Media affects all of us…1. Psycho shower scene opened the door for other movies to use similar ideas, makes the audience paranoid. Sex appeal for men.2. Wrecking Ball by Miley Cyrus – what is she doing? It’s attention-grabbing – Cyrus has a controversial image and wants to promote that. 3. Metro Last Light video game trailer – Appeal to gamers: exciting, eager to play. Non-gamers: possibly bothered by violence. Built like a movie trailer: shows best parts to entice you and leave the rest to your interpretation. Idea of post-apocalyptic world might be a little intense for some.How does media change how we view the world and perceive things?Not only is media all around us…1. We are also exposed to constant reports on the effects of mass media.2. Audience of reality TV shows goes tanning more oftena. Survey of 576 college students finds that 43% of reality TV viewers tanned outside for more than 3 hours compared to 29% of non-viewers.TV can change perception of how the average person looks.3. 16 and Pregnant53% of teens aged 10-19 who watched an episode of the show said they learned that teen parenthood is harder than they imagined.Through the semester…a. When and why did people start caring about media and its effects?b. How have our ideas about media changed?c. What do we know about news, entertainment, advertising, social media, gaming, political comm., health comm., etc.?Course goalsa. Understand social scientific research methodsb. Understand persuasion, public opinion, media effectsc. Develop ability to make better use of media as thoughtful consumersCheck for weekly outline of lecture notes posted on ICON.Final is NOT cumulative.Prof. Kajsa DalrympleW339 AJBSection 5, Thursday, 2 pm, E205 AJBVisiting hours:Homework: Read Chapter 1 for ThursdayMedia Uses & Effects – 1/21/14 Amanda BartlettMedia affects all of us…1. Psycho shower scene opened the door for other movies to use similar ideas, makes the audience paranoid. Sex appeal for men.2. Wrecking Ball by Miley Cyrus – what is she doing? It’s attention-grabbing –Cyrus has a controversial image and wants to promote that. 3. Metro Last Light video game trailer – Appeal to gamers: exciting, eager to play. Non-gamers: possibly bothered by violence. Built like a movie trailer: shows best parts to entice you and leave the rest to your interpretation. Idea of post-apocalyptic world might be a little intense for some. How does media change how we view the world and perceive things?Not only is media all around us…1. We are also exposed to constant reports on the effects of mass media.2. Audience of reality TV shows goes tanning more oftena. Survey of 576 college students finds that 43% of reality TV viewers tanned outside for more than 3 hours compared to 29% of non-viewers. TV can change perception of how the average person looks.3. 16 and Pregnant-53% of teens aged 10-19 who watched an episode of the show said they learned that teen parenthood is harder than they imagined.Through the semester…a. When and why did people start caring about media and its effects?b. How have our ideas about media changed?c. What do we know about news, entertainment, advertising, social media, gaming, political comm., health comm., etc.?Course goalsa. Understand social scientific research methodsb. Understand persuasion, public opinion, media effectsc. Develop ability to make better use of media as thoughtful consumersCheck for weekly outline of lecture notes posted on ICON.Final is NOT cumulative.Prof. Kajsa DalrympleW339 AJBSection 5, Thursday, 2 pm, E205 AJBVisiting hours:Homework: Read Chapter 1 for