Week Date Topic Reading Assignment 1 Tuesday Introduction to class Course syllabus Aug. 22 Thursday Defining mass comm. pp. 3-12; Ch. 2 Aug. 24 4 eras of mass comm. 2 Tuesday Introduction to media research -- Aug. 29 Thursday Mass society theory Ch. 3 Aug. 31 3 Tuesday Propaganda Ch. 4 - pp.73-83 Sep. 5 Thursday Propaganda Ch. 4 - pp.83-95 cont’d Sep. 7 4 Tuesday Social roles of mass media -- Sep. 12 Thursday Limited-effects theory Ch. 6 Paper #1 assigned Sep. 14 5 Tuesday Intro. to children and media Ch. 7 Sep. 19 Thursday Entertainment Education Rdg. on ReggieNet Sep. 21 6 Tuesday Cultural Studies and critical theory Ch. 8 - pp. 209-229 Sep. 26 Thursday Technological Determinism Ch. 8 pp. 229-237 – Sep. 28
Week Date Topic Reading Assignment 1 Tuesday Aug. 22 Introduction to class Course syllabus Thursday Aug. 24 Defining mass comm. 4 eras of mass comm. pp. 3-12; Ch. 2 2 Tuesday Aug. 29 Introduction to media research -- Thursday Aug. 31 Mass society theory Ch. 3 3 Tuesday Sep. 5 Propaganda Ch. 4 - pp.73-83 Thursday Sep. 7 Propaganda cont’d Ch. 4 - pp.83-95 4 Tuesday Sep. 12 Social roles of mass media -- Thursday Sep. 14 Limited-effects theory Ch. 6 Paper #1 assigned 5 Tuesday Sep. 19 Intro. to children and media Ch. 7 Thursday Sep. 21 Entertainment Education Rdg. on ReggieNet 6 Tuesday Sep. 26 Cultural Studies and critical theory Ch. 8 - pp. 209-229 Thursday Sep. 28 Technological Determinism Ch. 8 – pp. 229-237
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