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Legal and Ethical Issues in Mass
Communication
Pine Manor College
Fall 2008
Mondays & Wednesdays - 10:00 am - 11:15 am
Kresge Lecture Hall, Annenberg Communications Center
This course has been taught during following semesters:
Spring 2005, Spring 2006 (as a directed study), Fall 2008
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Welcome to the class!
Make sure I have your email address so that you can receive notices
via our email listserv. If you have any questions or concerns
throughout the semester, please feel free to come talk to me or email me at
mintzerj@pmc.edu
(email is the fastest way to get a hold of me) and I would be happy
to help or clarify anything you have a question about.
-Jen Mintzer
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Fill out the Student Information Form |
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Tell me about yourself
and how I can contact you throughout the course of the semester.
Please fill this out even if I've had you in a past semester so that
I have your most recent contact info.
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Buy the Book(s): |
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Course Documents |
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Download the syllabus,
handouts and other course documents.
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Course Schedule |
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See what
we are doing day-by-day in class.
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Message Board |
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Post
relevant comments about class material.
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Policies and
Procedures |
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Be aware of my policies on such
things as attendance, handing in assignments and other things.
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Check your Grade |
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I use a site called
Gradenetwork.com to keep track of grades. Once you are in the
class, I will add you to the gradebook and you will receive an email
notifying you of the username and password you will use to log on to
the Gradenetwork.com site. If you had a class with me in the past,
your username and password is the same as it was in the past
semester.
YOUR USERNAME:
I have to come up with usernames for everyone that have to be
between 6 and 12 characters long. Your
username will go by the following format: Your full first name and
then as much as your last name as will fit ***up to 12 characters***.
For example, my full first name is 8
characters long, so I can only add on 4 characters of my last name.
So if I were in the class, my username would be "jennifermint" -
Note: if you type more than 12 characters, you will not be able to
log on.
YOUR PASSWORD:
Your password will be your first initial, last initial and the last
4 digits of your social security number.
(For example, my password would be "jm0888")
ONCE LOGGED ON:
Once you are logged on, click on "Grade Summary" and you can check
your grade for all of the classes for which you have me as a
professor.
Still have a question about something
on Gradenetwork? Click
here for answers to some "Frequently Asked Questions" I've received
in the past.
***If you experience any problems
logging on to check your grades, please email me and I will try to
rectify the problem as soon as possible.***
Below is a break-down of the graded
assignments for the semester:
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Assignment |
Number of Points Possible |
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Filling out the Student
Information Form Online |
5 points |
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Syllabus Quiz |
10 points |
| Reading
Reflection 01 |
15 points |
| Reading
Reflection 02 |
15 points |
| Reading
Reflection 03 |
15 points |
| Reading
Reflection 04 |
15 points |
| Reading
Reflection 05 |
15 points |
| Reading
Reflection 06 |
15 points |
| Reading
Reflection 07 |
15 points |
| Reading
Reflection 08 |
15 points |
| Reading
Reflection 09 |
15 points |
| Reading
Reflection 10 |
15 points |
| Reading
Reflection 11 |
15 points |
| Video Screening
Notes 01 |
10 points |
| Video Screening
Notes 02 |
10 points |
| Video Screening
Notes 03 |
10 points |
| Video Screening
Notes 04 |
10 points |
| Video Screening
Notes 05 |
10 points |
| Video Screening
Notes 06 |
10 points |
| Video Screening
Notes 07 |
10 points |
| Video Screening
Notes 08 |
10 points |
| Leading Class
Discussion |
25 points |
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Midterm Paper |
50 points |
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Final
Paper |
100 points |
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Participation/Attentiveness |
50 points |
Using this point system, this is
how it breaks down in terms of percentages:
- Filling out the Student
Information Form Online is worth approximately 1% of your grade for the semester
- Syllabus Quiz is worth
approximately 2% of
your grade for the semester
- Reading Reflection Papers
(11 in total with your worst grade dropped) are worth
approximately 32% of your grade for the semester
- Video Screening Notes (8 in total) are
worth approximately 17% of your grade for the semester
- Leading Class Discussion is worth
approximately 5% of your grade for the semester
- Midterm Paper is worth
approximately 11% of
your grade for the semester
- Final paper is worth
approximately 21% of your
grade for the semester
- Participation/Attentiveness is
worth approximately 11% of your grade for the semester
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Class List and Contact Info. |
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Contact fellow classmates.
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Listserv |
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Note: You
will be automatically added to the listserv during the first week of
class, but if you accidentally remove yourself from the listserv or
want to add another email address you can re-subscribe here.
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Provide Anonymous Feedback |
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Have a suggestion or comment about
class? Still confused about something we discussed in class? Let
me know! You can provide anonymous feedback about the class as it's
happening, instead of waiting until the end! I will try my best to
incorporate any suggestions you have if feasible. Remember,
positive feedback is just as welcome as negative!
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Useful Communication and Media Links |
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Links to websites for the
class (if you have any to add, let me know!)
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Writing Tips |
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Please take the time to
look over these commonly made mistakes. I do take off points for
some of these errors. Also, please make use of the
Pine Manor
Learning Resource Center if you need help with your writing.
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Instructor
Contact Info. & Office Hours |
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