LitMUSE

Media Criticism Web Assignment 3 • Fall 2008 There’s been much talk lately (since 2000) about media bias, especially from the “elitist liberal media.” In this assignment, you will investigate this notion as a group by contributing any of the following that address media bias: definition (with at least three works cited) annotated bibliography entry [...]

This essay will require you to research human impacts on the environment and present your findings in a 1000-2000 word essay that is properly documented. Your topic should have a local component; i.e., it should have some direct bearing on the environment in Central Georgia. Topics could include, but are not limited to: Automobiles (electric, [...]

Media Criticism Web Assignment 2 • Fall 2008 This assignment will be a group research project presented on the Media Criticism Wiki. For it, you will research media conglomerates. Your research should include: A list of US conglomerates, linked to sub-pages off the Industry page A breakdown of their holdings, both vertically and horizontally Recent [...]

Media Criticism Web Assignment 1 • Fall 2008 For this first wiki assignment, you may complete one of the following: Define a vocabulary term Write an essay about a specific topic we have covered so far Write a commentary (review) of a text we have read so far Put at least two entries on the [...]

A major portion of any study of literature or cultural texts is interpretation. For this, there is the blog or forum requirement. Each blog or forum entry should: address a work of literature, text, or topic you have been assigned to read or discuss for class apply a critical approach that we have discussed in [...]

On Second Life, go to the Ivory Tower of Primitives and take the tutorial located there. You will see a line of floating text on the floor telling you where to begin. Be sure you read carefully and follow the tutorial to the end. You may want to have a pen and paper near you [...]

This exercise, your final for the class, should combine the theories of narrativism and ludology that we have studied this semester in a story that somehow includes an element(s) of play. Pick at least two other classmates to work with as collaborators on this exercise. Then, choose at least two theorists on which to construct [...]

Your first assignment in SL was to create your avatar and customize it. You can continue to work on that; I know I have been. Tonight, you should begin to interact with the citizens of SL. Meet some people; get comfortable chatting. When you have met someone (or multiple someones) that you feel comfortable talking [...]

Goal During the TechArt Scavenger Hunt, players will collect images and information to prove where they have been in SL. Each player will compile what they have collected in notecard form and return the notecard to Jhary Jatho.

This essay will require you to respond to Norman Mailer’s commentary Why Are We at War? in a three-page, formal essay. Since it is your essay reacting to Mailer’s book, your opinion is what matters here, using Mailer’s text as a resource. This is not a book report, so your job is not to summarize [...]