September 11 Notes

Reset

1. Newcomer introductions
2. SCHEDULE IS PUSHED PUSHED BACK ONE WEEK — SEE V3
3. Updated Due Dates
4. Select a community and venue, due September 18.
5. A reporting plan, October 9.
6. Moodboards, due beginning November 13
7. Final papers — DUE DECEMBER 15 by 5:00 pm

Next Week:

1. Assignment Due This Week: Email links to posts to Professor by 5pm on Saturday, September 16 at Gary.Dauphin@lmu.edu]:
2. Reading / watch blog posts
3. Write a post indicating your selected neighborhood and a venue.
4. Reading Due:
5. Waldinger, Bozorgmehr, “The Making of a Multicultural Metropolis,” Ethnic Los Angeles, pgs 3–37 (PDF)
6. Waldinger, “Ethnicity and Opportunity in the Plural City,” Ethnic Los Angeles, pgs 445–470 (PDF)

This week

1. Join Google Drive — Readings
2. Medium

Create blogs as needed

Follow class blog at https://medium.com/english-4998-ethnic-media-in-los-angeles-prof-gary

3. Discuss selected neighborhoods and venues

4. How to create a tracking / log post

A date or time stamp indicating when the item occurred. When was it posted? When was it broadcast? Et cetera.

A short description of the coverage, issue or event. Include bylines or correspondents

A short explanation (1–2 sentences) for why it was shared

A link if possible. If you are examining a print venue that does not offer accessible weblinks, take a photo with your cellphone and upload.

5. Introduction to moodboards

SUGGESTED: USE PINTEREST

Connect Instagram to Pinterest and you add your own photos — http://www.meighanotoole.com/pin-instagram-images-on-pinterest-mobile

EXAMPLES: https://www.pinterest.com/allthingscolor/great-examples-of-mood-boards/

HOW TO: “How to use mood boards as visual communication tools” — https://conceptboard.com/blog/moodboards-visual-communication-tools/)o

EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY — Create a physical board

6. Introduction to audience profiles — HOW TO: https://www.usability.gov/how-to-and-tools/methods/personas.html

Fields

Fictional Name

Photo

Age

Gender

Income

Education

Family status

Backgrounder

Describe their media needs

How do they consume most of their media

Media they consume

Wild Card #1

Wild Card #2