Journalism 190 -- Fall 2009

Week 5
summaries & lecture-related material

(Oct. 26-30)

"A little patience, and we shall see the reign of witches pass over, their spells dissolve, and the people, recovering their true sight, restore their government to its true principles.

It is true that in the meantime we are suffering deeply in spirit, and incurring the horrors of a war and long oppressions of enormous public debt......we must have patience till luck turns, and then we shall have an opportunity of winning back the principles we have lost, for this is a game where principles are at stake."
Thomas Jefferson, 1798, after the passage of the Sedition Act

Pilgrim on TV
Some lecture material about television -- and a bevy of TV concepts

Pilgrim on advertising
Some advertising history -- and some cons plus a pro

"Amusing Ourselves to Death" Chapter 5
Neil Postman's assertions regarding TV and a visual society

Ad and Ego -- a summary
Pilgrim's notes on the video about advertising

Advertising and the End of the World -- a summary
Pilgrim's notes on this video examining some more dire consequences of a consumer society propelled by advertising

Notes:
In "The Ad and the Ego," note the emphasized concepts and material in the summary above.

In "Advertising and the End of the World," note the emphasized concepts and material in the summary above.

No summary of "Consuming Kids: the Commercialization of Childhood" will be posted. Note how youth marketers use psychology, anthropology and neuroscience to develop a profitiable and powerful consumer demographic.


Remember that Town Hall #2 will NOT be this Friday, Oct. 30 (it is now slated for Week 6 -- Nov.6 -- Friday in the regular classroom at the regular time -- 10 pts.)

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