Communicaton 411--Media Effects: Group Projects

Welcome to Comms 411

Welcome to Comms 411, Spring Term 2012. During the course of this term our goal will be to explore the effects of mass media on institutions and individuals within modern society. In this class, we will explore the effects literature and relevant effects theories by answering questions about how the media influence our lives. The goal of this class is to create an ongoing dialogue among class members that will give us the opportunity to engage in lively debates and discussions.

I will use this blog space to communicate with you and to initiate our discussions. Please log on to this blog to obtain your class preparation assignments several days in advance of our class meetings. I will pose a series of questions that will require you to engage in some fieldwork and then write about your experiences. Please post your response (which should be in the form of a short essay of about 300 words or so) as a comment to my posting. You will have the opportunity to read what your classmates are writing and I would encourage you to respond to their comments as well. Please post your comment no later than 3 p.m. on the afternoon of the day prior to our class meeting. All of this is explained in the Course Syllabus, which is available through the BYU Learning Suite.

I'm looking forward to learning with you this term.

In this section, we will place our group projects as we work on them through the course of the summer term.

Go to "Design," then "Posting" and then to "Edit Pages." Next, click on the "New Page Button." You will see the window you can use to create your project page. You can also create your project page independently and connect it to your project via link or by pasting it in. So take a test drive.

I'm still navigating my way through this; so we're going to be learning together. I am anxious to learn from those of you whose tech skills far exceed mine and you know who you are ;-).