Adjunct Professor
(Fall, 2004)
| Dr. Foulger Adjunct Professor (Fall, 2004) |
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COM 300: Media CriticismClass Schedule and Assignments - Fall, 2004Tuesday/Thursday - 1:40pm-2:55pm and 3:05pm-4:20pm |
Semester Syllabus / Lecture Notes
| Session | Date | Subject | Assignment |
| 9 | September 30 | Genre Theory | Read Allen, Chapter 4 |
| No class on October 5. | |||
| 10 | October 7 | Writing Media Criticism | Read Levinson, Chapters 4, 5, 6 |
| 11 | October 12 | Ideological Analysis | Read Allen Chapter 5; Short Paper 1 Due |
| 12 | October 14 | Ideological Analysis (continued) | Optionally Read Allen, Chapter 7 |
| 13 | October 19 | Audience-Oriented Criticism | Read Allen, Chapter 3 |
| 14 | October 21 | Production-Oriented Approaches | Read Levinson, Chapters 7 and 8 |
| 15 | October 26 | Medium as Message | Read Levinson, Chapters 9 and 10 |
| 16 | October 28 | Cultural Studies | Read Allen, Chapter 8 |
| 17 | November 2 | Theories of Mind | Read Allen, Chapter 6; Short Paper 2 Due |
| 18 | November 4 | Postmodern Approaches | Read Allen, Chapter 9 |
| 19 | November 9 | Election Postmortem | No reading; Term Paper Introduction Due |
| 20 | November 11 | No Class. Attending National Communication Association | Term Paper Working Day |
| 21 | November 16 | Exam | Good Luck; Second Annotated Bibliography |
| 22 | November 18 | Uses of Media | Read Levinson, Chapters 11, 12, 13; Term Paper Due |
| 23 | November 23 | Body of Content Presentations | No Reading |
| No class on November 25. | |||
| 24 | November 30 | Body of Content Presentations | No Reading |
| 25 | December 2 | Body of Content Presentations | No Reading |
| 26 | December 7 | Body of Content Presentations | No Reading |
| 27 | December 9 | The Rearview Mirror | Read Levinson, Chapters 14 and 15; Optional Resubmission of Term Paper |
| No class on December 14. | |||
| 28 | December 16 | Thinking Systematically About Media | Read Allen, Afterword |
| 29 | December 23 | Final Exam Party. | 1:40pm class meets from 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm. 3:05 class meets from 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm. Term papers and, to the extent it is possible to do so, final grades will be returned at this time. |
| Completed
Sessions | |||
| 1 | August 31 | Introduction | No Reading |
| 2 | September 2 | The Landscape of Media Criticism | Read http://davis.foulger.info/research/unifiedModelOfCommunication.htm and http://evolutionarymedia.com/papers/hammerAsMedium.htm |
| 3 | September 7 | Exploring and Explaining Media | Read Levinson, Chapters 1, 2, 3 |
| 4 | September 9 | Doing Media Criticism | Read Allen, Introduction |
| 5 | September 14 | Semiotics | Read Allen, Chapter One; Bring body of content to class |
| No class on September 16. | |||
| 6 | September 21 | Semiotics (continued) | No additional reading |
| 7 | September 23 | Narrative Theory | Read Allen, Chapter 2, First Annotated Bibliography Due |
| 8 | September 28 | Narrative Theory (continuted) | No additional reading |