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Reading
schedule by week
| Week |
topic(s) |
readings |
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Are
media biased? |
Age
of Propaganda, 1-17, 268-79; Idiot America (chapter 2) |
| 2
Jan 10 - 14 |
How
is news filtered? |
Herman
and Chomsky, 1-35; Hart |
MLK Day, Jan 17--no school |
| 3
Jan 18 - 21 |
How free is our press? |
Huff, Capell, Bessie; Project Censored; Pierce |
| 4
Jan 24 - 28 |
Persuasion
and propaganda |
Age
of Propaganda, 21-67; 93-100 |
| 5
Jan 31 - Feb 4 |
Public relations, propaganda |
Rampton and Stauber, Nelson, CDD, Bacon et al. |
|
Midterm
exam, Monday-Tuesday, Feb 7 - 8
|
| 6
Feb 7 - 11 |
Group term projects |
|
| 7
Feb 14 - 18 |
Feelings . . . |
Borosage, Brownell and Warner |
| 8
Feb 21 - 25 |
Television |
Postman;
Postman and Powers; Age of propaganda, 79-87 |
| 9
Feb 28 - Mar 4 |
What
to do? |
Age
of Propaganda, 329-56; Cathcart and Klein; Frankfurt |
| 10
Mar 7 - 11 |
Presentations |
attendance
required; each group will have 20 minutes |
|
11 Mar 14 - 18 |
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Link to EOU
academic calendar
Week 1: Are media
biased?
- Anthony Pratkanis
and Elliot Aronson. 2007. Age of Propaganda: The everyday use and
abuse of persuasion. New York: W.H. Freeman (pp 268-79 for Tuesday, pp. 1-17 by Friday). Also in Blackboard
- Charles Pierce. 2009. Idiot America. NY: Anchor (read chapter 2, 'The War on Expertise,' by Wednesday) Also in Blackboard
- Become familiar
with the course Web page--do
20 minutes or so of surfing, make sure you know what's there and how
to use it--we will use it often in here, and if you're familiar with
it, there will be less unpleasant surprises for you in class.
Week 2: How is
news filtered?
- Edward Herman
and Noam Chomsky. 1988. Manufacturing Consent. New York: Pantheon
Books. (Chapter 1, 'A propaganda model,' pp 1-35) In Blackboard.
- Peter Hart. 2010. Fear and Favor 10th Annual Report. In Censored 2011. NY: Seven Stories Press (chp 5 , pp 211-19) in Blackboard
Friday Discussion: (make-up questions)
back
to schedule
Week 3: How free is the press?
- Peter Phillips and Mickey Huff. 2010 . Censored 2011. NY: Seven Stories Press. Read at least five of these write-ups (there are links to the Top 25 censored stories from the year from Project Censored).
- Charles Pierce. 2009. Idiot America. NY: Anchor (read chapter 4, 'The Templars in town')
- Mickey Huff, Frances Capell, Adam Bessie. 2010. Junk food news and news abuse on a feed to know basis. Pp 159-91 in (Huff and Phillips, eds) Censored 2011. NY: Seven Stories Press. In Blackboard
Week 4: Persuasion
and propaganda
- Pratkanis and
Aronson. 2007. Age of Propaganda (Chapters 2-6, 21-67; Chapter
9, 93-100)
Friday Discussion: Going viral (group questions)
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to schedule
Week 5: Propaganda, PR
- Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber. 2001. Trust Us, We’re Experts! NY: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Ptnam (Chapter 3, ‘Deciding what you’ll swallow,’ pp 53-74) In Blackboard
- Joyce Nelson. 1988. Sultans of Sleaze: Public Relations and the Media. Monroe, ME: Common Courage Press. (Chapter 3, ‘Handling the legitimacy gap,’ pp 43-65)
in Blackboard
- Charles Pierce. 2009. Idiot America. NY: Anchor (read chapter 5, 'Radio nowhere')
- Wendy Bacon, Michelle Loh, Alex Taylor and Sasha Pavey. 2010. Spinning the media: Key findings in the week in the life of the media. Mar 15, Crikey. Online at www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/15/spinning-the-media-key-findings-in-a-week-in-the-life-of-the-media/
Optional:
Center for Digital Democracy. 2007. Let the browser beware: A tour of online advertising’s two-way mirrors. Mar 7, Center for Digital Democracy www.democraticmedia.org/current_projects/privacy/analysis/adv_two_way_mirrors
Week 6: Midterm, Group projects on Friday
Charles Pierce. 2009. Idiot America. NY: Anchor (read chapter 6, 'God and Judge Jones')
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to schedule
Week 7: Tricks of the trade
Friday discussion: War and heroes (following up on Wag the Dog--group questions)
Week 8: Television
- Neil Postman.
1985. Amusing ourselves to death: Public discourse in the age of
show business. New York: Penguin Books. On
electronic reserve
- Neil Postman and Steve Powers. 1992. How to Watch TV News. NY: Penguin (chps 1, 3) In Blackboard
- Anthony Pratkanis and Elliot Aronson. 2001. Age of Propaganda (pp 79-87)
Optional: Christine Rosen.
2004. Fast forward to passivity. Los Angeles Times, December
11. Find the article here.
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to schedule
Week 9: What
to do?
Friday discussion: Attack! (read at least two readings, watch at least 3-4 videos) questions
Readings:
Video:
Attacks can be against individuals, against institutions, against ideologies, officeholders, etc. They may be tied into networks or conspiracies as well. Think about the concept of attack in a sophisticated way, and think about strategies of attack, and of persuasion. Check out snopes.com if you have doubts about any allegations above. And think about where these videos were aired.
Week 10: Presentations
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