After watching the films Last Train Home, Primary and Gimme Shelter, briefly discuss what you think is the key element of the cinema vérité style and then discuss some films you have seen that are either in the cinema vérité style or were influenced by it. What is one moment from Last Train Home that you found surprising … Read more
After watching the films for the week, what are two things you notice about nonfiction television? Think about what is similar to other nonfiction films we have looked at and what might be different. Video 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PYICZnWpt4&list=PL921DDD61F834F3A1 Video 2: Video 3: https://livejohnshopkins-my.sharepoint.com/personal/wcreed1_jh_edu/_layouts/15/stream.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2Fwcreed1%5Fjh%5Fedu%2FDocuments%2FPawn%20Stars%201216%2Emp4&ga=1&referrer=StreamWebApp%2EWeb&referrerScenario=AddressBarCopied%2Eview Video 4: https://livejohnshopkins-my.sharepoint.com/personal/wcreed1_jh_edu/_layouts/15/stream.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2Fwcreed1%5Fjh%5Fedu%2FDocuments%2FMan%20v%20Food%20411%5Fconverted%2Emov&ga=1&referrer=StreamWebApp%2EWeb&referrerScenario=AddressBarCopied%2Eview
Time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSSqa9RD3mw&t=34s Glass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3QEpQ9ozVU Rain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWFapEKuVOo&t=479s Disorder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgOnz6KgLLU
What is it that makes you YOU? What promises do you make as a person? What’s your WHY? What solutions do you offer? What is your reputation? What makes you unique? How do you differentiate yourself from your competition? (Really give this some deep thought.) Do your profession, hobby, community or associations define you? Are … Read more
Benjamin Ch 3: Coded exposure OR Ch. 4: Tech benevolence Choose to write about something of interest in either of these two chapters. How are these related to some of the discussions about ethics we have had earlier? Which ethical framework do you see represented in Benjamin’s arguments?
For this discussion post, start by visiting the Rocky Mountain PBS website Links to an external site.. You can choose to comment on: A news story that was covered by RMPBS Your experience following RMPBS on their social media accounts A program you viewed via RMPBS (online or the old fashioned way via tv) Please also … Read more
The above link is to a video that you can watch as an alternative to the reading. Ruha Benjamin is author of Race After Technology and speaks at 5:30, Charlton MacIlwain is author of Black Software and discusses WEB Dubois: technology and the color line beginning at 15:55, Andre Brock is author of Distributed Blackness … Read more
Read Ess Ch. 2, pp. 59 – 89. What are your experiences of the “privacy paradox” as described in this section of the chapter? Do you trust the U.S. government to protect your privacy adequately? What evidence can you give that suggests that this trust is warranted or not (you will find some ideas in … Read more
Read Ess ch. 2, Privacy in the (post)-digital era, pp. 36-58. Do you agree with the Council of Europe’s statement of privacy as a human right? Why or why not? THEN: Watch this video Links to an external site.or this video Links to an external site.and set your TikTok account to private. Or if you … Read more
Listen to and write reflections on three podcasts on whiteness: 1. Seeing White, season 2 ep 1: Turning the Lens, part I Links to an external site.(17 mins) Hosts John Biewen and Chenjerai Kumanyika say they will be focusing on whiteness, but what do they not want the series to cover? What did you think … Read more