COURSE NUMBER: |
SOCI 345 |
COURSE TITLE: |
Media and Society |
NAME OF INSTRUCTOR: |
Dr. David Long |
CREDIT WEIGHT AND WEEKLY TIME DISTRIBUTION: |
credits 3(hrs lect 3 - hrs sem 0 - hrs lab 0) |
COURSE DESCRIPTION: |
A critical examination of mass media as a cultural and
institutional phenomenon. Examining film, television, print and
electronic media, and popular music in the context of culture, major
social institutions and everyday life.
Prerequisites: Three credits in sociology at the introductory level |
REQUIRED TEXTS: |
- Pavlik, John V., Shawn McIntosh (2017). Converging Media: A New Introduction to Mass Communication. 5th ed. Toronto: Oxford University Press.
- Turkle, Sherry (2015). Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age. New York: Penguin Books.
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MARK DISTRIBUTION IN PERCENT: |
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1st Assignment | 15% | Major Assignment | 30% |
Mid-term Examination | 25% |
Final Examination | 30% |
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| 100% |
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COURSE OUTLINE: |
- Sept. 6 – What’s Inside Your Phone (and every other technological creation)?
- P&M Chap.1 (pp. 3-12) – Technology and human values, convergences
- Sept. 13 – Recurring Themes and Contrasting Perspectives on Media
- P&M Chaps. 1 & 2 – Thematic areas, semiotics, media literacy, McLuhan vs Williams
- Turkle – The Case for Conversation
- Sept. 20-21 – No classes - IS Conference
- Religion: a technological expression of our search for shared meaning
- Sept. 27 – MediaLab – Assignment 1
- P&M Chap. 3 - Print Media and Beyond, Manufacturing Consent
- Oct. 4 – Listening to Others and Ourselves
- P&M Chap. 4 – Audio Media, Our Inner and Interpersonal Journeys
- Oct. 11 – Watching the World Go Inward
- P&M Chap. 5 – Visual Media, Our Societal Journeys
- Oct. 18 – Living and Playing in Virtual Isolation
- P&M Chaps. 6&7 – Interactive media and the lie of participatory culture
- Oct. 25 – MID-TERM EXAMINATION
- Nov. 1 – Fake News and Truth in Advertising
- P&M Chaps. 8&9 – Truth telling, storytelling, and the art of persuasion
- Nov. 8 – The Trickiness of Ethics
- P&M Chap. 10 – Keeping “them” honest
- Nov. 15 – Who is Governing the Internet?
- P&M Chap. 11 – Internet laws as the compromise of virtual interests
- Nov. 22 – Looking to Make Sense of It All
- P&M Chap 12 – Media theory and research
- Nov. 29 – Mediating Politics (major assignment due)
- P&M Chap. 13 – Cultivating mass mediated leaders and followers
- Dec. 6 – Virtually Global
- P&M Chap. 14 – Globalization, neighborly divides
- Turkle – A Fourth Chair?, The Path Forward
- Coarse/Exam review
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