Assignment No.
2 – Books
Mass Media and
Society
In addition to anything listed on the syllabus for homework
this week, you will need to do the following two things:
1.
Select a book and photocopy a page from it. The
page should contain narrative, not an index or a dedication, or a table of
contents. You can choose your favorite book; or your least favorite book; or
the book you’re reading right now; or the book you read last summer; or the
first book you ever read; or the only book you have ever read. The page you
choose to copy can be your favorite page, the first page, the last page,
whatever. Just make sure you’ve actually read the page before showing up to
class with it. If you can access your book page on the Internet and print it
out rather than copy it, that’s fine.
2.
Provide a response to the following
questions/statements. Make sure your answers are typed and follow the
formatting guidelines outlined in the syllabus and the MLA handout. Once you’ve
completed your response, staple the book page to the back of your response and
bring it to class on the due date.
Response paper
questions:
1.
What is the title and who is the author of the
book you chose?
2.
Tell me what the book it about; summarize it in
a paragraph.
3.
Why did you choose this particular book? Be
specific.
4.
What excerpt did you choose to bring in? Why?
5.
What do you like/not like about this book?
6.
Do you enjoy reading books? Why or why not?
7.
Do you think the human experience would be
diminished if physical paper books no longer existed? Why or why not?
8.
In your own words, how is the experience of
reading a bound, paper book different from experiencing other media? (TV,
Internet, Radio, etc.) Be sure to use specific details to illustrate your
point(s).
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