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[edit] GROUP DYNAMICS
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[edit] COM375 Minor Assignments
[edit] Extra Credit 1
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[edit] COM375 Major Assignments
[edit] Argument Summary
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[edit] Evaluating Arguments
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"Embarrassment or Held Captive?"
[edit] Writing as Politics and Communication
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[edit] Library Research in Communication
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[edit] Final Paper
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[edit] The Question of Life
The idea of this article is not to entertain the reader in terms of the present. It is to
show the reader the actions of a human male grad student on a daily basis relating to
statistical information in the past. The author questions the action of will power by
comparing the function of will power to the company Will Power Inc. A comparison of a
life, to a corporation. The author believes that by critiquing will power the past and future
will become more clear. One subject is dinner, this is to describe the high classy interior
of a restaurant he was attending with familiar and unfamiliar faces. You as the reader
understand how the process of interaction proceeds in a restaurant because of your past,
but you are unsure because of the future. The questions you ask your self in your brain,
but never seem to say out loud are questions the author brings up out of curiosity. Maybe
because he believes that he only sounds smart to himself or maybe because everyone
familiar or not at the dinner table does not need to know about the every movement
of everyone sitting with you, but the author questions them anyway. On the ride home he
realizes that everything that he has just eaten is a statistic. That which you also
question again, America’s weight gains as a whole and the fact that money is a factor for
that gain. Different considerations are also brought up by the author like, when you are
home alone, why do you feel the need to be comfortable in an atmosphere that is familiar.
This idea of will power he believes is a factor for these statistics. The subject of Will
Power/offices, is an idea to answer ethical and moral questions for others. But the paper
work is a factor and the unruliness that is known as a code. It seems that the author tries
to describe time as being the ultimate deciding factor in the difference between success
and the lack of. We all want to succeed as “Gladiatorsâ€, but the question is, is that in our
daily life plan? Through this estranged story the author tries to summarize how he sees
life as a direct correlation to will power. --CAMARO 01:23, 2 October 2007 (EDT)
[edit] Letters to Honors 491G Student
Dear Rachael, To start off, I would like to tell you how well written I think your summary is. As you may or may not know, your use of transmission and ritual views of communication is well thought out in this summary. To begin with transmission, as a recipient of the information you read in the article “Australian to Ban Alcohol, Porn for Aborigines†you deceiver the meaning of the article well. The prominent cultural message is that child molestation, abuse, abuse of alcohol and excessive gambling is frowned upon with in the Australian culture. You don’t just assume from your knowledge of American culture that those things are frowned upon, but you incorporate your own personal experience in the negativity that the Australian society showed you was dangerous. Secondly, the ritual of your article was not as easy described but I could incorporate where you were trying to include it. For the Aborigines the abuse of these negativities is a ritual for them. I’m sure they understand that they are bad, but this tradition is something that is repeated. There identities with in these flaws are what co creates a meaningfulness, which Prime Minister John Howard made perfectly clear were being looked at by the Australian culture as morally wrong. On the basis of the medium, content, function and context are some what clear on your analysis. They could however be explained a little more.
So you don’t feel left in the dark, my name is Brett and I am also a communications major at UMASS in my junior year. In Steph’s COM 375 class we randomly selected names from your senior honors English course. We were asked to write you a letter describing the transmission and ritual of your summary.
The main thing that I learned from your essay was the way you used your personal experiences to incorporate a political point of view that you were not trying to subdue, but more or less trying to exploit in your article. Thank you for letting me pry into your academic work. --CAMARO 14:14, 18 October 2007 (EDT)
==Red Sox Reporting== 20 Sources (Library Research) 1. Walker, Andrew. "Reporting Play." Journalism Studies 7.3 (June 2006):
pg.452-462, 11p
DOI: 10.1080/14616700600680930; (AN 20917074) • In reporting play by Andrew Walker he thoroughly explains sports journalism on a college level. The audience, being college students, allows him to right in a how to context. This will help my understanding of how sports journalism is created, related to my topic of women reporters in sports. • In my paper, I will use this information as a background basis, meaning, that I will use the techniques of sports journalism to describe the work that these women accumulate to reach millions of readers. 2. Stiehler, Hans-Jörg, et al. "Sports Coverage on GDR Television. ." Historical
Journal of Film, Radio & Television 24.3 (Aug. 2004): p411-425, 15p.
DOI: 10.1080/0143968042000277601; (AN 14974754) • In Sports Coverage on GDR Television by Steihler, Friedrich, Mikos, and Warnicke they describe sports programming and how it is involved in television. The audience, being all those interested in sports allow these authors to take many angles of sports programming in television. This will help my understanding of sports incorporated in television which reaches more viewers than written sports journalism. • In my paper, I will use this information to describe today’s lime light. This being that most popular sports programming, including that of women reporters is mostly on television. By understanding how a sport reporting is incorporated will help be understand the popularity of its inquisitions. 3. Massaro, John. "Press Box Propaganda? The Cold War and Sports Illustrated ."
Journal of American Culture 26.3: p361, p.10.
• In Press Box Propaganda? The Cold War and Sports Illustrated by John Massaro describes the link between the American culture of sports journalism and The Cold War. The audience being Cold War veterans, and today’s public including historians allows the author to be relatable to it’s audience. This will help my understanding of sports journalism in the past, and how it has progressed into the future. • In my paper, I will use this information to explain past and present effects of sports journalism on the world’s viewers. For women sports reporters, it will help explain how the past has launched there careers in the future. For my readers it will make my paper more relatable.
4. Barr, Carol, Lisa A Kihl, and Lucie Thibault. "SPORT MANAGEMENT DIGEST."
Journal of Sport Management 16.2 (Apr. 2002): p163, 5p.
(AN 6535507) • In Sport Management Digest by Barr, Kihl and Thibault describes how certain manuscripts that sport reporters use relate to the idea of sports management. The audience being the general public allows the authors to describe to the public what they do not see behind the scenes. This will help my understanding of what goes on behind the scenes in sport related reporting industries. • In my paper, I will use this information to explain what goes on behind the scenes in sports management that is reported to the general public. This will help describe for women reporters what they can and can not say to the public. For my readers it will help them understand behind the scenes management. 5. Tuggle, G A. "Baseball box scores: Helpful statistics or sports hieroglyphics."
Newspaper Research Journal 21.3 (Summer 2000): p2, p.12.
(AN 3885544) • In the Baseball Box Scores statistics or sports hieroglyphics? by G.A. Tuggle her explains how newspaper readers decipher sports statistics as the baseball ball box scores. The audience being sports fans, and newspaper readers allows the author to explain how readers take what they see in the newspaper about sports seriously. This will help my readers understand what they see about sports sometimes needs to be explained in detail. • In my paper, I will use this information to explain the intensity sports fans have about final scores, particularly relating to baseball. This will help me readers understand the difference between reporting in a newspaper and on television. 6. Tyler, Susan Eastman, and Andrew C Billings. "SPORTSCASTING AND SPORTS
REPORTING: The Power of Gender Bias." Journal of Sport & Social Issues 24.2
(May 2000): p192, 22p, 2 diagrams, 1 graph.
(AN 3089947) • In Sports Casting and Sports Reporting: The Power of Gender Bias by Susan Tyler Eastman and Andrew C Billings is the comparing of sports casting (ESPN and CNN) and sports reporting in newspapers. The idea of women’s sports vs. men’s. The audience being the general public helps the authors describe the differences between men and women’s sports without any biases. This will help my readers understand the differences with a clear conscious. • In my paper, I will use this information to compare two huge sports reporting television networks and the difference between male and female sports in a professional light. This will help my readers understand differences in large television networks. 7. Bérubé, Michael. "PILLOW TALK AND THE POLITICS OF REPRESENTATION. ." Journal of
Sport & Social Issues 24.2 (May 2000): p214, p6.
(AN 3089948) • In Pillow Talk and the Politics of Representation by Michael Bérubé he explains “sport talk†and television broadcasting of sports. His audience being the general public allows the author to explain television broadcasting of sports to those with less knowledge about the topic. This will help my readers understand background information about television broadcasting of sports. • In my paper, I will use this information to explain the background information of television broadcasting. This will kelp my readers understand different forms of sports reporting. 8. Simmons, Lewis M. "Follow the Ball." American Journalism Review 21.9 (Nov.
1999): p68, p6, 3c; .
(AN 2445491) • In Follow the Ball by Lewis Simmons he describes sports reporting in newspapers across the U.S. His audience being newspaper readers makes it easier to get his topic understood by those who do not travel, but like sports teams in other states. This will help my readers understand sports reporting outside of Massachusetts. • In my paper, I will use this information to discuss sports reporting in other states. This will help my readers understand other sports reporting techniques they are not use to seeing.
9. Ordman, Virginia L, and Dolf Zillmann. "WOMEN SPORTS REPORTERS: HAVE THEY CAUGHT
UP? ." Journal of Sport & Social Issues 18.1 (Feb. 1994): p66-75, 10p, 2
charts.
(AN 9704176188) • In Women Sport Reporters: Have they Caught up? by Virginia Ordman is very important to my research. In this article she describes sport reporters and their competence based on gender. The audience being the general public allows this female author to report without bias. This is important to my research because it is the topic that my research is based on. • In my paper, I will use this information for most of my paper as it is the topic at hand. This will help my readers with some evidence to my topic. 10. Garrison, Bruce, and Michael Saiwen. "Newspaper Sports Journalists: A Profile of
the 'Profession.'" Journal of Sport & Social Issues 13.2 (Fall 1989):
p57-68, 12p.
(AN 13568594)
• In Newspaper Sports Journalists: A Profile of the Profession by Bruce Garrison and Michael Saiwen they explain how sports reporting is perceived by society. The audience being those who are not sports fans to draw a reaction as to why they may find sports reporting not appealing. This will help my readers understand who do not like sports or its reporting • In my paper, I will use this information to help my readers who do not like sports. {11, 12, & 13 From the Book: "Signs of Life in the U.S.A"} 11. Susan Douglas: Signs of Intelligent Life on TV pg.270 Maasik, Sonia, Jack Solomon, and Susan Douglas. Signs Of Life In the USA "Signs
of Intelligent Life on TV". Boston, MA.: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2006. pg.270
"On the surface these shows seem good for women... but in to many ways, the women take a backseat to the boys." This article may help in explaining how women reporters may take a backseat to men. 12. Mariah Burton Nelson: I Won. I'm Sorry. pg.439 Maasik, Sonia, Jack Solomon, and Mariah Burton Nelson. Signs of Life in the USA
"I Won, I'm Sorry". Boston,MA.: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2006. pg.439
"So if you want to be a winner and you're female, you'll feel pressured to play by special, female rules." The article may explain the pressures that women endure. 13. Michael A. Messner: Power at Play: Sport and Gender Relations pg. 513 Maasik, Sonia, Jack Solomon, and Michael A Messner. Signs of LIfe in the USA
"Power at Play: Sport and Gender Realtions". Boston, MA.: Bedford/St.
Martin's, 2006. pg.513
"Sport is a social institution that, in its dominant forms, was created by and for men." This article may explain the divide between sports and women. 14. Gordon, Devin. "It's Root, Root, Root For the Home Team." Newsweek 150.4 (July
2007): p52-52, 1p.
(AN 25786115) • In It’s Root, Root, Root For the Home Team by Devin Gordon he explains after a key anchor leaves, ESPN becomes closer to the worldwide cheerleader in sports. His audience being those who are ESPN watchers and listners how they are becoming sports cheerleaders. This will help my readers understand how a network becomes popular. • In my paper, I will use this information to study a network and its rise to popularity. This will intrigue my readers because it is one of he biggest sport broadcasters. 15. S, E. "TO KNOW LIST 5: She's still got juice." Sporting News 230.28 (July 2006):
p3-3, 1/7p, 1c. (AN 21461179)
• In To Know List 5: She’s Still Got Juice by S.E. she explains sideline reporter Lesley Visser, a Boston Globe news reporter, her first female National Football League (NFL) beat writer. The audience being Boston Globe readers allows the author to explain to common readers about a National Story of a female that needs to be heard. • In my paper, I will use this information to describe a story of a female heroine story. This will allow my readers to see the diversity of female sport reporters. 16. Woodburn, Nicole Dallas. "Like Father, Like Daughter." Writing 28.4 (Jan. 2006):
p22-22, 1p.
(AN 19289014) • In Like Father, Like Daughter, by Nicole Dallas Woodburn she explains how she became a sports columnist because of her father. The audience being mainly daddy’s girls helps the author describe to her readers why she is capable if not more capable then male reporters because she grew up around sports. This will help my audience understand the capabilities of female sports reporters. • In my paper, I will use this information to describe the capabilities of female reporters based on education and family history. For my readers this will describe what helps make a sports columnist. 17. Pooley, Eric. "Editor's Desk." Fortune 152.5 (Sept. 2005): p8-8, 1/2p, 1bw.; (AN 18018964) • Editor’s Desk by Eric Pooley is an article that deals with NASCAR racing in today’s society. The audience being mainly NASCAR fans helps the author explain his information to those that can relate. This will help my audience understand a sports writing piece by a male. • In my paper I will use this information to describe the differences and similarities between men and women sports reporters. For my readers this will describe sports reporters differences and similarities relating to gender. 18. Walker, John H. "A Real Pioneer." American Journalism Review 27.1 (Winter 2005):
p5-5, 1/3p, 1c.
(AN 15908539) • A Real Pioneer by John H. Walker is a review in the form of a letter that was presented to an editor in response to the article “Offensive Interference†by Sherry Ricchiardi in December 2004/January 2005 issue of the periodical “AJR†which focused on women sports writers in the U.S. The audience being general readers allows the author to explain women sportswriters in the U.S. based on a review. This will help my audience understand women sportswriters in the U.S. only. • In my paper I will use this information to explain background information about the women’s sports writers in the U.S. For my readers this will be more understandable because it is the country that we live in.
19. Richard, Sherry. "Offensive Interference." American Journalism Review 26.6
(Winter 2005): p54-59, 5p, 3c.
(AN 15267622) • In Offensive Interference by Sherry Richard she explains the challenges for women sportswriters. The audience being generally women helps the authors explain the challenges that women may have in joining this industry. This will help my audience understand that it is very hard for a “Hazel Mae†to do what she does on television. • In my paper I will use this information to explain how these challenges for women sportswriters can have extreme consequences on their work. For my readers they will understand that there are current challenges and they are a factor in women sportswriters.
20. Garner, Tricia. "Will you (and you) be mine? ." Sporting News 228.7 (Feb. 2004):
p9-9, 2/3p, 1c.
(AN 12224947) • In Will You (and You) Be Mine? by Tricia Garner she explains her personal story in dealing with a predominately male editorial staff were she is the reporter for sports journalism. The audiences being not only sports enthusiast, but women in general, help the audience understand a personal view of a woman doing a man’s “respected†job. This will help my audience understand the direction that I am trying to take my women sports reporters essay in. • In my paper, I will use this information to explain how a women deals with constraints of reporting sports in a male industry. This will help describe what women have to deal with in a corporate industry that most do not have to deal with.
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