Blog Post Option 1:
Spend some more time listening to/watching/reading/exploring Because the Internet. You can find links to much of it on Camden Ostrander’s page (https://create.piktochart.com/output/26442353-metamodern-identity-and-existentialism-in-glovers-bti), but also do your own snooping on YouTube, social media, and the Google; for example, try searching the #roscoeswetsuit hashtag on the social media platform of your choice and see what comes up. Reflect on the experience. What do you like about this kind of transmedia text? What do you not like? Do you think this kind of transmedia experience is the future of entertainment? Why or why not? Your response should be at least 500 words in length. Worth 2 points. DUE by 11:59pm on Thursday 12/5
Blog Post Option 2:
Think about the kind of media you consume. Have you engaged with any transmedia elements of that media? (For example [come up with a different answer!], have you read a Marvel comic, then watched a Marvel film featuring the same character?) How did that transmedia experience contribute to your enjoyment of that story/character/text? Your response should be at least 500 words in length. Worth 2 points. DUE by 11:59pm on Thursday 12/5
Blog Post Option 3:
Read/watch/explore Hollow (hollowdocumentary.com). In a blog post of at least 500 words, discuss your experience of navigating Hollow. In your post, respond to the following questions: What is the purpose of this text? What argument (or arguments) is the piece making? Does the text have a cohesive purpose or argument? How do the transmedia aspects of the text contribute to the whole? What seems integral to the text and what seems additive? How accessible do you find this text to be? Who is the audience for Hollow? What readers/viewers might the text exclude? Worth 2 points. DUE by 11:59pm on Thursday 12/5
Blog Post Option 4:
Read/watch/explore “Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek” by John Branch (http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall/index.html#/?part=tunnel-creek). In a blog post of at least 500 words, discuss your experience of navigating the story. In your post, respond to the following questions: What is the purpose of this text? What argument (or arguments) is the piece making? Does the text have a cohesive purpose or argument? How do the transmedia aspects of the text contribute to the whole? What seems integral to the text and what seems additive? How accessible do you find this text to be? Who is the audience for this text? What readers/viewers might it exclude? Worth 2 points. DUE by 11:59pm on Thursday 12/5
Blog Post Option 5:
In a blog post of at least 500 words, reflect on your experiences in WAM this semester. Now that we’re near the end of the course, what does the phrase “writing across media” mean to you? How has your understanding of that phrase changed? In your response, reference class activities, discussions, and texts that helped contribute to your thoughts on “writing across media.” Your response should be at least 500 words in length. Worth 2 points. DUE by 11:59pm on Thursday 12/5
BONUS BLOG POST OPTION:
From Jordyn & Vandana’s in-class presentation:
Download the Bare Minerals Foundation Color Matching App. Play around with it to find your color. Then write a blog post about the experience that addresses the following questions:
- What do you think apps like Bare Minerals M2F do for the makeup industry?
- How would companies that are exclusive to only a few skin tones impact the equality seen in the makeup industry?
Your response should be at least 500 words in length. Worth 2 points. DUE by 11:59pm on Thursday 12/5
WAM: Fall 2019 