This schedule is subject to change. Additional supplemental readings will be distributed on a weekly basis
Readings:
- Media, Culture and Society (second edition), Paul Hodkinson (MCS)
- Revolutions in Communication, Bill Kovarik (RIC)
Additional readings TBA (see class website for PDFs)
Weeks 1-2: Intro: Media, Culture and Society
Media Culture and Society 1-2
Revolutions in Communication 1
Lessons from the Luddites, Kirkpatrick Sale (THE NATION, June 5, 1995)
View: The Day the Earth Changed
Week 3: Media Industries: Printing Revolutions (Writing, print, newspapers)
Revolutions in Communication 2-3
Week 4-5: Media Industries: Visual Revolution (photography, cinema, advertising, PR, crafted image)
Revolutions in Communication 4-9
Media Culture and Society 9
Week 6: Electronic Revolution (telegraph, radio, TV),
Revolutions in Communication 10-12
Week 7: Midterm
Week 8-9: Political Economy and Public Sphere: Media Industry and Ideology
Media Culture and Society 3, 6, 8
Week 10: Construction of News and public sphere
Media Culture and Society 7, 10
Week 11: Media Content and Media Users: Effects
Media Culture and Society 4
Additional readings TBA
Week 12: Media Content and Media Users: Media Texts
Media Culture and Society 5, 12
Additional readings TBA
Week 13-14: Race and Ethnicity; Media, Gender and Sexuality
Media Culture and Society 11, 13-14
Additional readings TBA
Final project due, presentations scheduled during week