JOUR 2011 syllabus

Course Schedule:

-- February --- March --- April --- May ---

Week 1:

Mon., 1/13: Introduction: Outlining the course; student expectations
Wed., 1/15: Key concepts: Media, Markets, and the Public Sphere
READ: Croteau and Hoynes, THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA, Introduction
READ: Buckingham, THE MAKING OF CITIZENS, 1: Turning Off the News?
Lecture Notes
Fri., 1/17: Intros, review of key concepts, assign music presentation dates

Week 2:
Mon. 1/20: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - NO CLASS
Wed. 1/22: The Public Sphere and Youth: Media, the Public and Youth Culture at the Turn of the 20th Century
READ: Croteau and Hoynes, THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA, Ch. 1 (13-36)
Lecture Notes
Fri. 1/24: Mass vs. Publics
READ: Habermas, C.Wright Mills (Readings handed out in lecture)

Week 3:
Mon. 1/27: The Rise of Youth Culture and Concerns About Socialization
READ:Richard Butsch, Ch. 10, "Celluloid Stage," p. 139-157, THE MAKING OF AMERICAN AUDIENCES Ch. 10 on e-reserve
Lecture Notes
Wed. 1/29: The Growth of Movies and the 1920s Reformers
READ: Richard Butsch, Ch. 11, "Storefronts to Theaters," p. 158-172, THE MAKING OF AMERICN AUDIENCES Ch. 11 on e-reserve
Lecture Notes
Fri. 1/31: ASSIGNMENT #1 DUE: Reformers Then and Now: A Comparison

Week 4:

Mon. 2/3: 1920s and Civil Rights for African Americans
READ Plessy v. Ferguson (online reading)
READ Roger Streitmatter, VOICES OF REVOLUTION Ch. 8, "Propelling Black Americans into the Promised Land," p. 141-158, Streitmatter Ch. 8 on e-reserve
Lecture Notes
Wed. 2/5: The Depression and the Growth of Radio in the 1920s
READ Richard Butsch, Ch. 13, "Radio Cabinets and Network Chains," p. 193-207, THE MAKING OF AMERICAN AUDIENCES Ch. 13 on e-reserve
Lecture Notes
Fri. 2/7:Media in the Depression: The Farm Security Administration
READ MIND'S EYE, MIND'S TRUTH, Chs. 1 & 3, IN THIS PROUD LAND (Selected photos), all on e-reserve

Week 5:

Mon., 2/10: World War II and Objectivity in News/Going over assignment #2
SURPRISE! NO reading for today. Catch up on last week's and read ahead.
Lecture Notes
Wed., 2/12: Information Campaigns and WWII
READ Nancy Bernhard, US TELEVISION NEWS AND COLD WAR PROPAGANDA, "Market Failure: Business, the State and Information from WWII to the Cold War," p. 17-45, "Market Failure, Business, the State" on e-reserve
Lecture Notes
Fri., 2/14: Returning from War and Postwar Prosperity: Romantic Ideals of Youth and Democracy
READ Bill Osgelby, GROWING UP POSTMODERN, "A Caste, a Culture, a Market: Youth, Marketing, & Lifestyle in Postwar America," p. 15-33, "Caste, A Culture, a Market" on e-reserve

Week 6:

Mon., 2/17: Youth Culture in Black and White
READ Wendy Kozol, LOOKING AT LIFE MAGAZINE, "Gazing at Race in the Pages of Life," "Gazing at Race in the Pages of Life" on e-reserve
Lecture Notes
Wed., 2/19: GUEST LECTURE: Tim Long, Executive Producer, The Simpsons
READ Karal Ann Marling, AS SEEN ON TV, "Autoeroticism: America's Love Affair with the Car" "Autoeroticism" on e-reserve
Lecture Notes
Fri., 2/21: ASSIGNMENT #2 DUE:Magazine Advertisements Then and Now

Week 7:

Mon., 2/24: Being Young and Involved in the 1960s
READ Roger Streitmatter, Ch. 11, "Sex Drugs, and Social Justice," pp. 200-219, and Roger Streitmatter, Ch. 12, "Standing Tall and Tough against Racial Oppression," pp. 220-237, Streitmatter Chs. 11 & 12 on e-reserve
Lecture Notes
Wed., 2/26: The 1970s: Watergate and the Political Socialization of Youth (guest lecture: Mary Caton-Rosser)
READ Watergate case study (online reading)
Lecture Notes
Fri., 2/28:The 1960s and 1970s: Youth Culture, Civil Rights, and Freedom of Expression
READ Roger Streitmattter, Ch. 13, "Creating an Agenda for Gay and Lesbian Rights,"pp. 238-255, and Ch. 14, "Liberating the American Woman,"pp. 256-278, Streitmatter Chs. 13 & 14 on e-reserve

Week 8:

Mon., 3/3: The 1980s, Political PR, Alienation, and Cynicism
READ Robinson, Mass Media and the U.S. Presidency, "Mass Media and the U.S. Presidency on e-reserve
No Lecture Notes for today
Wed., 3/5:Media, Democracy, and Youth Culture Outside the U.S.

GUEST LECTURER: Eric Freedman, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist and Assistant Professor, Michigan State University

READCentral Asia and Free Speech
AND Freedman's reports from the field: March 30
April 7
May 18
June 9
Lecture Notes from Dr. Freedman (WARNING: This is a 6.4 MB power point download!)
(Reminder: Thurs. 3/6, 5PM, HUMN 150: "Dazzled by Disney?" Annual SJMC Crossman Lecture by Janet Wasko, Knight Chair in Communication Research, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Oregon (reception to follow)
Fri., 3/7: The 1980s-1990s: The Rise and (De) Regulation of the Media Industry: Effects outside the U.S.
READ Croteau and Hoynes, ch. 2, pp. 39-67.

Week 9:

Mon., 3/10: REVIEW FOR MID-TERM

Wed., 3/12: MID-SEMESTER EXAM

Fri., 3/14: The Rise of Studying Political Socialization of Youth
READ Buckingham, Ch. 2, Beyond Political Socialization, pp. 9 - 20.
BACKGROUND READING (Optional) Gitlin, Postmodernism and Kurtz, Ideology and Interpellation in the First Person Shooter on e-reserve

Week 10:

Mon., 3/17: Creating Citizens: News, Pedagogy and Empowerment
READ Buckingham, Ch. 4, pp. 35-58

Lecture Notes

Wed., 3/19: NO CLASS: Blizzard of '03

Fri., 3/21: NO CLASS: SPRING BREAK

Week 11: Spring Break

Week 12:

Mon., 3/31: Talking News, Talking Politics
READ Buckingham, Ch. 5, Beyond Political Socialization, pp. 59- 100.
Lecture Notes

Wed., 4/2: Reading Interpretations: The US Study
READ Buckingham, Ch. 6, pp. 101-113 (US Gov't Shutdown); 137-149 (The Paper Mill)
Lecture Notes

Fri., 4/4: TV News for Youth: Citizenship and/or Consumption?
READ Buckingham, Ch. 8, pp. 201-223

Week 13:

Mon., 4/7: How Business Strategy Shapes Media Content

READ Croteau & Hoynes, Ch. 5, 149-182

Lecture Notes

Wed., 4/9 How the Media Business Influences Society: Hypercommercialism and Ads

READ Croteau & Hoynes, Ch. 6, 183-206

Lecture Notes

Fri., 4/11: ASSIGNMENT #3 DUE

Week 14:

Mon. 4/14: Strategies of the New Media Giants: Maximize Profits, Reduce Costs

READ Croteau & Hoynes, Ch. 4, 109-136

Lecture Notes

Wed. 4/16: Strategies of the New Media Giants: Monopolies and the Case of AOL/Time Warner

READ Croteau & Hoynes, Ch. 4, 136-145

Lecture Notes

Fri. 4/18: Case study: "No Logo"

READ: Klein, No Logo reading #1 (this is short!), Klein, No Logo reading #2 (this is shorter!).

Week 15:

Mon., 4/21: New Directions for Citizenship and Expression: Music

READ: Negus, Popular Music: Celebration or Despair? on e-reserve

Lecture Notes

Wed. 4/23: New Directions for Citizenship and Expression: The Internet, with GUEST LECTURER Jin Park and students

READ: Click on Democracy on e-reserve

Lecture Notes
Fri. 4/25: ASSIGNMENT #4 DUE (NOTE: This is the assignment for which you had an option: either the tune of the day or the book review. See the syllabus for info on the book review if you have chosen this option).

Week 16:

Mon. 4/28: Choosing the Future, I: Public Policy, Public Broadcasting, and Freedom of Expression, with GUEST LECTURER Yuri Obata and students

Read: Croteau & Hoynes, Ch. 7, 226-233

Lecture Notes

Wed. 4/30: Choosing the Future, II: Public Policy, Activism, Alternative Media

Read: Croteau & Hoynes, Ch. 7, 207-226, 233-243

Lecture Notes

Fril, 5/2: Dissidence in a New Millennium

Read: Streitmatter Ch. 15 on e-reserve

FINAL EXAM: MONDAY, MAY 5, 1:30 - 4:00 P.M. HUMN 150

For help on retrieving e-reserve readings, go to http://www-libraries.colorado.edu/ps/crc/eres/frontpage.htm Check the FAQ for students. You will be able to download articles either at home or on campus using Adobe Acrobat. There is a nominal per-page fee for printing pages at some university computer labs.

In order to look at materials that are on e-reserve, you will need to begin by setting up a patron account with the library, if you don't already have one. Then, go to the e-reserve web page (highlighted as a link ABOVE) and search either by the class title (JOUR 2011) or by my name (Clark, Lynn Schofield). This will pull up the list of materials on reserve. Check the syllabus, then click the reading that is appropriate for the day. Troubleshooting help is available at the e-reserve web page, which also lists phone numbers of people to call at the library if you continue to have problems.


		last updated: 4/4/03 Course Schedule: Click to move down to: -- February --- March --- April --- May --- *Week 1:* Mon., 1/13: Introduction: Outlining the course; student expectations Wed., 1/15: Key concepts: Media, Markets, and the Public Sphere READ: Croteau and Hoynes, THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA, Introduction READ: Buckingham, THE MAKING OF CITIZENS, 1: Turning Off the News? Lecture Notes Fri., 1/17: Intros, review of key concepts, assign music presentation dates Week 2: Mon. 1/20: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - NO CLASS Wed. 1/22: The Public Sphere and Youth: Media, the Public and Youth Culture at the Turn of the 20th Century READ: Croteau and Hoynes, THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA, Ch. 1 (13-36) Lecture Notes Fri. 1/24: Mass vs. Publics READ: Habermas, C.Wright Mills (Readings handed out in lecture) Week 3: Mon. 1/27: The Rise of Youth Culture and Concerns About Socialization READ:Richard Butsch, Ch. 10, "Celluloid Stage," p. 139-157, THE MAKING OF AMERICAN AUDIENCES Ch. 10 on e-reserve Lecture Notes Wed. 1/29: The Growth of Movies and the 1920s Reformers READ: Richard Butsch, Ch. 11, "Storefronts to Theaters," p. 158-172, THE MAKING OF AMERICN AUDIENCES Ch. 11 on e-reserve Lecture Notes Fri. 1/31: ASSIGNMENT #1 DUE: Reformers Then and Now: A Comparison *Week 4:* Mon. 2/3: 1920s and Civil Rights for African Americans READ Plessy v. Ferguson (online reading) READ Roger Streitmatter, VOICES OF REVOLUTION Ch. 8, "Propelling Black Americans into the Promised Land," p. 141-158, Streitmatter Ch. 8 on e-reserve Lecture Notes Wed. 2/5: The Depression and the Growth of Radio in the 1920s READ Richard Butsch, Ch. 13, "Radio Cabinets and Network Chains," p. 193-207, THE MAKING OF AMERICAN AUDIENCES Ch. 13 on e-reserve Lecture Notes Fri. 2/7:Media in the Depression: The Farm Security Administration READ MIND'S EYE, MIND'S TRUTH, Chs. 1 & 3, IN THIS PROUD LAND (Selected photos), all on e-reserve *Week 5:* Mon., 2/10: World War II and Objectivity in News/Going over assignment #2 SURPRISE! NO reading for today. Catch up on last week's and read ahead. Lecture Notes Wed., 2/12: Information Campaigns and WWII READ Nancy Bernhard, US TELEVISION NEWS AND COLD WAR PROPAGANDA, "Market Failure: Business, the State and Information from WWII to the Cold War," p. 17-45, "Market Failure, Business, the State" on e-reserve Lecture Notes Fri., 2/14: Returning from War and Postwar Prosperity: Romantic Ideals of Youth and Democracy READ Bill Osgelby, GROWING UP POSTMODERN, "A Caste, a Culture, a Market: Youth, Marketing, & Lifestyle in Postwar America," p. 15-33, "Caste, A Culture, a Market" on e-reserve *Week 6:* Mon., 2/17: Youth Culture in Black and White READ Wendy Kozol, LOOKING AT LIFE MAGAZINE, "Gazing at Race in the Pages of Life," "Gazing at Race in the Pages of Life" on e-reserve Lecture Notes Wed., 2/19: GUEST LECTURE: Tim Long, Executive Producer, The Simpsons READ Karal Ann Marling, AS SEEN ON TV, "Autoeroticism: America's Love Affair with the Car" "Autoeroticism" on e-reserve Lecture Notes Fri., 2/21: ASSIGNMENT #2 DUE:Magazine Advertisements Then and Now *Week 7:* Mon., 2/24: Being Young and Involved in the 1960s READ Roger Streitmatter, Ch. 11, "Sex Drugs, and Social Justice," pp. 200-219, and Roger Streitmatter, Ch. 12, "Standing Tall and Tough against Racial Oppression," pp. 220-237, Streitmatter Chs. 11 & 12 on e-reserve Lecture Notes Wed., 2/26: The 1970s: Watergate and the Political Socialization of Youth (guest lecture: Mary Caton-Rosser) READ Watergate case study (online reading) Lecture Notes Fri., 2/28:The 1960s and 1970s: Youth Culture, Civil Rights, and Freedom of Expression READ Roger Streitmattter, Ch. 13, "Creating an Agenda for Gay and Lesbian Rights,"pp. 238-255, and Ch. 14, "Liberating the American Woman,"pp. 256-278, Streitmatter Chs. 13 & 14 on e-reserve *Week 8:* Mon., 3/3: The 1980s, Political PR, Alienation, and Cynicism READ Robinson, Mass Media and the U.S. Presidency, "Mass Media and the U.S. Presidency on e-reserve No Lecture Notes for today Wed., 3/5:Media, Democracy, and Youth Culture Outside the U.S. GUEST LECTURER: Eric Freedman, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist and Assistant Professor, Michigan State University READCentral Asia and Free Speech AND Freedman's reports from the field: March 30 April 7 May 18 June 9 Lecture Notes from Dr. Freedman (WARNING: This is a 6.4 MB power point download!) (Reminder: Thurs. 3/6, 5PM, HUMN 150: "Dazzled by Disney?" Annual SJMC Crossman Lecture by Janet Wasko, Knight Chair in Communication Research, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Oregon (reception to follow) Fri., 3/7: The 1980s-1990s: The Rise and (De) Regulation of the Media Industry: Effects outside the U.S. READ Croteau and Hoynes, ch. 2, pp. 39-67. *Week 9:* Mon., 3/10: REVIEW FOR MID-TERM Wed., 3/12: MID-SEMESTER EXAM Fri., 3/14: The Rise of Studying Political Socialization of Youth READ Buckingham, Ch. 2, Beyond Political Socialization, pp. 9 - 20. BACKGROUND READING (Optional) Gitlin, Postmodernism and Kurtz, Ideology and Interpellation in the First Person Shooter on e-reserve *Week 10:* Mon., 3/17: Creating Citizens: News, Pedagogy and Empowerment READ Buckingham, Ch. 4, pp. 35-58 Lecture Notes Wed., 3/19: NO CLASS: Blizzard of '03 Fri., 3/21: NO CLASS: SPRING BREAK *Week 11: Spring Break* *Week 12:* Mon., 3/31: Talking News, Talking Politics READ Buckingham, Ch. 5, Beyond Political Socialization, pp. 59- 100. Lecture Notes Wed., 4/2: Reading Interpretations: The US Study READ Buckingham, Ch. 6, pp. 101-113 (US Gov't Shutdown); 137-149 (The Paper Mill) Lecture Notes Fri., 4/4: TV News for Youth: Citizenship and/or Consumption? READ Buckingham, Ch. 8, pp. 201-223 *Week 13:* Mon., 4/7: How Business Strategy Shapes Media Content READ Croteau & Hoynes, Ch. 5, 149-182 Lecture Notes Wed., 4/9 How the Media Business Influences Society: Hypercommercialism and Ads READ Croteau & Hoynes, Ch. 6, 183-206 Lecture Notes Fri., 4/11: ASSIGNMENT #3 DUE *Week 14:* Mon. 4/14: Strategies of the New Media Giants: Maximize Profits, Reduce Costs READ Croteau & Hoynes, Ch. 4, 109-136 Lecture Notes Wed. 4/16: Strategies of the New Media Giants: Monopolies and the Case of AOL/Time Warner READ Croteau & Hoynes, Ch. 4, 136-145 Lecture Notes Fri. 4/18: Case study: "No Logo" READ: Klein, No Logo reading #1 (this is short!), Klein, No Logo reading #2 (this is shorter!). *Week 15:* Mon., 4/21: New Directions for Citizenship and Expression: Music READ: Negus, Popular Music: Celebration or Despair? on e-reserve Lecture Notes Wed. 4/23: New Directions for Citizenship and Expression: The Internet, with GUEST LECTURER Jin Park and students READ: Click on Democracy on e-reserve Lecture Notes Fri. 4/25: ASSIGNMENT #4 DUE (NOTE: This is the assignment for which you had an option: either the tune of the day or the book review. See the syllabus for info on the book review if you have chosen this option). *Week 16:* Mon. 4/28: Choosing the Future, I: Public Policy, Public Broadcasting, and Freedom of Expression, with GUEST LECTURER Yuri Obata and students Read: Croteau & Hoynes, Ch. 7, 226-233 Lecture Notes Wed. 4/30: Choosing the Future, II: Public Policy, Activism, Alternative Media Read: Croteau & Hoynes, Ch. 7, 207-226, 233-243 Lecture Notes Fril, 5/2: Dissidence in a New Millennium Read: Streitmatter Ch. 15 on e-reserve FINAL EXAM: MONDAY, MAY 5, 1:30 - 4:00 P.M. HUMN 150 For help on retrieving e-reserve readings, go to http://www-libraries.colorado.edu/ps/crc/eres/frontpage.htm Check the FAQ for students. You will be able to download articles either at home or on campus using Adobe Acrobat. There is a nominal per-page fee for printing pages at some university computer labs. In order to look at materials that are on e-reserve, you will need to begin by setting up a patron account with the library, if you don't already have one. Then, go to the e-reserve web page (highlighted as a link ABOVE) and search either by the class title (JOUR 2011) or by my name (Clark, Lynn Schofield). This will pull up the list of materials on reserve. Check the syllabus, then click the reading that is appropriate for the day. Troubleshooting help is available at the e-reserve web page, which also lists phone numbers of people to call at the library if you continue to have problems.