{"id":11687,"date":"2025-04-28T19:01:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T23:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/?page_id=11687"},"modified":"2025-04-29T12:30:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T16:30:02","slug":"scifiapril29","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/scifi2025\/scifiapril29\/","title":{"rendered":"April 29th: Witch Hunt Politics (Part II)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Announcement<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Speech Showcase<\/strong><br>Wednesday, 4\/30, 6:30pm<br>Storrs 110<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Plan for the Day<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s just see how things go&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>&#8220;The Monsters are Due on Maple Street,&#8221; 1960<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve got notes written down, but maybe we can check out <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=1214318911920543\" target=\"_blank\">a few scenes<\/a><\/strong>. Did anyone watch <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kgM8w4K7CyE\" target=\"_blank\">the 2003 remake<\/a><\/strong>? At this point, you must have plenty to say about conformity and media manipulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Themes and Stuff from the Semester<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve listed themes here, and I&#8217;d like to discuss them. Your Final Exam will have questions from the course material&#8211;just like everyone&#8217;s favorite Midterm Exam&#8211;but I also want to include questions on themes, and I&#8217;ll be writing things we discuss down. If you don&#8217;t say anything, I&#8217;ll still have questions to ask on the Final Exam, but it would be good to show me you can make connections&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s link these to one or more texts from the semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Technology\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>a) weapons<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>b) surveillance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>c) communications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anti-intellectualism<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Values\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>a) freedom<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>b) convenience<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>c) instant gratification<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hierarchy\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>a) social control<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>b) government<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>c) gender\/sexuality<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Consumption\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>a) zombies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>b) environment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>c) capitalism<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exploration\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>a) conquest<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>b) colonialism<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>c) the unknown&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Final Exam<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;re Final Exam will be on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/canvas.charlotte.edu\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/canvas.charlotte.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Canvas<\/a><\/strong> and due <strong>Wednesday, May 7th, 11:00pm<\/strong>. I&#8217;m planning to open it up earlier on Friday, May 2, so you&#8217;ll have several days to do it, but you must do it before Wednesday, May 7th, so plan accordingly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Announcement Plan for the Day Let&#8217;s just see how things go&#8230; &#8220;The Monsters are Due on Maple Street,&#8221; 1960 I&#8217;ve got notes written down, but maybe we can check out a few scenes. Did anyone watch the 2003 remake? At this point, you must have plenty to say about conformity and media manipulation. 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