Syllabus
& Policies Review
Defining Media
Rhetorical Triangle
Worksheet #1 Due
Week
Two, August 31 - September 7
The Mass
Media
Worksheet
#2 Due
Media Now: Chapter 1: "The Changing Media"
Assignment: "The Most Important"
Assigned
Week
Three, September 7 - 14
Worksheet #3 Due
Media Now: Chapters 7 & 8: "Television" & "Film
and Home Video"
Assignment: "The Most Important"
Due
Assignment: "Television vs. Print" Assigned
Week
Four, September 14-28
Newspapers
as the First Mass Medium
Who's Making Whom? (The Chicken and the Egg Media Question)
Worksheet #4 Due
Media Now: Chapter 4: "Newspapers"
Week
Five, September 28 - October 5
If Print
is Dead, Why Is it Still So Popular?
Worksheet #5 Due
Media Now: Chapters 3 & 2: "Books and Magazines"
and "Media and Society"
Assignment: "Television vs. Print"
Due
Week
Six, October 5 - 12
Media
Now: Chapters 6 & 9: "Radio" & "The Internet"
Worksheet #6 Due
Assignment: "Interactive Democracy or
Garbage Dump?" Assigned
Week
Seven, October 12 - 19
MIDTERM
Week
Eight, October 19-26
Media
Now: Chapter 12: "The Communications Infrastructure," Chapter 11: "Advertising"
Worksheet #7/#8 Due
Assignment:
"Interactive Democracy or Garbage Dump?" DueAssignment:
"Making Money, Making Policy" Assigned
Week
Nine, October 26 - November 2
Worksheet
#9 Due
Media Now: Chapter 13: "Media Uses and Effects"
Week
Ten, November 2 - 9
Group
Project with Worksheet #10
Media Now: Chapter 15: "Media Ethics"
Week
Eleven, November 9 - 16
Worksheet
#11 Due
Media Now: Chapters 5 & 14: "Recorded Music" &
"Media Policy and Law"
Week
Twelve, November 16 - 23
Worksheet
#12 Due
Media Now: Chapters 10 & 16: "Public Relations"
and "Global Communications Media"
Assignment:
"Making Money, Making Policy" Due
Final Project Assigned