Quiz ready to go at midnight

The chapter 1 quiz has been created and the 24-hour window in which you can take it begins tonight at midnight. You will have until midnight on Friday to take the quiz. It's 10 questions and once you start the quiz you'll have 20 minutes to complete it. Good luck. I'm looking forward to seeing your scores. I'm expecting nothing but 10's.

Getting ready for the quiz

Kelly, you've covered the basics for the quiz.

Are there any examples of the media manipulating its audience? Take a look at this clip from the Daily Show: (You may want to skip over the crude Tosh.0 promo before the clip)

http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/mon-august-23-2010-rod-blagojevich

What should we make of Fox News demonizing one of the funders of the so-called Ground Zero Mosque when that person is also a partner with Rubert Murdoch in News Corp, the parent company of Fox News? Is Fox manipulating its audience?

Quiz on Friday

We will have a quiz on chapter 1 this Friday. My goal is to have the quiz available from 12:01 a.m. Friday until midnight. However, once you log in there will be a time limit. This is my first online quiz of any kind, but hopefully I'll get it posted properly and there won't be any glitches.

Review the Chapter 1 PowerPoint and your textbook to prepare.

Nice job on the Kindle blog post. Many interesting points were raised. I think the discussion took a somewhat unexpected turn toward the impact technology has on our humanity. Is there a truth that can only be found during your fourth day at elk camp, but is completely inaccessible via your Blackberry or iPad? Maybe.

Welcome Intro to Mass Media Students, Fall 2010

We'll, you found our class blog. The first thing I'd like you to do is to add a response to this post. Just click on comments below, type in your name and you're good to go. I want to check to make sure everyone is able to find the blog and post. I'll post your first assignment here on Tuesday.

I will use this blog as my primary form of communication with you. I will post instructions, reading topics and future assignments right here. So bookmark this site and check it on a regular basis throughout the semester.

If you're interested, scroll down a take a look the posts from last fall. It will give you an idea of some of the things we'll be discussing this semester.

Remember, post your name below just like I've added mine, so I know you've been here.

How do our brains read Kindle?

Here's a review of the latest Kindle ebook from Amazon.

And here's an interesting story about the way we swamp our brains with digital overload.

Take a look at both. You have until 8 p.m. Friday to post a comment on the stories.

For a podcast on the lighter side of the digital debate, go here.

Who would've thunk it?

Sales of record players, and vinyl, are on the rise.

iPhone apps a big hit for Apple

This is a long story which you may, or may not choose to read. It won't be on the final.

The story talks about how the iPhone, and the applications now being wrtten for it, are creating a huge new market. Sales of the phones drive interest in new applications, and new applications drive even more sales of the iPhone.

The story even suggests Apple is trying to become the "Microsoft" of the smart phone business.