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The week in review. Various issues having to do with a journalist's job.
1 Dezembro 2015, 10:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha
The week in review: two students' oral presentations. Reading and analysis of Texts 21, 22, 23, 24 and 33 which address various issues having to do with a journalist's job, namely, doxxing; the difference between activism and journalism; when is it ethical to publish stolen data; and the fact that journalists are becoming targets.
Will British ibel law kill net free speech?
30 Novembro 2015, 12:00 • David Alan Prescott
Analysis of text about the influence of English libel law and the practice of "No-win-no-fee" cases on publishers' willingness to risk libel cases on Internet sites.
The "me" column. "Sorry We Stole Your Stuff". The week in review.
26 Novembro 2015, 10:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha
The week in review: two students' oral presentations. Columnist Lenore Skenazy's interview on the Daily Show - the topic of free-range children continued. How to write a newspaper column: a) "Columns" by Peter Cole and Michael White (The Guardian)(TEXT 13); b) "Sorry We Stole Your Stuff" by Joe Donatelli (The Humor Columnist) (TEXT 14). HOMEWORK: Write a column of your own on a topic of interest to you. Write 800-1000 words. This assignment is due today a week.
Analysis of Three Texts
25 Novembro 2015, 12:00 • David Alan Prescott
Analysis of texts from: "You'll Never Eat Lunch In This Town Again" by Julia Phillips, about the falsehood involved in the media of TV and film; a text by Boris Johnson from the Telegraph, as an example of the sort of opinion article one expects from a quality newspaper in the UK; and a text, "Monitoring the Popular Press", expressing the view that, far from there having been a decline in standards in popular newspapers in Britain, they have always been interested in gossip and scandal.
The week in review (oral presentation). Lenore Skenazy's column.
24 Novembro 2015, 10:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha
The week in review: a student's oral presentation. Op-ed pieces & columns: reading and discussion of columnist Lenore Skenazy's texts, "Why I let my 9-year-old ride the subway alone" and "More from America's worst mom: 9-year-old on the subway continued". A listening comprehension exercise: exchanging opinions on kids and freedom.