Reading/Viewing for next Monday’s class:
- Samuels, Robert. “Keeping It Real: Why We Like to Watch Reality Dating Television Shows” (193-201) Common Culture Reader (handout).
- Watch: “I Love New York – Meet the Parents” and “Biggest Loser – Highlights”
This time, in your blog response, relate your thoughts about the readings and reality television to your own experiences/thoughts. What in the article did you agree or disagree with and why? or what particular argument or idea was presented that took your attention? This is a free-writing blog response, so feel free to write in a stream-of-consciousness manner.
End of Semester Oral Presentations – I’ve posted the schedule (those who were in class before break got to pick their own dates; those not there were assigned a date). Please go to the link above to see when you’ll be presenting and the guidelines for the presentation.
