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COM 340 Successful Learning

• COM 340 Entire Course

• COM 340 Week 1 DQ 1

• 340 Week 1 Individual Assignment Mass Media
  Worksheet
• COM 340 Week 1 DQ 1
• COM 340 Week 1 DQ 2
• COM 340 Week 1 DQ 3
• COM 340 Week 2 Assignment Print Media Comparison
• COM 340 Week 2 LT Assignment Web Excursion
• COM 340 Week 2 DQ 1

• Have media had an impact in your life? In what
  way or ways? In answering this question, consider
  all of the media you use, including print media,
  broadcast media, digital media, and entertainment
  media.

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• COM 340 Week 1 DQ 2

• COM 340 Week 1 DQ 3

• Media conglomerates are getting bigger and
  bigger, with more and more media companies
  concentrating into fewer hands. Do you think this
  is a positive or negative trend? Why?

• In what ways does mass communication differ from
  interpersonal communication? How is this
  distinction likely to change in the future and
  why?

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• COM 340 Week 2 Assignment Print Media Comparison

• COM 340 Week 1 Individual Assignment Mass Media
  Worksheet

• Complete the University Material Mass Media
  Worksheet located in Week One of the COM340
  Course Materials. Instructions and details of the
  assignment are included.

• and cite two news articles (NOT editorial or
  op-ed columns) found in the University Library on
  the same current event issue. One article should
  come from an American newspaper and the other
  from a magazine or journal. The key factor is
  that they come from the University Library with
  proper in-text APA citations provided for anyone
  in the class to find the articles. You may also
  use/cite information from assigned readings in
  our textbook as support.
• Write a 1050-to-1400-word (excluding quoted
  content) analysis of the similarities and
  differences between the coverage in the two
  different forms of print media. Speculate about
  the reasons for the differences.

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• COM 340 Week 2 DQ 1

• COM 340 Week 2 DQ 2

• What are the major changes in form that books
  have taken through time? Currently, E-books are
  proving to be the wave of the future. What is
  your opinion of them and personal preference?

• What events toward the end of the 19th century
  enabled general interest magazines to become mass
  circulation magazines? Next, explain why the
  impact of images is such major controversy in the
  magazine industry today.

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• COM 340 Week 2 LT Assignment Web Excursion

• COM 340 Week 3 DQ 1

• How reliable is anecdotal evidence that movie
  violence causes violence in real life?

• COM 340 Week 2 LT Assignment Web Excursion

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• COM 340 Week 3 DQ 2

• COM 340 Week 3 DQ 3

• Commercial radio became the norm in the United
  States, whereas many other countries adopted a
  government-owned model used for education,
  entertainment and culture. How would America be
  different today if the U.S. government owned and
  operated radio?

• Many early television programs came over directly
  from radio. As these programs became visual, how
  would the family viewing experience differ? What
  kind of effects might this have had on family
  life?

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• COM 340 Week 3 DQ 4

• COM 340 Week 3 Individual Assignment Sex and
  Violence Paper

• Write a 1,200- to 1,500-word paper analyzing the
  influence on young people under the age of 18 of
  sex and violence portrayed in movies, television,
  and video games. What is your opinion? What do
  research experts say about the effects on young
  people?
• Find and analyze opposing conclusions by citing
  research experts in at least four references from
  peer-reviewed scholarly journals.
• Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines

• Should the Internet be regulated? If you were in
  charge, how would you regulate it?

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• COM 340 Week 3 LT Assignment Team Paper Outline
  and References

• COM 340 Week 4 DQ 1

• Researchers have shown that subliminal persuasion
  doesnt work, yet some critics insist that the
  constant barrage of regular advertising keeps
  certain brand names in the consumers mind,
  making it seem natural to subconsciously reach
  for that brand on the store shelf. Do you agree
  that this could be considered a form of
  subliminal advertising? Why or why not?

• COM 340 Week 3 LT Assignment Team Paper Outline
  and References

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• COM 340 Week 4 DQ 2

• COM 340 Week 4 DQ 3

• Which is the most essential news value the
  audience interest, importance, or timeliness of
  the story?

• What is your perception of PR professionals based
  on your readings, current events, and personal
  experiences? What are some of the public
  relations tactics that critics consider to be of
  questionable ethics?

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• COM 340 Week 4 DQ 4

• COM 340 Week 4 Individual Assignment Advertising
  Press Release

• Please complete this assignment as one paper
  with two sub-sections (one for the advertisement
  and one for the press release), rather than
  composing it as two separate papers.
• 1. Locate a recent electronic version of a print
  advertisement.
• Write a 700- to 1,050-word analysis that
  addresses the following questions
• Who was the target audience?
• What was the intended effect?

• What are some of the advantages and disadvantages
  of the various media for advertising? How do
  advertisers influence the editorial content of
  the media in which their ads appear?

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• COM 340 Week 5 DQ 1

• COM 340 Week 5 DQ 2

• Do industry professionals have the ethical
  responsibility to produce society-making media
  rather than segment-making media? Why or why not?

• When and why did people become concerned about
  the effects of media? When did systematic
  research into media effects begin?

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• COM 340 Week 5 LT Assignment Final Paper and
  Presentation

• COM 340 Week 5 LT Assignment Final Paper and
  Presentation

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