Hope everyone survived the Super Bowel festivities and the Amurican spectacle that was on display this weekend. Am I the only one that finds it kinda weird that Americans always need to have fighter jets or attack helicopters fly over head after the singing of the anthem? Shouldn't we be terrified by the sight of death machines hovering overhead? What a strange display of power that is interpreted as a moment of patriotic pride...
This Week in 3652, whut it do...
For this week we are going to have a short lecture talking about communicative styles and rhetoric as per the assigned Peters reading followed by an attempt to answer the question "Are Internet Memes new?" There seems to be a popular instinct to talk about memes as though they are this brand new phenomenon, never before seen because "the Internet" is what makes them possible. Tomorrow I will argue that this is not the case, but rather, we have been seeing memetic texts for as long as humans have been communicating, a process that has just been amplified by mechanical reproduction.
I haven't had a chance to mark your 2nd round of blogs yet, had some other urgent deadlines to meet last weekend, but intend on getting to on that this coming weekend. Hopefully marks will be released by Sunday night (fingers and toes crossed)
More importantly, though, the second half of lecture tomorrow will be focused on the most pressing assignment, the upcoming midterm. Normally I like to run a study session before the midterm but because scheduling is so tough I have decided to just dedicate an hour to doing a study session in class. What this means, though, is you will be responsible for bringing questions/content to discuss for the remainder of class. I will be supplying some sample questions for us to work through, but really this is an opportunity for you to get answers on any of the course content that you are struggling with leading up to the midterm, so please take a second or two tonight to think about what stuff you are having trouble with so we can discuss in class. Also it's probably a good idea if you bring the course text books/course pack/notes along with you tomorrow to better assist you in answering questions as they come up.
Lastly, if you have not submitted your group names and the movie you'd like to swede, note that this is due at the end of the week so SUBMIT ASAP! Are you not in a group right now? Let me know ASAP and I will assign you to a group. Are you already a group and I assign someone to you? Please include this new group member as best you can. Thanks!
As per usual, I'll be in NCB441 from 1 to 2pm this week. Come by for a hello, a chat, or to get insight on the course. Don't be shy!
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