LEC # | TOPICS | KEY DATES |
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I. Core Concepts | ||
1 | Introduction to the Course: A Comparative Approach to Media Studies: Storytelling Across Media | |
2 | Media Studies: An Interdisciplinary Field Technology and Meaning: Concepts of "High" and "Low" Culture |
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3 | Lab/Discussion Section: Show and Tell (Media Artifacts) - See Handout Note: Sections meet in extended session for 1.5 hours |
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4 | Approaches to Studying Media: The Concept of Commodity - The Frankfurt School and the Birmingham School Questions of Ownership and Control of Media The Challenge of Cultural Pluralism |
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5 | Applying the Frameworks: Advertising | |
6 | Screening/Discussion Section: The Power of Advertising Documentary Film Screening |
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7 | Key Media Debates: Influence, Representation, Control Guest Speaker: Prof. Mark Lloyd |
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Paper 1 and Cover Letter Due to Discussion Section Leader | ||
II. Comparative Media Over Time | ||
8 | Comparing Oral and Print Cultures: Different Forms of Storytelling | |
9 | Written Media: The Press: Technology, Power and Influence | |
Library Presentation with Reference Librarians Bring Proposal for Final Research Project (1-1 ½ Pages, Typed) See Handout for Description of Project |
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Submit Revised Proposal for Research Project to Section Leader | ||
10-11 | The Rise of Entertainment Culture in Late 19th Century America and the Growth of Modern Mass Media in Early 20th Century America | |
12 | Screening/Discussion Section: The Rise of Modern Mass Media: Early Silent Film in the U.S. | |
13 | The Documentary Mode: Photography and Film Media and Social Reform |
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14 | The Star System: Origins in the Silent Era | |
15 | Screen Culture: Movies and Music | |
Paper 2 Due to Section Leader | ||
16 | Screening/Discussion Section: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Piano Accompaniment and Discussion: Prof. Martin Marks) | |
17 | Sound Genres And Audiences: Storytelling Across Media: Melodrama and Horror | |
18 | The Social Problem Movie: Storytelling Across Media | |
19 | Filmic and Ethnic Images | |
20 | Storytelling Across Media: Film and Colonialism | |
21 | Broadcasting: Radio and Television: The Public Interest, Public Entertainment and the Commercial Imperative | |
Paper 3 Due to Section Leader | ||
22 | TV as Consensus Narrative: Critiques of TV | |
23-24 | Cable TV and Independent Film | |
Draft, Final Research Paper 4 Due to Section Leader | ||
25-26 | Globalization and Media Culture | |
27-28 | Models of The Digital Revolution | |
29-30 | Contemporary Issues: Media Convergence and Power in the Digital Age Audiences as Producers and Receivers | |
31-32 | Discussion Section: Extended Section 7-10 | Oral Presentations, Final Research Project |
33 | Last Day of Class | Final Essay Due |