Sumários
Monitoring the Popular Press
23 Novembro 2015, 12:00 • David Alan Prescott
In theory this was a reading of the text with the above title in my workbook, but the class soon developed into discussion about the role of the image-based media on forming our popular awareness and on how people, strangely, believe more readily in what they see in reporting and news on television than they do when reading about the same issues in the print media.
TV news continued. The week in review.
19 Novembro 2015, 10:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha
The week in review: two students' oral presentations. TV news; newscast terminology; rating services; the blurry line between editorial content and advertising in news media. Discussion of the articles "Stephen Colbert coins new term, 'truthinews', for skewed TV news" (TEXT 16) and "Our Imaginary Brother Only Watches PBS" (TEXT 17). US TV's political satire: screening of "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Native Advertising".
Returning of Tests
18 Novembro 2015, 12:00 • David Alan Prescott
Returning of tests and analysis of some aspects worthy of consideration.
The language of TV news. The week in review.
17 Novembro 2015, 10:00 • Isabel Maria Ferro Mealha
The week in review: two students' oral presentations. Reading and discussion of the article "This Just in ... the New Language of TV News" by Howard Rosenberg (TEXT 15). HOMEWORK: Read Texts 16 and 17 please.