GLOBAL COMMUNICATION & CULTURE(S)
Course Links-Resources-Readings-Screenings-Worldly Opportunities
Daily/Weekly TOPICS-ISSUES-DISCUSSIONS: LECTURE/DISCUSSION LINKS WORLD NEWS-MAPS-MEDIA LINKS SCREENINGS-AUDIO-DESIGN: GC-2 Syllabus Link SCREENINGS/READINGS/ANNOUNCEMENTS:
►SCREENING: ZIPLINE DRONE DELIVERY RWANDA (Mark Rober)
►ROUND#2 FEEDBACK-EVALS-PT TOTALS
►NPR RECEIVES $113MIL IN CHARITABLE GIFTS
►USA'S TEEN PROBLEM (BBC GLOBAL)
►BALD EAGLE POPULATION SOARS VT/NH (VTDIGGER)
►Documentary SCREENING: BUY THIS! Marketing, Consumerism and the "SCIENCE" of Selling to the World (Netflix: Trailer Here, Dir. Nic Stacey)
Questions:
►Your shopping habits? What-Where-How?
►WHAT is behind the "SCIENCE" of Selling?
►MAJOR PLAYERS and Their Perspectives?
►MAJOR/minor ARGUMENTS made in the Documentary?
►CONCLUSIONS as they related life on EARTH?
►DMC & DMK SENIORS FINAL DOC FILM- WEB DOC-EBOOK PRESENTATIONS | WED 4/15 & WED 4/22
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►Documentary SCREENING: WILD WILD SPACE Globalization taken Upward (Russ Kauffman/ HBO-Amz-Roku-YT-MCS possible)
Questions:
►MAJOR PLAYERS and Their Perspectives?
►MAJOR/minor ARGUMENTS made in the Documentary?
►CONCLUSIONS as they related to Globalization, Humanity, Self, and Society?
►SCREENING: The Future of Cities (Oscar Boyson)
►DOMES and the Future of Global Spectacle Entertainment
►DR CONGO Celebrates National Holiday in Honor of World Cup Entry
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►GLOBAL DANCE MOVES (ED)
►HOW THE WORLD CELEBRATES: HOLI FESTIVAL INDIA
►POPULATION MEDIA CENTER: STORY TELLING FOR THE GLOBAL GOOD (Burlington)
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►GLOBAL RESEARCH PHASE#1 DUE IN PDF FORM THURSDAY | GC-2 CLASS CLOUD FOLDER
►But I thought AI Toys for Children would always be safe...and educational
►Feeling at peace with thoughts and feelings?
►American Happiness in Iceland: MAKE IT!
►American Happiness in Denmark: MAKE IT!
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►What are PEOPLE MOST PROUD of ABOUT THEIR COUNTRY? (PRC INTERNATIONAL)
►DENMARK RECALIBRATES DIGITAL LEARNING IN SCHOOLS (FRANCE 24)
►MRI SCANS NOW SHOW MEMORY LOSS AND BRAIN DAMAGE FROM SCREEN USE (AUS 10 NEWS)
►I wonder what this link is to?
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►25TH ANNIVERSARY GLOBAL EYES STUDENT PHOTOGRAPHY and WRITING CEREMONY (Durrick Library Beethoven's Space 3rd Floor)
You're the Judge:
Top TWO IMAGES and WHY
Top Written Caption and WHY
People's choice vote
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►VIDEO: EXCITED INTELLIGENT RATS in The RAT MOBILE
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Readings:
►CRAZY LIKE US: THE GLOBALIZATION OF THE AMERICAN PSYCHE- Ethan Watters (ReadingPDF)►Author's INTRO PERSPECTIVES/ARGUMENTS?
MAJOR/minor arguments on the following:
►Hong Kong
►ZanzibarShort SCREENINGS:
►HAPPINESS, Food, Drink, Hill Work Outs, and Aging (The Blue Zones)
►Quick Read: Happy RAT DRIVERS! Learning New Things and Happiness!
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Reading:
►PARENTING WITHOUT BORDERS - Gross-Loh (ReadingPDF)►Author's INTRO PERSPECTIVES/ARGUMENTS?
MAJOR/minor arguments on the following:
►SLEEP TIME?
►STUFF - BUY, BUY BABY?
►FOOD RULES?
SCREENING:
►SCHOOL/EDUCATION AND HAPPINESS? FINLAND (ABC)
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Reading: ►GLOBAL HAPPINESS-BLISS-GEOGRAPHY (ReadingPDF)
►Author's Perspective-Conundrum + Mission?
►WDH? Dr Rut Veenhoven data findings?
►New Arguments about Happiness related toIncome-Diversity-Weather-tolerance?
►Bhutanese Happiness?
Screening:►(GLOBAL HAPPINESS?) Why Finland and Denmark are the Happiest in the World (CNBC)
►MAJOR-minor arguments on what make Finland and Denmark so different
►IMPORTANT TERMS/Concepts - Variables
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►Vermont Intercollegiate Film Showcase (VIFS-MARCH 31st Deadline)
►Onion River Review (Fri 2/20 deadline)
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►Netflix STREET FOOD ( Compare ARGUMENTS from 2 different episodes related to Food, Food Preparation, Identity and Culture)
►EXTRA CREDIT OPTION: Visit, Dine, Photograph, Talk to Owner/Worker, and Analyze the Food/Culinary Experience at an Non-Western Restaurant; Due:?
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►Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Villifies a People (YouTube Link)
►Reel Bad Arabs SCREENING GUIDE
►Reel Bad Arabs on KANOPY via Durick Library Video Streaming Links
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THE POWER OF PLACE - Harm DeBlij
►Arguments on the following:
►Flat vs. Rugged/Rough Landscape
►Apartheid in S.A. vs. True Equality
►Core vs. Barricades vs. Periphery
►Globals vs. Mobals vs. Locals --YOU?.
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►Stockholm Syndrome (EPISODE 3 - THIS IS POP SERIES | Dir. Jared Raab- Netflix)
►BLACK PINK: Light Up the Sky (Caroline Shuh - Netflix)
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►EC#1: GLOBAL COMPETENCY CAREER READINESS MONDAY 7PM VIRTUAL
►MEDIA EVENTS and Beyond (Katz/Dayan)
►SOFT POWER DIGITAL FILES SAVE INTO O:DRIVE CLASS FOLDER
O:\Apps\Media Studies Digital Arts\webcourses\2026 GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS-CULTURE
►THEATERS OF WAR: HOLLYWOOD-CIA-PENTAGON MEDIA EDUCATION FOUNDATION (VIEW OFF of KANOPY)
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►In the broader spheres of SOFT POWER INFLUENCE, WHO, WHAT, or WHERE shows up often/frequently in your searches in what is "IN" or is being prioritized as "TOP-LINE TRENDING/AGENDA SETTING" with your browser cache/algorithms at work?
►What PERSON/PEOPLE have achieved ICONIC, MYTHIC, perhaps even "GOD-LIKE" STATUS for 2025/26? How have they been placed on a MEDIA PEDESTAL REPEATEDLY? WHAT what semiotic agendas or stories have been connected and/or intertwined to their ICONIC/GOD STATUS?
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►DATA SET ANALYSIS: 2026 GC-2 ETHNICITY-CULTURE-CODES/SKINS + TRAVELS?
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►Disney and Your Perceptions about the World (Richard Gray)
►McAmerica SOFT POWER: BRAND AMERICA SCREENING
►Cultural Imperialism in the 21st Century (James Petras)
►What is "cultural imperialism" and what are its major goals?
►How are media, marketing, advertising, and our communication technologies part --if not central-- to cultural imperialism? Give two examples.
►What are the new features of cultural imperialism. How does it "desensitize" a public and how is language used or manipulated?
►Who are the typical collaborators with cultural imperialism? What are its limits?
►Is there any difference between cultural imperialism, branding, and/or soft-power?
►In 2026 what or who specifically are the BIG-5 in terms of cultural imperialism? How can you tell?
►HOW ARE YOU A VICTIM OF CULTURAL IMPERIALISM?
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►YOU CAN'T ASK THAT!? (Australian Broadcasting Corp on NETFLIX) - EPISODES: Indigenous, Refugees, Muslims
Write-up = MAJOR and minor ARGUMENTS or "TAKE HOMES" from 3 different EPISODES: Indigenous, Refugees, Muslims
►THE WORLD? 5yr old's can do it (Ellen)
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►PRISONERS OF GEOGRAPHY (Tim Marshall)
►Accents, Place, and IDENTITY (Erik Singer, WIRED)
Watch these 2 clips: Describe some of the MOST distinctive types of "markers" or "cultural codes which identify if a person is from their country/state:
►70 People from Around the World Reveal How to Tell if Someone is From their Country (C.N.)
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►FARM PORCH POLITICS (Lucas Farrell-7-Days)
►Placere and Phatic Communion?
►The Space Between?
►Saying HELLO to Strangers (Chatterjee: NPR)
►U.S To Exit from 66 International Organizations (Associated Press)
►Is There a Global Culture? (Anthony Smith INTERMEDIA)
►Global Culture? What is (or isn't) it???
►Ideal vs. "created" or "manufactured"?
►Role of TV (visual media) then and NOW (2026)?
LECTURE/DISCUSSION LINKS
17. TO BE CHIPPED, AI-ED, GENTICALLY MODIFIED, OR DRONED?... THAT IS THE MODERN QUESTION...
16. OBEDIENCE TO AUTHORITY AND TECHNOLOGICAL SYSTEMS - SITUATIONAL "OBLIGATIONS" TO OBEY/FOLLOW
15. DIFFUSION THEORY AND THE NEW/OLD MEDIA-TECH "NORMING" PLATFORMS
14. MODERNIZATION POWER BROKERS, POPULATION EXPLOSION, URBAN GROWTH AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
13. GLOBAL COLD WAR POWER PLAYS: MODERNIZATION THEORY, GLOBALIZATION, AND NEW DEVELOPING NATIONS
12. MEDIA LITERACY, TECH FLUENCY, PRODUCTION SKILLSETS and ORGANIZATIONAL PEOPLE SKILLS 2026
11. The Global Attention Economy and Surveillance Capitalism
9. MEDIA LITERACY and A NATION'S HEALTH/HAPPINESS? A Dynamic and Complex Set of Development Variables
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1.How Many Countries are there REALLY in the World?
►Short Screening Sadness: Can you name ONE Country on a WORLD MAP?
►Short Screening: And Yet...THE WORLD? 5yr old's can do it (Ellen)
3.SOFT POWER and the MEDIA MANUFACTURING OF GODS, ICONS, AND MODERN MYTHOLOGIES
4.PERSUASION, PROPAGANDA, FADS and YOUR CHILDHOOD
5. PSEUDO-EVENTS-MEDIA EVENTS-GLOBAL SPECTACLES
7. NEWS BIAS, IDEOLOGY, AND STEREOTYPING (and you never knew it was happening)
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RESEARCH LINKS:
►GLOBAL RESEARCH COMPARISON PROJECT: HEALTH, HAPPINESS, AND QUALITY OF LIFE - HHQ
►PRC INTERNATIONAL | PEW RESEARCH CENTER
►UNESCO Reports and Research Data
►United Nations Statistical Databases
►THE WORLD HAPPINESS REPORT 2025
►LifeExpectancy/Health
►Social Supports
►Generosity
►Levels of GDP
►Freedom(s)
►Corruption►GC2 Ref Library Site Link- Kristen Hindes
Example Sites:
EXTRA-CREDIT Options:Research-Screenings+Analyses
►EXTRA-CREDIT: FILM COMPARISON: AMERICAN-IRANIAN RELATIONS THROUGH MAINSTREAM FILM
►GLOBAL TV EXTRA-CREDIT - Screening + Analysis
►Understanding the World and Ourselves through Stuff, Home, and the Foods that Fuel Us
WORLDLY OPPORTUNITIES
►Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour at the Flynn Feb 6 & 7 (Tickets)
►The Vermont Penguin Plunge (Vermont Special Olympics)
MAP-GEOGRPHY LINKS:
►And then there's this method...
►Hooked on Mneumonics(YouTube)
►www.shepard world map quizzes
►THE WORLD? 5yr old's can do it (Ellen)
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