The name on my documentary is are they watching you. the documentary style I chose to use was participatory. this style is used in my documentary because I am asking questions behind the camera to the people I am interviewing. I also ask a question at the end of the documentary. My documentary is about how the government might be watching us through are devices. it is also how that connects to the novel 1984 by George Orwell
A dystopia society is a futuristic imaginary society where it is shown as the perfect society but underneath it is really terrible were the government controls everyone. the characteristics of a dystopia society is propaganda, citizens have to fear the outside world, basic freedoms are restricted and more. examples of a dystopian society in pop culture is the giver a movie and book about being assigned a job and finding there not then just their society. the hunger games is also a book and movie about a society were different districts a less fortunate then the others. being pretty by dead sound is a technologic controlled dystopian society. it is a dystopic society because the people are controlled by robots and if they are different for example if you are gay, deaf, blind and more you are considered ugly.
Brooke Hamilton
This year clubs and activities are open at Riverside Secondary and Ms. McKay one of the Vice Principals along with other teachers are working on keeping everyone safe and having fun.
Last year clubs were still able to run, but it was all online, whereas this year people get to meet in person, but what goes on behind the scenes.
Although some clubs meet online still, most meet in person and many sports are running this year, but there is more that goes into them due to covid-19. Ms. McKay mentioned that with clubs and activities such as sports and plays, the sponsor teacher or club leader must take attendance and meet at a certain time and place.
They then give the attendance to Ms. McKay just in case it is needed for contact tracing. Ms. McKay also said, “we are asking clubs if they can still meet outside and stay spaced …. because that not normally the same people they see every day.”
With sports they are bringing students from other schools to Riverside, so they do not allow spectators.
They also don’t advise parents to drive other students to game but if a parent does drive someone else the faculty must know who was in the car, in case someone tests positive for covid-19 later.
This year clubs and teams have been able to fundraise, for example there was a bubble tea sale for the Terry Fox run and the popcorn sale for mental health month. Also, the hallway from drama to music will be decorated for Halloween made by the leadership team.
The school has also revamped Stream, so that it is valuable to the student and teachers. It’s also to reconnect with the school and culture, because last year the school felt disconnected.
Ms. McKay when asked about what school was like before covid and she said that she had only been a vice principal at Riverside for 6 weeks and then the school got shut down.
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What is new media? New media is online, on demand and interactive unlike traditional media like the television. Although new media is helpful, there is fragmented consumption. Fragmented consumption is when society will go from device to device, like a phone to the computer, and then on a phone there are many different apps because every app has a different purpose. A phone isn’t always useful in some situations. There are things a computer can only do, or it’s easier to do these things on a computer rather than a phone. Consuming media isn’t always good for someone. It was even shown, “In 2017, the average American spent more than 12 hours a day with various media” (Donovan). There are things to help fix this habit though. For example, not going on a device after a certain time of day, some people won’t take their phones into their bedrooms, so they won’t get distracted from going to sleep. Even just consuming media in a different way would be healthier, “It’s better for example, to spend a bunch of time on Netflix…than say vegging out in front of CNN” (Yakob). There can also be a time limit on a phone. Another thing people face with the media is getting false information but there are ways to avoid that by checking if the website is out of date, if it’s from a reputable source and just using common sense. Media has many pros and cons to it, and with new media, people will get fed the wrong information, but new media has also helped us in ways like if you’re lost or in an emergency and need to call 911.
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