Aug. 31 Ownership Lind, chaps. 8.3, 9.2 (Sakai) the Mass Gaye Tuchman, “Women’s Depiction By Media,” 4, no. 3 (Spring 1979): 528-542. Signs (Sakai) the Problem: Low Ownership Richard T. Craig, “Addressing Diversity of Broadcast and Cable in African Americans and Media,” (Lanham, MD: Mass Media: A Case for Diversity in Media Ownership Lexington, 2015), 1-14. Sept. 2 Audiences Lind, chaps. 2 and 3 and – “Media Effects” “Audience Studies” (Sakai) on Buffy the Susan Driver, “Willow’s Queer Transformations Vampire Slayer: Coming of Age, Coming Out, Becoming Powerful,” 57-90, in Queer Girls and Popular Culture: Reading, Resisting and (New York: Peter Lang, 2007). Creating Media WEEK 4: Representations in Media Genres (through week 8) Key Concepts: Representation, construction, cultural ideals, masculinity, whiteness, privilege Sept. 7 NO CLASS, LABOR DAY – Sept. 9 Masculinity in Media Watch on your own, 2: Violence, Jackson Katz, “Tough Guise Manhood and Media American Culture,” (Northampton, MA: Education Foundation, 2014) via: (you can access this online resource through the UNC library catalog) Mia Consalvo, Media Constructions of “The Monsters Next Door: Boys and 3, no. 1 (2003): 27-45. Feminist Media Studies Masculinity,” Masculinity Robin Boylorn, “What Does Black Look Like?,” Crunk Feminist Collective, n.d., NOTE: Bring to class your own examples of media messages about masculinity and be prepared to discuss. WEEK 5: Key Concepts: News as discourse, episodic vs. serialized (thematic), complementary copy, advertorials, masculinity Sept. 14 Whose News? Who Is News? Lind, chaps. 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.5 (Sakai) of Both Carol A. Stabile, “ ‘The Most Disgusting Objects Gender and Race in the Episodic Crime News of the Sexes’: 1830s,” 6, no. 4 (2005): 403-421. Journalism Sept. 16 Advertising Lind, chaps. 5.8, 5.9
Aug. 31 Ownership Lind, chaps. 8.3, 9.2 (Sakai) Gaye Tuchman, “Women’s Depiction By the Mass Media,” Signs 4, no. 3 (Spring 1979): 528-542. (Sakai) Richard T. Craig, “Addressing the Problem: Low Ownership Diversity of Broadcast and Cable Media,” in African Americans and Mass Media: A Case for Diversity in Media Ownership (Lanham, MD: Lexington, 2015), 1-14. Sept. 2 Audiences Lind, chaps. 2 and 3 – “Media Effects” and “Audience Studies” (Sakai) Susan Driver, “Willow’s Queer Transformations on Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Coming of Age, Coming Out, Becoming Powerful,” 57-90, in Queer Girls and Popular Culture: Reading, Resisting and Creating Media (New York: Peter Lang, 2007). WEEK 4: Representations in Media Genres (through week 8) Key Concepts: Representation, construction, cultural ideals, masculinity, whiteness, privilege Sept. 7 – NO CLASS, LABOR DAY Sept. 9 Masculinity in Media Watch on your own, Jackson Katz, “Tough Guise 2: Violence, Manhood and American Culture,” (Northampton, MA: Media Education Foundation, 2014) via: (you can access this online resource through the UNC library catalog) Mia Consalvo, “The Monsters Next Door: Media Constructions of Boys and Masculinity,” Feminist Media Studies 3, no. 1 (2003): 27-45. Robin Boylorn, “What Does Black Masculinity Look Like?,” Crunk Feminist Collective, n.d., NOTE: Bring to class your own examples of media messages about masculinity and be prepared to discuss. WEEK 5: Key Concepts: News as discourse, episodic vs. serialized (thematic), complementary copy, advertorials, masculinity Sept. 14 Whose News? Who Is News? Lind, chaps. 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.5 (Sakai) Carol A. Stabile, “ ‘The Most Disgusting Objects of Both Sexes’: Gender and Race in the Episodic Crime News of the 1830s,” Journalism 6, no. 4 (2005): 403-421. Sept. 16 Advertising Lind, chaps. 5.8, 5.9