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MediaSpace Wiki | Media Criticism Spring2010 |
| 1 | M, Feb 1 | Introductions | No Reading | MediaCritSpr2010Session01 | |
| 2 | W, Feb 3 | The Landscape of Media Criticism | Read http://davis.foulger.info/research/unifiedModelOfCommunication.htm and http://evolutionarymedia.com/cgi-bin/wiki.cgi?IntroductionToMediaCriticism | MediaCritSpr2010Session02 | |
| 3 | M, Feb 8 | Exploring and Explaining Media | Read Allen, Introduction | MediaCritSpr2010Session03 | |
| - | Snow Closing | ||||
| - | M, Feb 15 | Presidents Day, Classes Cancelled | |||
| 4 | W, Feb 17 | Doing Media Criticism | TBD | MediaCritSpr2010Session04 | |
| 5 | Th, Feb 18 | Semiotics | Read Allen, Chapter One; Bring body of content to class | MediaCritSpr2010Session05 | |
| 6 | M, Feb 22 | Semiotics (Continued) | TBD | MediaCritSpr2010Session06 | |
| 7 | W, Feb 24 | Narratology | Read Allen, Chapter Two | MediaCritSpr2010Session07 | |
| 8 | M, Mar 1 | Narratology (Continued) | TBD | MediaCritSpr2010Session08 | |
| 9 | W, Mar 3 | Writing Media Criticism | Web Reading on Moodle | MediaCritSpr2010Session09 | |
| 10 | M, Mar 8 | Genre Theory | Read Allen, Chapter 4; First Annotated Bibliography Due | MediaCritSpr2010Session10 | |
| 11 | W, Mar 10 | Genre Theory (continued) | Read Medium as an Ecology of Genre (web reading) | MediaCritSpr2010Session11 | |
| 12 | M, Mar 15 | Auteur Theory and Production-Oriented Approaches | TBD; Short Paper 1 Due | MediaCritSpr2010Session12 | |
| 13 | W, Mar 17 | Medium as Message Theory | Read "The X is the Message" | MediaCritSpr2010Session13 | |
| 14 | M, Mar 22 | Audience-Oriented Criticism | Read Allen, Chapter 3 | MediaCritSpr2010Session14 | |
| 15 | W, Mar 24 | Audience-Oriented Criticism (continued) | TBD | MediaCritSpr2010Session15 | |
| - | Mar 29-Apr 6 | Spring Recess | |||
| 16 | W, Apr 7 | Ideological Analysis | Read Allen Chapter 5; Optionally Read Allen, Chapter 7 | MediaCritSpr2010Session16 | |
| 17 | M, Apr 12 | Ideological Analysis (Continued) | Short Paper 2 Due | MediaCritSpr2010Session17 | |
| 18 | W, Apr 14 | Cultural Theory | Read Allen, Chapter 8 | MediaCritSpr2010Session18 | |
| 19 | M, Apr 19 | Theories of Mind | Read Allen, Chapter 6; Second Annotated Bibliography Due | MediaCritSpr2010Session19 | |
| 20 | W, Apr 21 | The Post-Modern Turn | Read Allen, Chapter 9 | MediaCritSpr2010Session20 | |
| 21 | M, Apr 26 | Uses of Media | TBD; First Complete Draft of Term Paper Due | MediaCritSpr2010Session21 | |
| 22 | W, Apr 28 | Term Paper Presentations | No Reading | MediaCritSpr2010Session22 | |
| 23 | M, May 3 | Term Paper Presentations | No Reading | ?MediaCritSpr2010Session23 | |
| 24 | W, May 5 | Term Paper Presentations | No Reading | ?MediaCritSpr2010Session24 | |
| 25 | M, May 10 | Term Paper Presentations | No Reading | ?MediaCritSpr2010Session25 | |
| 26 | W, May 12 | The Rearview Mirror | TBD; Final Submission of Term Paper for Grading | ?MediaCritSpr2010Session26 | |
| 27 | M, May 17 | Thinking Systematically about Media; Exam Preview | Read Allen, Afterword. | MediaCritSpr2010Session27 | |
| 28 | May 19-25 | Final Exams, Date TBD | MediaCritSpr2010Session28 | ||
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