This report is designed to be challenging, yet fun and engaging. This is your chance to demonstrate your understanding of the basic themes and concepts from this course.
That we are using popular films for the report does not mean the assignment is "easy" and can be completed the night before the due date.
All of the films and documentaries above have serious messages about the role of media in society: now and in the future (explicitly and implicitly) and requires your concentrated attention and understanding.
This does not mean you will necessarily "like" any of the films above, though you may find them enlightening and entertaining.
This assignment is not about whether you like the film, but rather the chance for you to demonstrate your understanding of the film and what it is saying about media and society. Here are the steps you should follow:
1) Chose a single film (or show) from the list above; view the film as many times as needed; once is likely not enough.
2) Critique and analyze the film, using the media models from this class. You should explain two media models depicted in the film; then, based on the models in the film, you should the explain what the film is saying about media and society.
Not every film on the list depicts all of the media models, but each film explicitly contains two media models from the class discussion - Meme, Network, Spectacle, Hyperreal.
Based on what the film is saying, you should bring in two other relevant themes from the textbook - the medium is the message, media technology is not neutral, Plato's cave, Moore's Law, hive mind, temes, maps overtaking territories, science, panopticon, surveillance, counterculture, internet freedom, ecology, cosmic media, media apocalypse, media futures, etc.