#final presentations

{Pedro starts by showing video}

{Maya shows video from viewers perspective} 

Maya (opening slide) 

Lalita ( video slide (shown already) ) 

Lalita ( Artsteps screenshots ) 

Lalita ( detail of submission ) 

Pedro ( live stream ) 

Pedro ( live stream ) 

Neve  ( view count )

Neve ( comments ) 

Maya  (title page)

Maya ( Instagram)

Maya  ( audience ) 

Maya ( press release ) 

Maya ( website ) 

Lucrezia ( our photos ) 

I loved Natalie’s idea for the “re-imagining” of the class. I never thought of the class having its own website, but it makes so much sense to do it that way. The class is all about the digital age, so we should base everything on some type of technology, right?

I thought the website looked great, and the slight changes she made to the course sounded really great to me. Blogging three times a week has been a serious struggle for me, so cutting it down to twice a week sounded great to me. The only thing I would have changed that she didn’t is the word count. To be honest, I don’t feel like our blogs should have to reach a certain word count. Sometimes, it takes 500 words and sometimes it only takes 50 to get a point across. I know not having a word minimum would cause a lot of students to take advantage and only write a few words, but I believe the blogs should be graded on quality, not quantity. 

I think a website would have been an awesome addition to this (already pretty awesome) class. We could’ve had all our blogs linked into it, with a place for discussion or a place to post things we found cool (like the stuff we used for our individual presentations). It would feel like we are really implementing our discourse on the digital age. The only issue I could think of is having to actually create the website... that would probably be a hassle.

Please be more composed than Mr. Schrute as you give these!

As I mentioned in class, there will be 7 groups of three and 1 group of two, for a total of 8 presentations by 23 students.

Each presentation will be up to 5 minutes in length. All group members must speak.

Your task is to mobilize what we’ve learned in class to make a prediction about the future of journalism, film, television, public relations, or participatory culture. This will necessarily involve talking about technology; however, you should not assume that the development of technology will inherently result in one effect. (This is a fallacy called technological determinism.) As I’ve endeavored to do in class, work from multiple angles: the social, the industrial, and the technological all play a part in the media industries.

The presentation is, as all such things are, an argument. You’ll be arguing for the validity of your prediction. This means your presentation should be backed up by sound logical reasoning and good research. 

Please email me with the names of all group members and the specific prediction you’re making by Monday at noon.

If you wish, you can construct visual aids (e.g. a Prezi or Powerpoint) for your presentation. That will need to be emailed to me by 10 am Friday morning.

Final presentations are scheduled for Friday at 11am. There may be a room change; I’ll announce it when I receive details. In any case, there’s a reception on the BU Beach at noon for you and your friends/family members. Those friends and family members are encouraged to attend our presentation window, so make these count!

School will be over in a week so I've decided to keep writing (more frequently now hopefully) and start a new blog. 

Please follow! Thanks for reading. This year has been unforgettable.