Extra-Credit Opportunities from now until the end of the term:

For each presentation you attend, you will earn +3 extra credit points (up to a maximum of 15 points for the semester): 

End-of-the-Semester Screenings, Exhibitions, and Presentations

The Roy H. Park School of Communications will host a variety of end-of-the-semester screenings, exhibitions, and presentations to showcase student work.

All events are free and open to the public.

Thursday, May 5

The Golden Doorknobs Screening
7:00 p.m.
Park Auditorium

Friday, May 6

Fiction Field 13:30 p.m.
Park Auditorium

Fiction Field 2
5:00 p.m.
Park Auditorium

Documentary Journalism Workshop5:30 p.m.
Cinemapolis, Downtown Ithaca

Motion Graphics and Animation

7:30 p.m.

Park Auditorium

Senior Media Thesis

9 p.m.

Park Auditorium

Saturday, May 7

Cinema Thesis Installations
3:00-7:00 p.m.
 Photo Gallery, Animation Studios, Park 138, 140, and 144

Cinema Thesis Screening
7:00 p.m.
 Park Auditorium

 Cinema Thesis Installations
 9:00 p.m.
Photo Gallery, Animation Studios, Park 138, 140, and 144

Sunday, May 8

Cinema Thesis Installations
3:00-7:00 p.m.
Photo Gallery, Animation Studios, Park 138, 140, and 144

ACP: Fiction3:00 p.m.
Park Auditorium

Cinema Production 2
7:00 p.m.
Park Auditorium

Wednesday, May 11

Cinema Production 1 
1:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
Park Auditorium

ACP: Non-Fiction
6:30 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
Cinemapolis, Downtown Ithaca

Final Exam Review Sheet Spring 2016

Media Law (Info from the blog and the book)
First Amendment
Prior restraint
Shield laws (reporter’s privilege)
Subpoena, Gag order
FOIA and Sunshine Acts
Law of Defamation: Libel vs. Slander
Thresholds of libel: publication, identification, defamation, fault
Summary judgment
Actual malice
Defenses of a libel suit: truth, privilege, fair comment and criticism
Public figures vs. private citizens
Privacy
Types—intrusion upon solitude, unauthorized release of private information, creating a false impression, appropriation of identity
Trespassing

Copyright-- Fair use provisions: purpose, nature, amount reproduced in proportion to whole, effect on the potential market value; 
life of author + 70 years; 95 years from time of publication or 125 years from time of creation, whichever is shorter.  
Can't copyright an idea, only the expression of an idea. 

Law of Obscenity-- Miller v. California
Three-pronged test to determine obscenity:

      1) whether the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find that the work as a whole appeals to the most prurient interest;

      2) whether the work depicts or describes in a patently offensive way certain sexual conduct that is specifically spelled out by state law

      3) whether the work as a whole lacks serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value

Indecency

FCC fines for indecency
FCC, in general
TV Content ratings (TV-Y, TV-Y7, TV-Y7-FV, TV-G, TV-PG, TV-14, TV-MA) 

Social Effects of Media
2 types of quantitative techniques used to study effects of media-- survey and experiment
Socialization
Cultivation
Mainstreaming
Resonance
TV ads and kids
Can the media set the priority of certain issues for the public? What’s this called? 
TV violence—what do the surveys tell us? What about the experiments? 
TV and prosocial (positive) behavior 
Exposure to pornography and callousness toward women 
Catharsis 
Stimulation 

Previous material that will be covered on the Final Exam:
Components of the American TV Systems (Broadcast and Cable)-- (networks, affiliates, production studios, syndicators, advertisers) 
Elements in the communication process (source, message, channel, receiver, noise, feedback)
Different communication settings (intrapersonal, interpersonal, small group, organizational, mass)
The major mass media (newspapers, books, magazines, radio, sound recordings, television, internet, movies, video games, etc.)
Functions of the mass media: surveillance; interpretation; linkage; transmission of values; entertainment
Categories of the uses and gratifications approach: cognition; diversion; social utility (conversational currency; parasocial relationships); withdrawal
Concentration of media ownership and possible concerns (be sure to know who owns each major studio and each major broadcast network) 
Organization of movie industry (production, distribution, exhibition)
Nielsen Ratings, shares
Concerns about the Internet—lack of gatekeepers, info overload, privacy, escapism
Dramatic structure
Convergence and Disintermediation
History/evolution of Communication (language, writing, printing, telegraph, photography/movies, broadcasting (radio + tv), digital revolution, wireless hand-held media)
Escaping "from" vs escaping "into"

App Rubric

App Report Rubric       

Date: ___________    Name: ___________________Title: _______________________

Criteria	Level One	Level Two	Level Three	Level Four
Concept of App	App is poorly conceived in terms of usefulness, marketability.	App is generally ok, but we would have hoped for something more elaborate for a university course.	App is generally solid, but could be significantly better with some minor changes.	App is well conceived and has the potential to become quite popular.
Graphical Design of App	App is poorly designed. Aesthetically unpleasant.	Aesthetics of App are generally ok, but appear amateurish.	Aesthetics are quite good, but not quite of professional quality.	Aesthetics of App are of professional quality.
Functionality of App (Coding)	App does not work.	App works, but is either simple or has glitches.	App works well and has no glitches; coding is impressive.	App works well, has no glitches, and clearly has advanced coding.
Comments:

Mass Media Group Presentations Schedule for TR 2:35 p.m. class

The following groups will present on Tuesday, May 3, 2016:

1. Colin Holmes
2. Jennie Arruda
3. Alexa Luciano
4. Cameron Bain

1. Elizabeth Esten
2. Hannah Paquette
3. Annemarie Lillis
4. Josh Vitchkoski

1. Jess Acosta
2. Michael Pickhardt
3. Damiano Malvasio
4. Jackie Borwick

1. Hunter Haff
2. Maddie Mathers
3. Julianne Salemy
4. Mihir Siddartha


The following groups will present on Thursday, May 5, 2016:

1. Raelyn Giansanti
2. Wo Jarvis
3. Emily Hammel
4. Morgan DeShields-McClure

1. Brittany Word
2. Kayla Monteiro
3. Adi Giesey
4. Mike Moritz

1. Zack Myles
2. Patrick McNeeley
3. Hale Douthit
4. David Lane

1. Aden Nasarat
2. Josh Horowitz

Mass Media Group Project Presentations for TR 1:10 p.m.

The following groups will present on Tuesday, May 3, 2016:

1. Bailey Doran
2. Hannah Moriarty
3. Lily Cleary
4. Molly North

1. Brody Armstrong
2. Jordan Gropper
3. Armen Spendjian
4. Kendyl Bennett

1. Katie Holzman
2. Renee Best
3. Brian Bayer
4. Taylor Abdou

1. Nicole Decrem
2. Brandon Tate
3. Mike Budres
4. Jessica Rocchino


The following groups will present on Thursday, May 5, 2016:

1. Bryan Hultgren
2. Erin Berch
3. Hanyuan He

1. Morgan Gjoen
2. Lauren Katz
3. Amanda Cerruti
4. Sam Owney

1. Missy B
2. Yasmeen M
3. Sam D
4. Sam H

1. Alice F
2. Star L
3. Sean M

Mass Media Group Project Presentation Schedule for TR 10:50 a.m. class

The following groups will present on Tuesday, May 3, 2016: 

1. Rachel Damelio
2. Maeve Cambria
3. Izzy Hodess
4. Kaitlyn Gendron

1. Jennifer Gil
2. Rachel Beresin
3. Briana Owens
4. Melissa Dey

1. Ted Economo
2. Gordon Blaxall
3. Steven Churchill
4. Eric Newton

1. Luke O'Hara
2. Will Adams
3. Andrew Martin
4. Max Rockhold

The following groups will present on Thursday, May 5, 2016: 

1. Alex Dwyer
2. Chelsea Kerker
3. Elise Brown
4. Isabella Gervasoni

1. Godffrey Lucas
2. Matt Allchin
3. Christopher Falci
4. Annalise Haldeman

1. Kris DiNardi
2. Kayla Hurowitz
3. Ellis Boyd
4. Joe Gutberlet


1. Joe Guido
2. Stephen Latham
3. Jillian Gothelf

Passover

For those who observe, Chag Sameach.

As a reminder, no assignments are due until Wednesday, April 27.

Jack