Final Exam Part II

FINAL EXAM
Part II

Choose ONE of the following three media. Circle your choice:
Print/Written Word+Images
Radio/Sound
Television/Moving Image

For the medium you chose, answer only THREE of the following six questions.

Be sure to read the questions carefully and answer fully. Write in complete sentences with proper grammar and spelling. Do not include additional information beyond succinct and complete answers to the three questions you choose. I am looking for clarity, critical thinking and your ability to synthesize information from our course. As a guideline, two short paragraphs should be adequate to answer each question.

Circle the three questions you will answer, and write your answers on a separate sheet of paper. Please write clearly. Do not forget to write your name and number the questions you are answering. You may use your own notes during this part of the exam, but may not have out the textbook or other readings.

1) Describe one example of a technological development in this medium that affected its distribution. How did this development define or change how people access this medium?

2) Describe one major anxiety that arose with the growth of this medium. Describe one new anxiety that has arisen with the distribution of this medium on the Internet.

3) Choose an industry that produces mass media in this medium (for example, you might choose the newspaper industry if you are writing about print). Describe one example of how media consolidation has affected this industry. Describe one example of how distribution of this medium on the Internet has affected this industry.

4) Describe one way that mass media producers in this medium delivered information before the Internet. Describe one way that mass media producers deliver information using the Internet today. How do you think that this newer method of distribution has altered the way people consume information?

5) Describe one way that everyday citizens (who are not necessarily employed by media companies or endowed with big financial backing) were able to participate in this medium before the Internet. Describe one example of how everyday citizens can use the Internet to participate in this medium today. Do you think that an everyday citizen’s voice has more or less influence today? Why?

6) Briefly describe one example of this medium that we listened to, looked at or watched in class. What about this example did you find interesting and why? What does it demonstrate about the relationship between media and culture or society?