Schedule
The schedule was updated on 10 April, 2011 .
All dates, times, and assignments are subject to change. Please check this page regularly to make sure that you have the most current information. Reading assignments should be completed and projects must be submitted at the beginning of class on the days indicated. ("SL&D" refers to Media Now; "Hacker" refers to A Writer's Reference.) Students are required to bring Internet-capable laptops to class on the dates indicated on the schedule.
| Week 1: January 11-13:: Introductions | |
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| Reading | Online syllabus; SL&D chapter 1, "The Changing Media" (pp. 3-26) |
| Tuesday | Buy the textbook; complete the assignments listed on the home page |
| Thursday | SL&D 3-26 |
| Week 2: January 18-20:: Writing for CMS | |
| Reading | The 4 C's study guide; Hacker 153-68 |
| Tuesday | |
| Thursday | Writing workshop |
| Week 3: January 25-27:: Media and Society | |
| Due | Thursday: Writing Assignment 1 |
| Reading | SL&D chapter 2 |
| Tuesday | Overview of Media theories |
| Thursday | Cultural Determinism: Media Economics |
| Week 4: February 1-3: Media and Society, continued | |
| Reading | SL&D chapter 2 |
| Tuesday | Media and Society continued: Technological Determinism and Sociological theories |
| Thursday | Exam 1 |
| Week 5: February 8-10: Books, Magazines, and Newspapers | |
| Reading | SL&D chapter 3-4 |
| Tuesday | Discuss Writing Assignment 2; Newspapers |
| Thursday | Guest lecture/discussion on Books and Magazines |
| Week 6: February 15-17: Recorded Music | |
| Due | Writing Assignment 2, Thurs. at beginning of class (Topics assigned Wed., via GA View) |
| Reading | SL&D chapter 5 |
| Tuesday | Quiz 1 on chapters 3-4; discussion of recorded music |
| Thursday | Discussion |
| Week 7: February 22-24: Television and home video | |
| Reading | SL&D chapter 8 |
| Tuesday | |
| Thursday | Exam 2 |
| Week 8: March 1-3: The Internet | |
| Reading | SL&D chapter 9; Chris Anderson, The Long Tail |
| Tuesday | Quiz |
| Thursday | |
| Friday | Last day to withdraw and receive a W grade |
| Week 9: March 8-10: Spring Break | |
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| Week 10: March 15-17: Public Relations | |
| Reading | SL&D chapter 10 |
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| Thursday | Quiz |
| Week 11: March 22-24: Advertising | |
| Reading | SL&D chapter 11; Merchants of Cool |
| Tuesday | |
| Thursday | Exam 3 |
| Week 12: March 29-31: | |
| Due | Writing Assignment 3, on Thursday |
| Reading | |
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| Week 13: April 5-7: Telephony | |
| Reading | SL&D chapter 12 |
| Tuesday | |
| Thursday | Quiz |
| Week 14: April 12-14: Media Uses and Impacts | |
| Reading | SL&D chapter 14; semiotics |
| Tuesday | |
| Thursday | Quiz |
| Week 15: April 19-21: Policy, Law, and Ethics | |
| Due | Submit Writing Assignment 4 topic to the class |
| Reading | SL&D chapters 15-16 |
| Tuesday | |
| Thursday | Quiz |
| Week 16: April 26-28: Global Contexts | |
| Due | Writing Assignment 4, on Thursday |
| Reading | SL&D chapter 17 |
| Tuesday | Quiz |
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| Final Exam: May 10 | |
| Tuesday | 10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. |