Monday, May 14, 2018

Tuesday, May 15. 2018

Today's schedule is C-D-A-B

C Block Criminology 12 - I want you to track your consumption of media for one day; you'll need to estimate how much time of the day you think you consume and interact with media. Write down what media format you interact with for a time period throughout the day and guesstimate how much time you interact with it. I know that you are a generation of multi-taskers (and that you are interacting with this blog right now) so try to be as honest as you can about what you consume/interact with. Break your estimates into time blocks like:

Wake Up to 9 am
9 am - 1 pm
1 pm - 5 pm
5 pm - 9 pm
9 pm - Sleep

Then consider types...Remember the types of Mass Media include: Print media encompasses mass communication through printed material. It includes newspapers, magazines, booklets and brochures, house magazines, periodicals or newsletters, direct mailers, handbills or flyers, billboards, press releases, and books. Electronic media is the kind of media which requires the user to utilize an electric connection to access it. It is also known as 'Broadcast Media'. It includes television, radio, and new-age media like Internet, computers, telephones, etc. With the advent of Internet, we are now enjoying the benefits of high technology mass media, which is not only faster than the old school mass media, but also has a widespread range. Mobile phones, computers, and Internet are often referred to as the new-age media. Internet has opened up several new opportunities for mass communication which include e-mail, websites, podcasts, e-forums, e-books, blogging, Internet TV, and many others which are booming today. Internet has also started social networking sites which have redefined mass communication all together. Sites like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have made communication to the masses all the more entertaining, interesting, and easier.

We will talk about the history of media and communication formats and then after we'll watch the Batman: The Animated Series  Two Face (Part II). These episodes provide an alternate origin story to Harvey Dent / Two Face than the movie The Dark Knight. When we finish the episode we'll try to make sense of what messages the episode tries to pass on to its audience (remember it's children), what the episode says of crime and what mass media theory we can use to explain how the creators (Bruce Timm and Eric Radomski) and writers (Alan Burnett and Randy Rogel) presented their ideas.

For Media consumption consider the following...
 
Look at this Kaiser Family Foundation study from 2010; it will give us a good idea about amounts of media youth consume (Generation M2) .

Please consider the following:
We're not seeing more police shootings, just more news coverage
Canadians still wildly overestimating the level of violent crime

D Block Human Geography 11 - Today we'll look at the key question "Why Do People Consume Different Foods"? The modern Canadian farm is mechanized and highly productive, especially compared to subsistence farms found in much of the rest of the world. This difference represents one of the most basic contrasts between the more developed and less developed countries of the world. Consumption of food also varies around the world, both in total amount and source of nutrients. These differences result from a combination of level of development, physical conditions, and cultural preferences. So today we'll try to examine these differences.



 You'll need to work on the following:
  1. Which of the three main cereal grains is most prevalent in your diet and why do you think that is so?
  2. Compare world distributions of wheat, rice, and maize production. To what extent do differences derive from environmental conditions and to what extent from food preferences and other social customs?
  3. How many kilocalories are in a Big Mac? You can use Google to find the answer. How does one Big Mac compare to the daily caloric intake of the average African?
  4. Define undernourishment:
  5. How much of the world suffers from undernourishment? Where are those places?

A Block Law 12 - Today you need to continue your work on the major civil law project that is due just over a month from now. After the May long weekend, you will have two to three library blocks per week to finish this assignment...no pressure really. And don't forget if you're choosing to do three cases with a video for your law firm...you had better start script writing and planning your production dates.Some help regarding the baseball case can be found at City of Vancouver Standards of Maintenance By Law (look at section 5  Structural Conditions). Some help regarding the amusement park and ski resort cases can be found at SAFETY STANDARDS ACT [SBC 2003] CHAPTER 39 and at Safety Standards Act
SAFETY STANDARDS GENERAL REGULATION.

B Block Introduction to Law 10 - Today we'll continue and finish the video "The Unrepentant" picking up on Karla Homolka, who convinced police and a psychiatrist she was a victim, even though she helped her husband assault and kill young girls, including her own younger sister. Then, finally, the show revisits the harrowing story of two teenaged friends who conspired to murder one of their families and were caught in a controversial RCMP sting. They are all disordered personalities, whose lack of empathy and shame inspires both fear and fascination.

If you have completed the research for your Serial Killer research assignment then you can print off your work and start to assemble your poster (I have poster paper for you). Just a note for you...you have a test this Thursday on the introductory section of the course (criminology and victimology); it will be multiple selection, true/false and a short answer (paragraph) in structure.

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