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