FND114 Media Communications – Weeks 1 – 3

Today, we took a look at quite a few items. fnd114-wks1-3 is the file. I’d like to offer a recap here:

1. We discussed the “Tea Day” tax protests and the implications of cable news media on this event
2. We chatted about Twitter
3. We discussed books and their relevance to media studies
4. We discussed newspapers, their evolution, and the current state of newspapers in light of the growth of the Internet

I’d like to offer an updated description of Ralph Ellison’s The Invisible Man. The story is about the journey of the narrator as he moves from the South to New York’s Harlem district, and while I mentioned that the story dealt with the narrator’s struggle in being “invisible” to the world, I confused one of the main themes: At one point in the novel, the protagonist impersonates “Rinehart,” a streetwise African-American. He does not impersonate any other character in the novel, but is enabled by his metaphorical “invisibility” to impersonate another man. Read more @ Google Books and pick up a copy for yourself!