CMC 210

Question 1

CMC 210 Complete Class

Answer 1

CMC 210 Week 1 Checkpoint Cultural Periods

CMC 210 Week 1 DQ1

CMC 210 Week 1 DQ2

CMC 210 Week 2 Assignment Information Control

CMC 210 Week 2 Checkpoint The Effect of Mass Production of Books

CMC 210 Week 3 Checkpoint Patterns of Specialization, Advertising, and Ownership
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Question 2

CMC 210 Week 1 CheckPoint Cultural Periods

Answer 2

CheckPoint: Cultural Periods

· Resource: Ch. 1 of Media & Culture

CMC 210 History and Overview of Mass Media: Sight, Sound, & Mind

Course Syllabus Page 12
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Question 3

CMC 210 Week 1 DQ 1

Answer 3

Discuss how much you think U.S. culture influences American media or vice versa, and explain why with specific examples. Remember that culture includes many aspects of life, including food, fashion, sports, entertainment, education, politics, science, religion, and technology.
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Question 4

CMC 210 Week 1 DQ 2

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Post your response to the following: Name two or three media products—television shows, radio programs, magazines, newspapers, or Web sites—that you feel consistently exhibit poor taste. Then, name two or three media products that you feel consistently exhibit good taste. Explain your reasons for selecting these examples, and suggest what would move each example from good taste to poor taste, or vice versa. What subjective perspectives or personal value system might influence your rating of these products?
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Question 5

CMC 210 Week 2 Assignment Information Control

Answer 5

· Resource: Ch. 10 of Media & Culture

· Write a 750- to 1,050-word paper explaining who determines what is printed and how access to information is limited.

· Summarize the history of the control of printed information.

· Start with prebook manuscript culture.
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Question 6

CMC 210 Week 2 CheckPoint The Effect of Mass Production of Books

Answer 6

CheckPoint: The Effect of Mass Production of Books

· Resource: Ch. 10 of Media & Culture

· Describe in 250 to 300 words the effects that you think the printing press and mass production of books have had on each of the following:

o Individuals
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Question 7

CMC 210 Week 3 CheckPoint Patterns of Specialization, Advertising, and Ownership

Answer 7

CheckPoint: Patterns of Specialization, Advertising, and Ownership

· Resources: Ch. 8 & 9 in Media & Culture

· Discuss specialization, advertising, and ownership patterns in the newspaper and magazine industries in 250 to 300 words.
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Question 8

CMC 210 Week 3 DQ 1

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When reporting is objective it is based in the facts, not on the reporter’s opinion. Sometimes people assume that the inverted-pyramid style is objective. This style just reports “who, what, where, when?” and it might involve questions of “why, how?”
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Question 9

CMC 210 Week 3 DQ 2

Answer 9

What characteristics of reporting enable you to judge whether or not the reporting is reliable?
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Question 10

CMC 210 Week 4 Assignment Government Fostered Ownership

Answer 10

· Resource: Ch. 4 of Media & Culture

· Write a 750- to 1,050-word paper in APA format, including citations and references, about the following statement: The U.S. government encouraged either monopoly or oligopoly ownership of radio broadcasting throughout radio’s history.

· Explain why you think this occurred.

· Explain how you think the government policy either benefited or hurt the development of radio, citing specific evidence.
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Question 11

CMC 210 Week 5 CheckPoint Cable and Broadcast Television

Answer 11

· Resources: Ch. 5 & 6 in Media & Culture

· Write 250 to 300 words on the similarities and the differences between cable communication and traditional television broadcasting. Be sure to include comparisons of content, market share, audience, and how well each provides its audience with a say in our culture.
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Question 12

CMC 210 Week 5 DQ 1

Answer 12

How has television impacted social and political life in the United States? Use specific television programs as examples in your discussion.
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Question 13

CMC 210 Week 5 DQ 2

Answer 13

Post your response to this statement: When the change from sponsored programming to network programming took place, the amount of advertising dramatically increased. Was this a positive or negative development for the general public at the time? Why or why not?
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Question 14

CMC 210 Week 6 CheckPoint Effects of Internet Convergence

Answer 14

Resource: Ch. 2 of Media & Culture

· Explain in 250 to 300 words how Internet convergence and related issues about privacy protection affect the following aspects of American life:

o Education
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Question 15

CMC 210 Week 6 Exercise Media Adaptation and Convergence

Answer 15

· Resource: Media Adaptation and Convergence activity

· Post an answer to the question that displays when you complete the interaction.

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Question 16

CMC 210 Week 7 CheckPoint Advertising Manipulation

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CMC 210 Week 7 CheckPoint Advertising Manipulation

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Question 17

CMC 210 Week 7 DQ 1

Answer 17

Post your response to the following: Recalling that many people believe their lives are over-commercialized, use the Internet to research action programs or campaigns that are trying to curb the trend toward greater commercialization. Do you believe any of these campaigns can be effective? Why or why not?

· Read about campaigns here:
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Question 18

CMC 210 Week 7 DQ 2

Answer 18

This discussion question will be conducted in specific threads to provide collaborative support for an upcoming assignment.
· Read Appendix F about the Murphystown Recycling Promotion Project and look up your thread on the student roster in the Main forum.

· Post your response to your assigned thread regarding the following:

o Brainstorm why you think some people do not recycle.
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Question 19

CMC 210 Week 8 CheckPoint Advertising or Public Relations

Answer 19

CheckPoint: Advertising or Public Relations?

· Resource: Ch. 12 of Media & Culture

· Identify the major differences between advertising and public relations in 250 to 300 words.
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Question 20

CMC 210 Week 9 Capstone Discussion Question

Answer 20

· Post your response to the following: How do issues such as deception and privacy present ethical problems for journalists? Provide two examples of situations that you think journalists could have handled better, and why.
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Question 21

CMC 210 Week 9 Final Project Overview of Your Media Specialty

Answer 21

· Resources: Appendixes A and G

· Write a 1,750 to 2,050-word paper in APA format with citations and references on one of the following media specialties:

o Print—newspapers, magazines, and books
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