The following is a list of class meetings for this summer (Mondays/Tuesdays/Wednesdays).
Reading assignments are to be completed BY the class date listed.
SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
Main Text: Understanding Media & Culture: An Introduction to Mass Communication. University of Minnesota Libraries. Minneapolis, Minnesota
Class 1: Monday, June 1st
- Introduction
Class 2: Tuesday, June 2nd
- Understanding Media & Culture (UMC) Chapters 1 & 2
Class 3: Wednesday, June 3rd
- Reading Day: Understanding Media & Culture (UMC) Chapters 3 & 4 – Books & Newspapers and Chapter 13
Class 4: Monday, June 8th
- UMC – Chapters 3 & 4 – Books & Newspapers
- Paper/Discussion #1 – Everyone deserves a voice online
Class 5: Tuesday, June 9th
- Vanity Fair Article
Class 6: Wednesday, June 10th
- UMC – Chapter 5 – Magazines
Class 7: Monday, June 15th – Reading & Work Day
- UMC – Chapter 7 – Radio
- UMC – Chapter 8 – Movies
- BILL MOYERS JOURNAL | Rage on the Radio | Full Segment | PBS
Class 8: Tuesday, June 16th
- Paper/Discussion #2 – Topic: War of the Worlds
Class 9: Wednesday, June 17th
- UMC – Chapter 8 – Movies
Class 10: Monday, June 22nd
- UMC Chapter 9 – Television
Class 11: Tuesday, June 23rd
- Paper/Discussion #3 – Whistleblowers – see assignment sheet
Class 12: Wednesday, June 24th
- UMC – Chapter 11 – The Internet & Social Media, Chapter 12 – PR & Advertising
Class 13: Monday, June 29th
- UMC Chapter 14 & 15
Class 14: Tuesday, June 30th
- Paper/Discussion #4 – Whistleblowers Part II
Class 15: Wednesday, July 1st