<\/a>. Use the <a href=\"https:\/\/urichmond.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/Cascade\/index.html?appid=e1352b1b263949a2871dd7239967c100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Getting Started with ArcGIS Online at the University of Richmond<\/a> as a guide to get you started. Feel free to begin watching the videos embedded in that story map to see how you can use ArcGIS as a new media platform.<\/p>\n<h2>Tuesday, August 31<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Attendance and seating chart<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Temperature check&#8221; on the start of the term<\/li>\n<li>Timeline for assigning grades<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Mediation<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>What does this mean?<\/li>\n<li>What does &#8220;media&#8221; mean in relationship to &#8220;mediation?<\/li>\n<li>Look up definitions and tell us what you&#8217;re seeing.<\/li>\n<li>Let&#8217;s get a sense of how the media perform &#8220;mediating&#8221; activities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Keywords<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>New Media<\/li>\n<li>Identity<\/li>\n<li>Discussion Questions\n<ul>\n<li>Who is the author(s)?<\/li>\n<li>How would you define the keyword(s) for this week?<\/li>\n<li>What is the history of the keyword(s)?<\/li>\n<li>How has the meaning of the keyword changed over time?<\/li>\n<li>How does the keyword help us understand \u201cMedia, Culture, Identity\u201d?\n<ul>\n<li>How does the keyword define or describe the relationship among these terms?<\/li>\n<li>What kinds of questions can you ask of culture, media, and identity using the keyword(s)?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Activities\n<ul>\n<li>Find definitions of &#8220;New Media&#8221; outside of the one in our text. What&#8217;s similar? What&#8217;s different? What&#8217;s the reason for this difference?<\/li>\n<li>Find definitions of &#8220;Identity&#8221; outside of the one in our text. What&#8217;s similar? What&#8217;s different? What&#8217;s the reason for this difference?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Thursday, September 2<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Demonstrating &#8220;identity&#8221; in media and culture<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Facebook aired four video stories during the 2020 Olympic Games that talked a great deal about identity. Let&#8217;s watch all four and chat about what each may be saying about identity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/about.facebook.com\/community\/changethegame\/\">We Change the Game When We Find Each Other<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Skate Nation Ghana<\/li>\n<li>No Comply<\/li>\n<li>Longboard Family<\/li>\n<li>Once Upon a Time Everywhere<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Understanding why Facebook is interested in identity<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What motivates Facebook to release these short video stories?<\/li>\n<li>Are these ads?<\/li>\n<li>What role does Facebook play in identity formation? In culture formation? In media formation?<\/li>\n<li>Where do you see &#8220;hybridity,&#8221; &#8220;performativity,&#8221; &#8220;access,&#8221; and other issues described in the keyword description appearing in these video stories?<\/li>\n<li>How is &#8220;identity&#8221; a tool that helps us watch these video stories critically?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s Due Next? Tuesday (today) Readings Identity The Best Four Years of Your Life? Thursday Response post to &#8220;Identity&#8221; keyword Next Tuesday, September 7 Reply comments to &#8220;Identity&#8221; post Readings for next week: Gender &amp; Feminism What&#8217;s Coming Up? 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