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BROOKLYN COLLEGE
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Semester Syllabus / Discussion Notes / Class Moodle
# | Class/Date | Subject | Assignments |
1 | Sept 1 | Introduction | No Reading. |
Sept 8 | No Class. Classes that end after 4pm have been cancelled today. | ||
2 | Sept15 | The
Landscape of Media Criticism; Exploring and Explaining Media |
Read http://davis.foulger.info/research/unifiedModelOfCommunication.htm and http://evolutionarymedia.com/papers/hammerAsMedium.htm |
3 | Sept 22 | Read Allen, Chapter One; Bring body of content to class | |
4 | Sept 29 | Semiotics
(continued) Narrative Theory |
Read Allen, Chapter 2 |
5 | Oct 6 | TBD; First Annotated Bibliography Due. | |
6 | Oct 13 | Genre Theory |
Read Allen, Chapter 4; Read Medium as an Ecology of Genre (web reading); Short Paper 1 Due |
7 | Oct 20 | Read Allen, Chapter 3 | |
8 | Oct 27 | Read Allen Chapters 5; Optionally Read Allen, Chapter 7 | |
9 | Nov 3 | Read Allen, Chapters 6 and 8; Short Paper 2 Due | |
10 | Nov 10 | Read Allen, Chapter 9; Term Paper Introduction Due; Web Readings. See Online Syllabus for links.; Second Annotated Bibliography | |
11 | Nov 17 | Web Reading TBD | |
12 | Nov 24 | Term Paper Presentations | |
13 | Dec 1 | Term Paper Presentations | No Reading |
14 | Dec 8 | Read Allen, Afterword. Web Reading TBD. Final Submission of Term Paper for Grading | |
15 | Dec 15 | Final | (Presumed Date) Good luck. |