1/8 Introduction: Media & Culture
READ:
- Hodkinson, Media, Culture and Society, 2nd edition: 2-8
- Croteau & Hoynes, Media/Society: Technology, Industries, Content, and Users, 6th edition: 2-10 [HEREAFTER C&H]
1/9 Introduction: Media in Society
Reading Quiz 1
READ: C&H: 10-22
DISCUSS: 24-hour Media Use Time-Log
1/13 Media Technologies
READ: C&H: 24-36
1/15 Media Technologies: From Print to TV
READ: C&H: 36-54
1/16 Media Technologies: Convergence
Reading Quiz 2
READ: Pavlik & McIntosh, “Three Types of Convergence” and “Implications of Convergence,” from Converging Media: A New Introduction to Mass Communication, fifth edition: 7-23
1/20 Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday, no classes
1/22 Media Technologies: The Internet & Convergence
READ: C&H: 54-60
1/23 Media Industries: Media Ownership
DUE: 24-Hour Media Use Log (uploaded to Blackboard before class begins)
Reading Quiz 3
READ: C&H: 62-78
1/27 Media Industries: Media Ownership
READ: C&H: 78-92
1/29 Media Industries: Media for Profit
READ: C&H: 92-106
1/30 In-Class Exam #1
2/3 Political Influence on Media: Regulation and Ownership
Reading Quiz 4
READ: C&H: 107-113; 116-126
2/5 Political Influence on Media: Regulation and Ownership
SCREEN (in class): RIP: A Remix Manifesto (Gaylor, 2009, 87’)
2/6 Political Influence on Media: Content Regulation
SCREEN (in class): RIP: A Remix Manifesto (Gaylor, 2009, 87’)
2/10 Political Influence on Media: Content Regulation
READ: C&H: 126-136
2/12 Political Influence on Media: Regulation of Access & Distribution
READ: C&H: 136-150
2/13 Political Influence on Media: Regulation of Access & Distribution
Reading Quiz 5
2/17 President’s Day, no classes
2/19 Political Influence on Media: Media Effects
READ: C&H: 300-316; 328-331; 337-340
2/20 News Media Organizations & “Objectivity”
Reading Quiz 6
READ: C&H: 161-174; 316-328
2/24 News Media Organizations & Media Reform
READ:
- C&H: 331-337
- Robert W. McChesney, “Waging the Media Battle,” American Prospect (July 2004).
2/26 Presentation Slides Assignment Overview
DISCUSS: Presentation Slides Assignment
2/27 In-Class Exam #2
3/2 – 3/6 Spring Break, no classes
3/9 Ideology
READ:
- C&H: 190-200, 222-224
- Hodkinson: 100-108
3/11 Ideology
TRANSITION TO ONLINE CLASSES
Week 11 (3/16-3/20) Interpreting Media Content/Representations
READ:
- C&H: 225-230
- Hodkinson: 58-68
VIEW: Lecture Video: Media Representations [available on Blackboard]
Week 12 (3/23-3/27) Representations of Race
DUE on 3/23: Presentation Slides Assignment (Group 1 submissions on “Media Representation”), Uploaded to Blackboard before 11:59pm EST
READ: C&H: 231-246
VIEW:
- “Insecure as Fuck,” Insecure (S01E01, 2016, 28′) [available on Blackboard]
- Lecture Video: Representations of Race [available on Blackboard]
Week 13 (3/30-4/3) Representations of Gender & Sexuality
READ:
- C&H: 246-265
- Hodkinson: 259-263
VIEW:
- Lecture Video: Representations of Gender [available on Blackboard]
- “Trick or Treat,” Roseanne (S03E07, 1990, 24′) [available on Blackboard]
- “Twenty Years to Life,” Roseanne (revival S01E01, 2018, 21′) [available on Blackboard]
Week 14 (4/6-4/10) Media Users & Interpretation
WEEKLY UPDATE (Including Final Exam Guide) [PDF]
DUE on 4/6: Presentation Slides Assignment (Group 2 submissions on “Media Users”), Uploaded to Blackboard before 11:59pm EST
READ: C&H: 268-276; 278-299
Week 15 (4/13-4/17)
4/13: Media Event 1 & 2 submissions DUE, uploaded to Blackboard before 11:59pm EST
4/17 Final Exam posted on Blackboard at 5:00pm EST (available until 4/19 at 11:59pm EST)