Group Speech

Here we are in the home stretch. You all have two major assignments to go...

For the group speech, you will do a speech analyzing the media in one way or another. It is time to work together as a group. This assignment should particularly engage chapter 13. However, it is important to be aware of the content in chapters 10 and 11 when working as a group. You will have next week to get together in your groups and devise a plan.

Here are some ideas:

Do a mock reality show
Do a newscast
Do a version of one of the programs on CNN or Headline News
Do a roundtable discussion

Some ideas of the past that worked well:

Red Carpet Interviews
Talk show formats
Game show scenarios
Reality shows

I want to you to consider what the mass media means in your life and the different ways that you use it in your life. What are the pros and cons? What are some of the controversies? There are tons of issues concerning the media in our lives.

Here are some ideas:

Facebooking and My spacing as a means of interpersonal comm in mass comm
Credibility of material found online
Effects of videogames and online games
Online predators
ONline advertising vs. offline advertising
Interviews
How public opinion is created
the internet as a new mass media


The media is everywhere and very important to communication. I think it is worth spending some time on and I think you all will have fun with this!!!!