| # |
Day |
Class/Date |
Subject |
Assignments (complete before class on the day scheduled) |
| 01 |
Mon |
July 13 |
Introduction |
No Reading. |
| 02 |
Wed |
July 15 |
The
Landscape of Media Criticism;
Exploring
and Explaining Media; |
Read Models of the Communication Process and Introduction To Media Criticism |
| 03 |
Mon |
July 20 |
Doing
Media Criticism; Semiotics |
Read Read Allen, Chapter 1; Read Levinson, Chapters 1, 2, 3; Read Bring body
of content to class |
| 04 |
Wed |
July 22 |
Narrative
Theory; Writing
Media Criticism |
Read Allen, Chapter 2; Read Levinson, Chapters 4-6, Read An Introduction To Five Paragraph Media Criticism. First Annotated
Bibliography Due. |
| 05 |
Mon |
July 27 |
Genre Theory and
Auteur Theory |
Read Allen, Chapter 4; Read Medium as an Ecology of Genre; Short Paper 1 Due |
| 06 |
Wed 29 |
July 29 |
Audience-Oriented
Criticism; Ideological
Analysis |
Read Allen Chapters 3 and 5; Optionally Read Allen, Chapter 7 |
| 07 |
Mon |
August 03 |
Cultural
Studies; Theories
of Mind |
Read Allen, Chapters 6 and 8; Short Paper
2 Due |
| 08 |
Wed |
August 05 |
Production-Oriented Approaches; Medium as Message Theory; Postmodern Deconstruction |
Read Allen, Chapter 9; Read Levinson, Chapters 7-10; Term Paper
Outline Due; Second Annotated Bibliography Due |
| 09 |
Mon |
August 10 |
Uses
of Media; Term Paper Presentations |
Read Levinson, Chapters 11, 12, 13 |
| 10 |
Wed |
August 12 |
The
Rearview Mirror;
Thinking
Systematically About Media |
Read Message Ecology; Read Allen, Afterword. Read Levinson, Chapters 14 and 15.
Final Submission of Term Paper for Grading |
| 11 |
Mon |
August 17 |
Final |
Exam; Term Papers will be returned |
