Assignment – Shyam Sundar Research on VR

30 points

Assigned: Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Due: Monday, September 3rd by 11:59pm

VR’s Impact on the viewer

Goal:
Understand Shyam Sundar’s research in advance of his talk to our class

Assignment:

Read about Shyam’s research here:

• VR for Journalism research (an overview of the research)
• Being There (a detailed report on the research)

View the two NYT VR stories used in his research

• NYT The Displaced
• NYT The Click Effect

Post a short post about what you are curious about, and at least one question you’ll have for Shyam

POSTING TO THE CLASS BLOG

1. You should have gotten an email with username and password, please save that!
2. Log into WordPress
3. Click Post>Add New (on the left-hand side of the page)

   

4. Give your post a title – this should be your name and the assignment.
5. Then write your post.
6. Click Publish
7. Your post should be viewable on the class blog