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BROOKLYN COLLEGE Department of Television and Radio MEDIA CRITICISM
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Semester Syllabus / Discussion Notes / Blackboard
Draft. The details of the schedule are likely to change.
Session | Date | Subject | Assignment (to be completed before class on the date assigned) |
1 | Jan 30 | Introduction | No Reading. |
2 | Feb 6 | The Landscape of Media Criticism; Exploring and Explaining Media | Read Models of the Communication Process and Introduction To Media Criticism |
3 | Feb 13 | Read Levinson, Chapters 1, 2, 3; Read Allen, Introduction, Chapter One; Bring body of content to class | |
4 | Feb 20 | Semiotics (continued) Narrative Theory | Read Medium as an Ecology of Genre; Read Allen, Chapter 2 |
5 | Feb 27 | Read Levinson, Chapters 4, 5, 6, Read An Introduction To Five Paragraph Media Criticism, First Annotated Bibliography Due. | |
6 | Mar 5 |
Genre Theory | Read Allen, Chapter 4; Levinson, Chapters 7 and 8; Short Paper 1 Due |
7 | Mar 12 | Read Levinson, Chapters 9 and 10; Read Allen, Chapter 3 | |
8 | Mar 19 | Read Allen Chapters 5; Optionally Read Allen, Chapter 7 | |
9 | Apr 2 | Read Allen, Chapters 6 and 8; Short Paper 2 Due | |
10 | Apr 9 | Read Allen, Chapter 9; Term Paper Introduction Due; Web Readings. See Online Syllabus for links.; Second Annotated Bibliography | |
11 | Apr 16 | Uses of Media; | Read Levinson, Chapters 11, 12, 13; First Complete Draft of Term Paper Due. |
12 | Apr 30 |
Term Paper Presentations | No Reading |
13 | May 7 | Term Paper Presentations | No Reading |
14 | May 14 | Read Message Ecology; Read Allen, Afterword. Read Levinson, Chapters 14 and 15. Final Submission of Term Paper for Grading | |
Final | May 21 | Final Exam | Formally scheduled from 6:00pm - 8:00pm on the normal class day, but will not start until 6:40pm. Term papers and, if possible, final grades will be returned at this time. |