Critical Media Theory

COM 75-604 | Fall 2024

 

Course Schedule and Resource Links:

 

Aug 27: Mapping the Course and "Bob's Dead Media Show"

Aug 29: Introduction to studying Critical Media Theory

Read: Ott/Mack, Ch. 1; Gottfried; Graff & Birkenstein
Due: Discussion Questions

Sep 3: Media/Culture Interfaces I: What do media do?

Read: Ott/Mack, Ch. 13; McLuhan; Towns
Due: Take-Home Critical Engagement Assignment 1

Sep 5: Media/Culture Interfaces II: What do we do with media?

Read: Ott/Mack, Ch. 11; Schrock; de Souza e Silva & Frith
Due: Take-Home Critical Engagement Assignment 2

Sep 10: Media/Culture Key Issues I: Publics and Counterpublics

Read: Althusser; Warner; Baym & boyd
Due: Take-Home Critical Engagement Assignment 3

Sep 12: Media/Culture Key Issues II: Living on Platforms

Read: Khamis et al.; Sweeney-Romero; Griffin
Due: Take-Home Critical Engagement Assignment 4

Sep 17: "My Media" Project Presentations

Due: My Media Presentation and 1-page printed outline/bibliography

Sep 19: Marxist Media Analysis

Read: Ott/Mack, Ch. 2; Adorno & Horkheimer
Due: Discussion Questions

Sep 24: Media Framing; Workshop on Media Analysis Project

Read: Ott/Mack, Ch. 3
Due: Discussion Questions

Sep 26: Media Framing

Read: Jenkins; Mourao et al.; Edrington & Gallagher
Due: Take-Home Critical Engagement Assignment 5

Oct 1: Rhetorical Media Analysis

Read: Ott/Mack, Ch. 5
Due: Discussion Questions

Oct 3: Cultural Media Analysis

Read: Ott/Mack, Ch. 6
Due: Discussion Questions

Oct 8: Cultural Media Analysis

Read: Cramer; Asante & Pindi; Johnson
Due: Take-Home Critical Engagement Assignment 6

Oct 10: Psychoanalytic Media Analysis; Workshop on Research Project

Read: Ott/Mack, Ch. 7
Due: Discussion Questions

Oct 15: Fall Break--No Class

Oct 17: Feminist Media Analysis

Read: Ott/Mack, Ch. 8
Due: Discussion Questions

Oct 22: >>Research/Analysis Consultations<<

Oct 24: >>Research Consultations<<

Due: Media Analysis Project

Oct 29: >>No Class--SUnity Day<<

Oct 31: Feminist Media Analysis

Read: Moro et al.; Izadi & Dryden; Muller et al.
Due: Take-Home Writing Assignment 7

Nov 5: Queer Media Analysis

Read: Ott/Mack, Ch. 9
Due: Discussion Questions and Research Project Proposal

Nov 7: Queer Media Analysis

Read: Butler; Eguchi & Asante; Cayari
Due: Take-Home Critical Engagement Assignment 8

Nov 12: Reception Analysis

Read: Ott/Mack, Ch. 10; Hall 2001
Due: Discussion Questions

Nov 14: Reception Analysis

Read: Utley; Cavalcante et al.; Kozinets, Patterson & Ashman
Due: Take-Home Critical Engagement Assignment 9

Nov 19: Review

Read: Ott/Mack, Ch. 14
Due: Discussion Questions

Nov 21: COMPREHENSIVE IN-CLASS EXAM

Nov 26: >>Research Consultations<<

Nov 28: >>No Class--Thanksgiving<<

Dec 3: Final Research Project Presentations

Dec 5: Final Research Project Presentations/Course Evaluations

Thursday, Dec 12:

Due: Final Research Project Paper [electronic submission--No later than 9:00 PM]

 

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