COM 120 Grossmont Podcast Was Also Known as Audio Blogging Global Village Essay

• Story Corp: Listening is an Act of Love: NPR also has a program entitled “StoryCorps” This program reminds us that “Listening is an Act of Love.” We learn about each other through dialogue. An important part of that dialogue is listening to each other. Through listening, we learn. StoryCorps is an organization that brings us together to share our interpersonal experiences. For this assignment, you will “listen” to the voices of “two people who are important to each other.”

What’s Their Story? For this assignment, you will “listen” to stories about what others believe. Focus on stories that tie to the course material. That is, the topics should address some aspect of interpersonal connections and/or relationships. Before you post your assignment, you will need to do the following:

• Open https://storycorps.org/podcast/ (Links to an external site.)
• Find a podcast with at least 3 stories with a theme that addresses interaction/relationships.
• You will analyze all 3 stories in the podcast. If there are more than 3 stories, pick the three you like best and leave the rest.
• Listen to each story and take notes.

Body of Essay Instructions: Once you have taken notes about the stories, you will write an essay response. In the body of your post, you must include:

• Paragraph 1: Start with information/history about the website and its purpose (be brief).
  • Read through all information (beginning, purposes, etc.) and watch posted videos. Link: https://storycorps.org/about/ (Links to an external site.)
• Paragraph 2, 3, & 4: Analysis of each story:
  • Start with a brief overview of the story for the reader.
  • Summarize of the author’s core belief and the way this belief has shaped life in the past or present.
  • Answer each of the following questions in your 1-2 paragraph summary of each story:
    • How do they establish their own unique voice through each essay? Explain what you got out of the essay/story.
    • What did you have in common with the essay/story? What connection do you have to the belief? If you did not have any thing in common or connect with story, explain how you responded emotionally and intellectually to these experiences.
    • What experiences have shaped the lives of each? How does each respond, physically or emotionally, to these experiences?
  • Include working hyper-links to the podcast you used for this assignment at then end of the last body paragraph.
• Paragraph 5: Finish up this bad-boy with a proper and brief conclusion.
• Upon completion, your (original) post should:
  • have a clear/short introduction, a detailed body of analysis and a clear/conclusion.
  • be 800-900 words in length.
  • include clear in-text references and citations (chapter, page number) from three different chapters in our textbook.
  • use “quotation marks” around words that are not yours! That is, when using word-for-word materials from the textbook, use quotation marks.
  • not include a reference page.
  • be free of spelling and grammar errors.
  • represent college-level writing

Global Village Essay Requirements: It is important for us to look at communication in our community and in our world or “global village.” This assignment is worth 20 points. The Global Village Essay should:

• be at least 800-900 words total
• be written in proper essay format (introduction, body and conclusion).
• have a least 3 textbook references from three different chapters (1-12) in the textbook. Textbook references should be in the body of the assignment.
• include a citation with your textbook reference. For this class, citations should be listed as textbook chapter and page number (Chapter 3, p. 72).

Things to Avoid That May Cost You Points:

• Please do not include prompt/questions in your assignment.
• Grammar and spelling should be checked and corrected before you post.
• To submit, you can type or copy & paste your assignment directly into the text box. You also have the option of uploading/submitting your assignment as an attachment. The attachment must be a Word file with a .doc or .docx extension. Google Doc’s links, .pdf’s, pages, etc., will not be accepted for credit.