Final Com100 Schedules

Please take note of your new schedules and, for some groups, new reading assignments.

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July 31: no classes

Aug 5: Representations of the Other Lecture
+ reading presentations
Jeula and Jech (Van Zoonen; Nike and Anti-Racism)
Michael and Jose (MacDonald; Exploring Media Discourse)

Aug 7: no classes

Aug 12: Representations of the Other Seminar
+ reading presentations
Bianca and Pat (Hall; Exhibiting Masculinities)
Jhurize and Jopy (Hall; Spectacle of the Other)

Aug 14: Representations of the Other Seminar 2
+ WRITTEN QUIZ
+ reading presentations
Jayce and Patricia (Ong; Children Watching Children)
Kasey and Paioe (Chouliaraki; Spectatorship of Suffering)

Aug 19: no classes

Aug 21: Identity Politics and Resistance Lecture

Aug 26: Identity Politics and Resistance Seminar
+ brainstorm for creative projects
+ reading presentations
Jellie and Toni (Mitra; Marginal Voices)
Aika and Melo (Madianou; Mediating the Nation)

Aug 28: Mr and Ms Com100

Sep 2: Oral Quiz

Sep 4: Oral Quiz

Sep 9: Media and Morality Lecture
+ creative projects proposals due

Sep 11: Media and Morality Seminar
Anna Lou and Katherine (Silverstone; The Other)
Bea and Chyna (Silverstone; Proper Distance and the Internet)

Sep 18: Paper Writing Exercise (Jason)
WRITTEN QUIZ!!!

Oct 2: Creative Projects Presentations

Oct 7: Creative Projects Presentations

Oct 9: Conclusion
+ reading presentation
Claire, Robyn, Nina (Silverstone; Why Study the Media? Conclusion)

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Key Readings:
1. INTRO TO MEDIA: Silverstone. Why Study the Media? Chapter 3.
2. INTRO TO COMM: Peters. Dialogue and Dissemination. Speaking into the Air.
3. NATURE AND PROCESS OF THEORIZING: none. consult notes.
4. REPRESENTATIONS: Hall. Representation. Chapter 1.
5. REPRESENTATIONS OF THE OTHER: Hall. Representation. 'The Spectacle of the Other.'
6. IDENTITY POLITICS AND RESISTANCE: Mitra. Marginal Voices in Cyberspace.
7. MEDIA AND MORALITY:
* Cabanes. Agency and Responsibility: On the Question of Being Human in a Mediated World.
* Ong. Children Watching Children: How Filipino Kids Represent and Receive News Images of Distant Suffering.
* Ong. The Cosmopolitan Continuum. Locating Cosmopolitanism in Media and Cultural Studies.

Lecture 5: Representations

HERE are the lecture slides for Representations.

Because we don't have class on Thursday, I think that we should use this space to clarify certain concepts, ask questions, and cite examples of representations of nation/race/gender/sexuality in the media.

Feel free to answer the guide questions below.
1. Give an example of a recent tv show/movie/advert/etc and how it constructs stories about nation/race/gender/sexuality. How does your chosen media text enable and/or disable, empower and/or oppress?
2. What assumptions do we have about what it means to be a Filipino? How "must" a Filipino act, according to discourses in the media and in everyday life? How do these assumptions become naturalized or taken for granted?
3. In class, I cited the show Ugly Betty as a show that has 'progressive' representations in the sense that it makes available different narratives about nation/race/gender/sexuality. Rather than rely on existing stereotypes, Ugly Betty, I argue, puts forth alternative ideas about what it means to be American, male or female, homosexual, transsexual, etc. and is therefore more inclusive and democratic in its representations. Do you have a media text that you admire for its challenging representations?
4. In class, I also cited the film 300 for its negative representations of non-Western people as being villainous/hideous/barbaric/exotic/homosexual/etc. What media text do you find has restrictive and simplistic representations of nation/race/gender/sexuality?

Tracktalks 3 & 4: Advertising & Public Relations / Production

Sorry for the delay.

HERE are the slides for Ad and PR. And HERE are the slides for Production.

Feel free to discuss. I will also require you to submit a typewritten review of the TrackTalks series that answer any or all of the following questions:
1. What track/s were you interested in before the TrackTalks?
2. What track/s, or specific classes, are you planning to take in the coming semesters?
3. What new information or insights, if any, did you learn from the speakers?
4. What burning question about Comm life and career life was NOT addressed?
5. Do you have any suggestions for future TrackTalks@Com100?

Submissions are due by Friday, August 1 in my pigeonhole at the Department of Communication. Non-submission will be a minus in your participation mark.

I will see you all in class tomorrow! I'll do a lecture on Representations.

Quiz 1 Hall of Fame

For top performers, please post your answers here. Kindly indicate which question you answered.

TrackTalk2: Journalism

HERE are the slides from today.

Feel free to discuss! Happy weekend.

TrackTalk1: Media and Film Studies

HERE are the slides from today. Wala lang, I just wanted to share coz kinareer ko the slides.

I hope you enjoyed today's forum. Feel free to ask any questions here about the track (or even questions to particular speakers that I can forward to them). If you also have any suggestions about how to conduct future TrackTalks, go ahead, I'd love to hear them. I must apologize that we ran out of time for Q&A today. Time flies when you're having fun! :)

Thanks again for being such a winner class! See you Thursday for TrackTalk Journalism.

Lecture 4: The Philippine Media Landscape

HERE are the lecture slides for download. Lecture and discussion to be continued on Thursday.

Feel free to get the discussion going. I'd love to hear about your own observations about the media landscape (trends, hits, misses, issues) as well as your reflections about the ratings game.

Study for your quiz on Thursday, okay? :) Come prepared with a 1/2 sheet of pad paper.