Session |
Date |
Subject |
Assignment (to be completed before class on the date assigned) |
1 |
August 30 |
Introduction
|
No Reading |
NC |
September 4 |
Labor Day Break |
2 |
September 6 |
The
Landscape of Media Criticism |
Read http://davis.foulger.info/research/unifiedModelOfCommunication.htm
and http://evolutionarymedia.com/papers/hammerAsMedium.htm |
3 |
September 11 |
Exploring
and Explaining Media |
Read Levinson, Chapters 1, 2, 3 |
4 |
September 13 |
Doing
Media Criticism |
Read Allen, Introduction |
5 |
September 18 |
Semiotics |
Read Allen, Chapter One; Bring body
of content to class |
6 |
September 20 |
Semiotics
(continued) |
No additional reading |
7 |
September 25 |
Narrative
Theory |
Read Allen, Chapter 2 |
8 |
September 27 |
Narrative
Theory (continuted) |
No additional reading |
NC |
October 2 |
Yom Kippur Break |
9 |
Tuesday, October 3 |
Writing
Media Criticism |
Read Levinson, Chapters 4, 5, 6, First Annotated
Bibliography Due; Note that this class is on Tuesday. |
10 |
October 6 |
Genre
Theory |
Read Allen, Chapter 4; Medium as an Ecology of Genre (web reading) |
NC |
October 9 |
Columbus Day Break |
11 |
October 11 |
Auteur Theory and Production-Oriented Approaches |
Read Levinson, Chapters 7 and 8; Short Paper 1 Due |
12 |
October 16 |
Medium as Message |
Read Levinson, Chapters 9 and 10 |
13 |
October 18 |
Audience-Oriented
Criticism |
Read Allen, Chapter 3 |
14 |
October 23 |
Ideological
Analysis |
|
15 |
October 25 |
Ideological
Analysis (continued) |
Read Allen Chapter 5; Optionally Read Allen, Chapter 7 |
16 |
October 30 |
Cultural
Studies |
Read Allen, Chapter 8; Short Paper
2 Due |
17 |
November 1 |
Theories
of Mind |
Read Allen, Chapter 6 |
18 |
November 6 |
The Postmodern Turn |
Read Allen, Chapter 9; Term Paper
Introduction Due |
19 |
November 8 |
Deconstruction of Media Content |
Web Readings. See Online Syllabus for links.; Second Annotated Bibliography |
20 |
November 13 |
Exam |
Good Luck |
21 |
November 15 |
No Class. Attending NCA |
Term Paper Preparation Day |
22 |
November 20 |
Uses
of Media |
Read Levinson, Chapters 11, 12, 13;
First Complete Draft of Term Paper Due |
NC |
November 22 |
Thanksgiving Break |
23 |
November 27 |
Term Paper Presentations |
No Reading |
24 |
November 29 |
Term Paper Presentations |
No Reading |
25 |
December 4 |
Term Paper Presentations |
No Reading |
26 |
December 6 |
Term Paper Presentations |
No Reading |
27 |
December 11 |
The
Rearview Mirror |
Read Levinson, Chapters 14 and 15.
Final Submission of Term Paper for Grading |
28 |
December 13 |
Thinking
Systematically About Media |
Read Allen, Afterword. Note that
this is a Tuesday. |
Final |
December 20 |
Optional Final Exam |
Wednesday from 3:30pm - 5:30pm. Term
papers and, to the extent it is possible to do so, final grades will be
returned at this time. |