Recently in class we have been focusing on American newspaper history.
Here's a rundown of press beginnings:
1690: 1st American newspaper, Publick Occurrences Both Foreign and Domestic, published
1783: 1st daily newspaper published in America, Pennsylvania Evening Post and Daily Advertiser
1789: 1st Amendment to Constitution enshirnes freedom of press
1833: The New York Sun, 1st Penny Press daily begins pulication
This week the class has a chance to share their favorite book or magazine with the class. I chose Jet Magazine because it has been my favorite since childhood.
Here are some bullets from my powerpoint presentation:
Here are some bullets from my powerpoint presentation:
- Jet was founded in Chicago, Illinois by John H. Johnson in 1951. It was originally printed in either all or mostly white and black until the last issue of 1999 which was printed in all color.
- The magazine made its biggest mark during the Civil Rights movement. Jet published photographs of the mutilated body of 14-year-old Chicago resident Emmett Till, who was brutally murdered in Mississippi. Those haunting photographs showed America and the rest of the world the cruelty that was being digested by southern Blacks.
- Jet’s founder John H. Johnson, also the founder of Johnson Publishing Company was the first black person to be named on the Forbes 400 Rich List. Johnson had a fortune estimated at close to $500 million.
The SMCR Model
Okay... today I will elaborate more on the SMCR Model.
This was identified in 1949 by Shannon and Weaver. It distinguishes something of what happens between the person speaking (writing) and the person listening (watching.)
Sequence
The basic sequence of the model is Source => Message => Channel => Receiver
Source
The source is the start of the communication, the person who encodes the message and transmits it to the receiver.
Message
The message is the package or packages of meaning that contain the intent from the source. The message is what the source wants the receiver to hear and understand in a particular way.
As we cannot connect minds together, we have to translate the intent of the source into an encoded message that (it is hoped) the receiver can translate with reasonable accuracy.
Channel
The channel is the medium through which the message is transmitted. This may be some form of controlled media such as television adverts or newspaper articles. It may also be a more direct channel, such as telephone or face-to-face.
The channel can have several parts, for example where I ask someone to communicate something, who then emails a friend who tells the receiver the message.
The channel must plug into the receiver's sensory system, and hence may use sight, sound, touch, taste or smell.
Receiver
The receiver is the person who is at the other end of the communication. They may be actively seeking to receive the message or may be surprised by it. They may be the intended target or just someone who is within receiving range. They will decode the message and create their own meaning.
Dynamics
In practice, much can happen to cause problems during communication.
Loss and distortion
When the source encodes the message, for example in words, they can seldom encode the full intent of what they want to say, leading to loss in the message. Worse, they may be poor communicators and what they say may be a long way from what they really mean.
Noise
Along the way, external 'noise' can interfere with the message or distract the source. Real 'white noise' on a phone message appears as hiss.
Noise can also happen when the channel is other people. If I ask my son to tell my daughter something (he then becomes a part of the channel), he will translate my message into other words, adding noise into the process. The game of 'Chinese Whispers' is a variant of this, where passing a message along a row of people can lead to serious distortion.
Synchronization and feedback
The communication may be synchronous or asynchronous. A synchronous channel, such as a telephone, connects the receiver directly with the source. An asynchronous medium, such as email or adverts, disconnects the source and the receiver.
The dilemma with asynchronous communication is that the source does not get the immediate feedback that enables them to modify the message to
This was identified in 1949 by Shannon and Weaver. It distinguishes something of what happens between the person speaking (writing) and the person listening (watching.)
Sequence
The basic sequence of the model is Source => Message => Channel => Receiver
Source
The source is the start of the communication, the person who encodes the message and transmits it to the receiver.
Message
The message is the package or packages of meaning that contain the intent from the source. The message is what the source wants the receiver to hear and understand in a particular way.
As we cannot connect minds together, we have to translate the intent of the source into an encoded message that (it is hoped) the receiver can translate with reasonable accuracy.
Channel
The channel is the medium through which the message is transmitted. This may be some form of controlled media such as television adverts or newspaper articles. It may also be a more direct channel, such as telephone or face-to-face.
The channel can have several parts, for example where I ask someone to communicate something, who then emails a friend who tells the receiver the message.
The channel must plug into the receiver's sensory system, and hence may use sight, sound, touch, taste or smell.
Receiver
The receiver is the person who is at the other end of the communication. They may be actively seeking to receive the message or may be surprised by it. They may be the intended target or just someone who is within receiving range. They will decode the message and create their own meaning.
Dynamics
In practice, much can happen to cause problems during communication.
Loss and distortion
When the source encodes the message, for example in words, they can seldom encode the full intent of what they want to say, leading to loss in the message. Worse, they may be poor communicators and what they say may be a long way from what they really mean.
Noise
Along the way, external 'noise' can interfere with the message or distract the source. Real 'white noise' on a phone message appears as hiss.
Noise can also happen when the channel is other people. If I ask my son to tell my daughter something (he then becomes a part of the channel), he will translate my message into other words, adding noise into the process. The game of 'Chinese Whispers' is a variant of this, where passing a message along a row of people can lead to serious distortion.
Synchronization and feedback
The communication may be synchronous or asynchronous. A synchronous channel, such as a telephone, connects the receiver directly with the source. An asynchronous medium, such as email or adverts, disconnects the source and the receiver.
The dilemma with asynchronous communication is that the source does not get the immediate feedback that enables them to modify the message to
Take One...
I've acutally never written a blog before..but I do read them all the time. I'm pretty sure nobody will be reading this except my class that I'm doing this for :) So hi everyone! Im not sure what we are supposed to be writing about for sure.. but im sure it's something about class so I begin...
"Class was good yesterday. We learned how to create SMCR Models and had a chance to share our models with the class...uhm...Thanks for your time..i'll try again tomorrow.
au revoir!
-Jessica
"Class was good yesterday. We learned how to create SMCR Models and had a chance to share our models with the class...uhm...Thanks for your time..i'll try again tomorrow.
au revoir!
-Jessica
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