7 Tuesday Active audience Ch. 9 Oct. 3 Parasocial interaction Thursday Uses & gratifications Ch. 9 PAPER #1 DUE Oct. 5 Reception studies 8 Tuesday Inno. diffusion theory, Knowledge Ch. 10 Paper #2 assigned Oct. 10 gap, and Spiral of silence Thursday Agenda setting Ch. 10 Oct. 12 9 Tuesday Framing & Agenda setting in the Ch. 11 pp. – Oct. 17 news Thurs GROUP WORK DAY PREPARE Oct. 19 PROPOSAL PRESENTATION 10 Tuesday Cultivation theory Ch. 11 pp. Paper #3 assigned – Oct. 24 Thursday Research Proposal PROPOSAL Oct. 26 Presentations PRESENTATIONS 11 Tuesday Fright reaction theories Sparks Rdg. on PAPER #2 DUE Oct. 31 ReggieNet Thursday Video games and virtual worlds Nov. 2 Presence Rdg. on ReggieNet 12 Tuesday Effects of depictions of health/body Body Rdg. on Nov. 7 ReggieNet Thursday NO CLASS INCORPORATE Nov. 9 GROUP WORK DAY PROPOSAL FEEDBACK
7 8 Tuesday Oct. 3 Thursday Oct. 5 Tuesday Oct. 10 Thursday Oct. 12 Active audience Parasocial interaction Uses & gratifications Reception studies Inno. diffusion theory, Knowledge gap, and Spiral of silence Agenda setting Ch. 9 Ch. 9 Ch. 10 Ch. 10 PAPER #1 DUE Paper #2 assigned 9 Tuesday Oct. 17 Thurs Oct. 19 Framing & Agenda setting in the news GROUP WORK DAY Ch. 11 – pp. PREPARE PROPOSAL PRESENTATION 10 Tuesday Oct. 24 Thursday Oct. 26 Cultivation theory Research Proposal Presentations Ch. 11 – pp. Paper #3 assigned PROPOSAL PRESENTATIONS 11 Tuesday Oct. 31 Thursday Nov. 2 Fright reaction theories Video games and virtual worlds Sparks Rdg. on ReggieNet Presence Rdg. on ReggieNet PAPER #2 DUE 12 Tuesday Nov. 7 Effects of depictions of health/body Body Rdg. on ReggieNet Thursday Nov. 9 NO CLASS GROUP WORK DAY INCORPORATE PROPOSAL FEEDBACK
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