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BROOKLYN COLLEGE
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Semester Syllabus / Discussion Notes / Compact Syllabus (the class handout) / Class Moodle
Draft. The details of the schedule are likely to change.
10 Session Version
# | Day | Class/Date | Subject | Assignments (complete before class on the day scheduled) |
01 | Mon | July 14 | Introduction | No Reading. |
02 | Wed | July 16 | The
Landscape of Media Criticism; |
Read Levinson, Chapters 1, 2, 3; Read Models of the Communication Process and Introduction To Media Criticism |
03 | Mon | July 21 | Doing Media Criticism; Semiotics | Read Read Allen, Chapter 1; Read Bring body of content to class |
04 | Wed | July 23 | Read Allen, Chapter 2; Read Levinson, Chapters 4-6, Read An Introduction To Five Paragraph Media Criticism. First Annotated Bibliography Due. | |
05 | Mon | July 28 | Read Allen, Chapter 4; Read Medium as an Ecology of Genre; Short Paper 1 Due | |
06 | Wed 29 | July 30 | Read Allen Chapters 3 and 5; Optionally Read Allen, Chapter 7 | |
07 | Mon | August 04 | Read Allen, Chapters 6 and 8; Short Paper 2 Due | |
08 | Wed | August 06 | 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 11 | Uses of Media; Term Paper Presentations | Read Levinson, Chapters 11, 12, 13 |
10 | Wed | August 13 | Read Message Ecology; Read Allen, Afterword. Read Levinson, Chapters 14 and 15. Final Submission of Term Paper for Grading | |
11 | Mon or Tue | August 18 (or 19) | Final | Exam; Term Papers will be returned |