Week 4 Homework

The film this week is a documentary on war photography.


If you are especially sensitive, you can skip this film and I can give you another assignment later.

—Watch the documentary War Photographer and the TED talk (with Korean subtitles)

—http://www.ted.com/talks/james_nachtwey_s_searing_pictures_of_war.html

—Discuss some of the differences between written and visual storytelling, especially a story involving war and tragedy.

—What are the limits (if any) of visual representation? Are there things that should not be photographed? 

Homework is due on Monday, April 1st at 12:00 noon. 

 

week 3 homework

Watch the documentary Page One

—“The loss of newspapers translates to a loss of journalism.”

—Do you agree or disagree with this quotation? Why or why not? 

Homework is due on Monday, March 25th.

Homework Week Two

Due on Monday, March 18th at 12:00 PM (noon)

Watch the documentary Helvetica

—How important do you think fonts are? Does the font change the message of the printing? Is the “medium” (font) part of the “message” (content)?

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Homework

Answer should be 100-200 words. Can be point form. Due by Monday, March 11th at noon (12 pm).

—Watch the documentary The Machine That Made Us

Answer ONE of the following questions. 

—Imagine the world without printing. How different would it be? Is printing more important than other technologies, like TV, the internet, telephone, radio? Why or why not? 

—Research the history of printing in Korea or China. How does it compare to the European history described in the documentary? 

The lecture notes are uploaded to dropbox. I will try to upload them to ucampus by Friday. 

Welcome

Welcome all students in the History of Mass Media Class at Kwangwoon University. I will use this blog to post homework assignments and other reminders for the course. Please email me all homework assignments and other questions about the course. Be sure to sign up for dropbox and for the group emails of the weekly lecture notes.