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Course Calendar
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| Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 |
| Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 |
| Week 16 | Week 17 |
| Week One | |
| Reading For
The Week Postman, Ch. 1. The Medium Is The Metaphor, 3-15 |
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| Central Thesis and Core Assumptions | |
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Read and Study Video Transcript: Life and Times
of Neil Postman http://www.kaschassociates.com/417web/postmancpan.htm
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Read: the concept of FORM |
| Wed. First Day of Class Aug 26 | |
| Interpersonal Warm-up | |
| Week Two | CSPAN Transcript |
| Central Thesis and Core Assumptions | |
| Reading For
The Week Postman, Ch. 1. The Medium Is The Metaphor 3-15
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Read: the concept of FORM |
| Mon. Aug 31 | |
| Wed. Sept 2 | |
| Week Three | |
| Reading
For The Week Postman, Chapter 2, Media as Epistemology 16-29 Central Assumptions and Discussion Questions |
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Mon. Sept 7 |
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| Wed. Sept 9 | |
| QUIZ 1 CHAPTER 1 AND 2 POSTMAN | Central Assumptions and Discussion Questions |
| Week Four | |
| Reading For
The Week Postman, Chapter 3 Typographic American 30-43 Postman Chapter 4 Typographic Mind, 44-63 |
Central Assumptions and Discussion Questions |
| Mon. Sept 14 | |
| Wed. Sept 16 | |
| QUIZ 2 CHAPTER 3 AND 4 POSTMAN | |
| Week Five | |
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Reading For The Week Postman, Ch. 5 The Peek-A-Boo World, 64-82 Central Assumptions and Discussion Questions |
Central Assumptions and Discussion Questions |
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6 The Age of Show Business 83-98 Central Assumptions and Discussion Question |
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| Mon. Sept 21 |
| Wed. Sept 23 | |
| QUIZ 3 CHAPTER 5 AND 6 POSTMAN | |
| Week Six | |
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Postman, Chapter
7, Now this...." 99-113 Central Assumptions and Discussion Questions-- |
Central Assumptions and Discussion Questions |
| Mon. Sept 28 | |
| Wed. Sept 30 | |
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Watch Video: Independent Media in Time of War |
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Transcript Independent Media in Time of War Watch Independent Media in Time of War (Need Real Player) Watch http://play.rbn.com/?url=demnow/demnow/demand/media_war_256.rm&proto |
| Week 7 | |
| Reading For The Week | |
| Postman,
Chapter 8, Shuffle Off to Bethlehem
114-124 Central Assumptions and Discussion Questions |
Central Assumptions and Discussion Question |
| Mon. Oct 5 | |
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Wed. Oct 7 QUIZ 4 CHAPTER 7 AND 8
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| Week 8 | |
| Reading For the Week | |
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Head for Tortolla, BVI for Fall Break Bomba's Beach Shack Full Moon Party "You Only Live Once." |
Head For Cinnamon Bay in St
Johns AVI "You Only Live Once |
| Mon. Oct 12th No Regularly Scheduled Class | |
| Wed. Oct 14th | |
Week 9Reading for the Week
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Oct 19th |
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Oct 21st |
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Week 10Reading for the Week
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On Being a "Loving Resistance Fighter" |
| Mon. Oct 25 | |
| Video: The Persuaders | |
| Read the transcript from the Frontline video "The Persuaders | |
Wed. Oct 28 |
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| QUIZ 4 CHAPTER 9, 10, and 11 |
| Week 11 | |
| Reading for the
Week McCall Ch 1 Media Awarness for All 1-11 McCall, Ch. 2 Getting to Kow the Frist Amendemtn, 11-29 McCall, Chapter 3, Sex, Skin and Swearing, 29-49
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| Mon Nov 2 | Central Assumptions and Discussion Question |
| Wed. Nov 4 | Central Assumptions and Di`scussion Question |
| QUIZ 6 CHAPTER 1, 2, AND 3 McCALL | |
| Week 12 | |
Reading for the Week McCall Ch. 4 This is not news Chapter 49-68 McCall, Ch. 5 Television News on MTV, 69-82
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Mon. Nov 9 |
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| QUIZ 7 CHAPTER 4 and 5 McCALL | |
Week 13Reading for the WeekMcCall,, Chapter 6, Packages Politics, 83-101 McCall, Chapter 7, Media-Saturated Kids, 101-116 |
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| Mon. Nov 16 | |
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Nov 18
QUIZ 8 |
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Week 13 |
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Mon. Nov 24 Flex Time |
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Nov 26 No Regularly Scheduled Class |
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| Week 14 | |
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. McCall Chapter 8, Big Media, Little Responsiblity, 117-132 McCall, Chapter 9, How Your Can Fight Back Today, 133-144
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Wed Dec 2
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| Week 15 | |
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December 7 QUIZ 9 CHAPTER 7, 8 and 9 Course Evaluation |
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Week 16Final Exam Week The Benediction:
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