This schedule is subject to change. Additional supplemental readings will be distributed on a weekly basis. Please check the class Moodle site for updates and current schedule.
Weeks 1-2: Intro: Media, Culture and Society
Please note: classes will begin Wednesday 22 January (Monday 20 January class is cancelled and will be rescheduled)
Media Culture and Society 1-2 (p. 17-29)
Revolutions in Communication, Intro (p. 7-15)
Week 3: Media Industries - Printing Revolution (Writing, print, newspapers)
Revolutions in Communication 1-3
Week 4: Media Industries - Visual Revolution (photography, advertising, PR)
Revolutions in Communication 4-6
Week 5: Media Industries - Electronic Revolution (telegraph, radio, TV)
Revolutions in Communication 7
Media Culture and Society 9
Week 6: Media Industries - Electronic Revolution & Media Timeline
Revolutions in Communication 8-9
Media Timeline presentations
Week 7: Midterm
Midterm Review
Midterm
Week 8: Political Economy - Media Industry and Ideology
Media Culture and Society 3, 6, 8
Week 9: Media Content and Media Users - Introducing Cultural Studies
Media Culture and Society: Ch. 5 (p. 85-97)
Additional readings
Week 10: Media Content and Media Users - Semiotics, Ethnography & Reception Studies
Media Culture and Society: Ch. 4; 5: p. 77-83
Additional readings
Week 11: Public Sphere and the construction of News
Media Culture and Society: Chs. 7, 10
In-class exercise on the construction of news
Week 12: Media, Race and Ethnicity
Media Culture and Society: Ch. 12
Case Study: Beyoncé
Final papers due
Week 13: Media, Gender and Sexuality
Media Culture and Society: Ch. 13
Presentations scheduled
Week 14: Conclusion
Presentations scheduled
Wrap up and review of main concepts
Week 15: Final Exams