D Block Physical Geography - We'll start by using the WeatherCycler to understand the three dimensional aspects of a low pressure system. Your activity after this is to be the weather forecaster for Detroit Michigan. Look in your weekly package to see the synoptic chart (also below) and then figure out the probable weather for the next two days.
Take some time on the following sites to learn more and to practice your weather operational analysis capabilities:
WW2010 - University of Illinois Weather site
National Weather Service "Jet Stream" online weather school
American Meteorological Society "Data Streme"
ThoughtCo How to Read Weather Maps
Satellite Meteorology Course Weather Forecasting Module
Practice at: Weather Office (Environment Canada) Operational Analysis Charts
Stephen A. Kohm wrote a piece that "examines the way shame and humiliation in criminal justice have become increasingly commodified, enacted, and experienced through hybrid forms of mass media that blur the boundaries of reality and entertainment". In it, he argues that, "public narratives about crime in the news media operate on a distinctly emotional level, weaving powerful messages about not only the nature and extent of crime, but also how audiences ought to feel about crime. To Catch a Predator similarly plays upon and appeals to emotions running the gamut from outrage to humiliation".
Rolling Stone had a great article on To Catch a Predator (The New American Witch Hunt) as did the Columbia Journalism Review (The Shame Game). So, what is To Catch a Predator?
To Catch a Predator is a reality television show which features a series of hidden camera investigations by the television news-magazine Dateline NBC. It is devoted to the subject of identifying and detaining those who contact people they believe to be below the age of consent (ages 12–15) over the Internet for sexual liaisons. What is the problem with to Catch a Predator? Lots...but in the context of the course we're in what it has done is shape the public's consciousness about crime to the point that "Creep Catchers" is now a thing...This is not a "foreign" thing...in Nanaimo the RCMP is concerned about vigilante justice there and from the Chilliwack Progress The truth about online vigilante group Creep Catchers
So, did To Catch a Predator perform a public service, or was it just another ratings-hungry reality series?
Clearly it was a cultural phenomenon that still reverberates throughout North American society today. The show was parodied on the October 3rd, 2007 episode of South Park titled “Le Petit Tourette.”
It was mocked on Arrested Development
And on Mad TV
But Chris Hansen is back on tv...
So To Catch a Predator led to Creep Catchers...here the infotainment led to people creating a real vigilante groups...did infotainment television influence the public's reality on crime?
The Real Story Behind the Rise of Creep Catchers, Canada’s Vigilante Pedophile Hunters
Hunting Child Predators With Canada's Freelance Vigilantes
The truth about online vigilante group Creep Catchers: Part One
He lures alleged child predators and shames them on Facebook. Now one of his targets is dead
WW2010 - University of Illinois Weather site
National Weather Service "Jet Stream" online weather school
American Meteorological Society "Data Streme"
ThoughtCo How to Read Weather Maps
Satellite Meteorology Course Weather Forecasting Module
Practice at: Weather Office (Environment Canada) Operational Analysis Charts
Don't forget that every day we are going to start by looking at the synoptic forecast along with weather maps.
After, it's time to start planning this...You and two to three others need to become a weather forecaster and weather news interest broadcaster. So…
Congratulations you have received a job as a meteorologist with Environment Canada (or whichever meteorological organization you choose). You are to prepare a weather report for a nightly television newscast using the required information. You will be working in groups of three (four max) and each person is required to contribute to the creation of the weather forecast and the presentation.
What to Do:
1. Watch the news or the weather channel to see how they relay the weather.
2. Choose a job and complete the requirements for each job.
3. Work as a team to create a “live weather report” (BOTH a local three day weather forecast and a weather news interest story which includes an in the field / on scene report) as a movie, using the green screen in room 115.
4. Create a script for your weather report (to be handed in)
5. Use a weather map from Windy tv as your forecast with a minimum of three days forecast.
6. Dress for success. Make sure you look the part of your character on the show...NO GREEN
7. The report should be 5-10 minutes long
Tomorrow...Cyclogenesis...Sweet!
C Block Human Geography - It was supposed to be yesterday but now it's today, so today is your Culture Unit final test (Introduction to Culture, Language and Religion). It shouldn't take the block but you've got all the time you need.
B Block Criminology - You have three questions to answer about yesterday's information/entertainment stranger abduction media product:
- What do you think the purpose of the "My Kid Would Never Do That: Stranger Danger" show and what assumptions or beliefs do its creators have that are reflected in the content?
- Who and what is shown in a positive light? In a negative light? Why might these people and things be shown this way? What conclusions might audiences draw based on these facts?
- What techniques does the Dateline show use to get your attention and to communicate its message?
To help answer questions 1 & 3 take a look at "infotainment" (the blurring lines of entertainment and information) where shows like Dateline and 48 Hours Mystery shape the public's views on crime and crime control. From Britannica...
Historically, news organizations maintained a distinction between “hard” news and entertainment, or “soft” news, programming. In the 1980s, communications theorists began to use the term infotainment (a portmanteau of information and entertainment) as a synonym for soft news. Hard news was generally defined as breaking developments involving major leaders or issues, public policy, or disruptions of daily life such as natural disasters or calamities. Soft news was less institutional as well as more personal and immediate in nature, with an emphasis on human-interest themes.
Stephen A. Kohm wrote a piece that "examines the way shame and humiliation in criminal justice have become increasingly commodified, enacted, and experienced through hybrid forms of mass media that blur the boundaries of reality and entertainment". In it, he argues that, "public narratives about crime in the news media operate on a distinctly emotional level, weaving powerful messages about not only the nature and extent of crime, but also how audiences ought to feel about crime. To Catch a Predator similarly plays upon and appeals to emotions running the gamut from outrage to humiliation".
Rolling Stone had a great article on To Catch a Predator (The New American Witch Hunt) as did the Columbia Journalism Review (The Shame Game). So, what is To Catch a Predator?
To Catch a Predator is a reality television show which features a series of hidden camera investigations by the television news-magazine Dateline NBC. It is devoted to the subject of identifying and detaining those who contact people they believe to be below the age of consent (ages 12–15) over the Internet for sexual liaisons. What is the problem with to Catch a Predator? Lots...but in the context of the course we're in what it has done is shape the public's consciousness about crime to the point that "Creep Catchers" is now a thing...This is not a "foreign" thing...in Nanaimo the RCMP is concerned about vigilante justice there and from the Chilliwack Progress The truth about online vigilante group Creep Catchers
Creep Catchers is a strong example of where people see a problem (through the mediated coverage of crime) and decide to bypass law enforcement and take matters into their own hands. In this, the media has created a moral panic about pedophiles and shaped the consciousness of the public about the problem and the apparent lack of police response."All jurisdictions across the United States and Canada have trained officers that are on the internet and are trying to interact with these people and find out who they are" said Nanaimo RCMP Cpl. Jon Stuart but To Catch a Predator undercuts the actual detective work of the RCMP and other police services.
So, did To Catch a Predator perform a public service, or was it just another ratings-hungry reality series?
Clearly it was a cultural phenomenon that still reverberates throughout North American society today. The show was parodied on the October 3rd, 2007 episode of South Park titled “Le Petit Tourette.”It was mocked on Arrested Development
And on Mad TV
But Chris Hansen is back on tv...
So To Catch a Predator led to Creep Catchers...here the infotainment led to people creating a real vigilante groups...did infotainment television influence the public's reality on crime?
The Real Story Behind the Rise of Creep Catchers, Canada’s Vigilante Pedophile Hunters
Hunting Child Predators With Canada's Freelance Vigilantes
The truth about online vigilante group Creep Catchers: Part One
He lures alleged child predators and shames them on Facebook. Now one of his targets is dead
For this activity, please review text pages 14-16 (in the pdf it's page 50-52/694), as well as text pages 213-216 (in the pdf it's page 250-252/694) and text pages 487-503 (in the pdf it's page 523-539/694) in the Media &Culture: Mass Communication in a Digital Age online text. You should also spend some time looking at various Communication theories from University of Twente (specifically: Agenda Setting, Priming, Framing, Cultivation, Medium, and Uses and Gratifications).
A Block Legal Studies - Today you have your Criminal Law collaborative test quiz thingy
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