The weekly schedule below contains the reading and assignment schedule for this class.  Titles of readings accompanied by a blue hyperlink can be accessed directly online.  We will discuss texts on the days indicated, so make sure that you read them before class.  Take-home exams and critical responses are due at the beginning of class. I will take off half a grade for each day an assignment is turned in late.

Schedule revision 1/13/06

Week	Date	Readings	Work Due
1	Wed Jan 4	Syllabus Introductions
	Fri Jan 6	Introductions
2	Mon Jan 9	Interview with Marshall McLuhan (pdf)
	Wed Jan 11	More discussion of McLuhan
	Fri Jan 13	More discussion of McLuhan
3	Mon Jan 16	MLK Commemoration—no class
	Wed Jan 18	Ryan and Wentworth, preface and chapter 1, pp. xi-21 (pdf)
	Fri Jan 20	Flack "Phones, Games, and Virtual Worlds" (pdf)	Critical Response #1 due
4	Mon Jan 23	Ryan and Wentworth, chapter 2, pp. 23-42 (pdf)
	Wed Jan 25	Discussion
	Fri Jan 27	Cunningham, "Re-Thinking Objectivity" (pdf)
5	Mon Jan 30	Ryan and Wentworth, chapter 3, pp. 43-64
	Wed Feb 1	Bushman & Anderson, "Media Violence and the American Public" (pdf)
	Fri Feb 3	Fowles, "The Whipping Boy" (pdf)	Critical Response #2 due
6	Mon Feb 6	Ryan and Wentworth, chapter 4, pp. 65-85
	Wed Feb 8	Discussion
	Fri Feb 10	Jones, "Your TV Is Lying to You" (pdf)
7	Mon Feb 13	Ryan and Wentworth, chapter 5, pp. 89-118
	Wed Feb 15	Discussion
	Fri Feb 17	Discussion	Mid-term Take-Home Exam due
8	Mon Feb 20	President's Day--No class
	Wed Feb 22	Ryan and Wentworth, chapter 6, pp. 119-144
	Fri Feb 24	Discussion
9	Mon Feb 27	Ryan and Wentworth, chapter 7, pp. 145-170
	Wed Mar 1	Discussion
	Fri Mar 3	Discussion	Critical Response #3 due
10	Mon Mar 6	Ryan and Wentworth, chapter 8, pp. 171-200
	Wed Mar 8	Ryan and Wentworth, chapter 9, pp. 201-216
	Fri Mar 10	Ryan and Wentworth, chapter 10, pp. 217-236
11	Mon Mar 13	Stepp, "Journalism Without Profit Margins" (pdf)	Buy current issue of Atlantic Monthly and bring it to class
	Wed Mar 15	Sherman, "Going Long, Going Deep" (pdf)
	Fri Mar 17	More discussion of Stepp and Sherman	Documentary: Outfoxed Time and Place TBA Critical Response #4 due
12	Mon Mar 20	Research Day
	Wed Mar 22	Spring Break--no class
	Fri Mar 24	Spring Break--no class
13	Mon Mar 27	Discussion of Outfoxed and Lekatsas, "Outfoxed" (pdf)
	Wed Mar 29	More discussion of Outfoxed	Documentary: Control Room Wednesday, 6:30 pm, LA 107
	Fri Mar 31	Discussion of Control Room and Tribic (pdf)
14	Mon Apr 3	Attend lecture in lieu of class
	Wed Apr 5	McChesney, preface and chapter 1, pp. 7-56	Critical Response #5 due Paragraph about lecture due
	Fri Apr 7	McChesney, chapter 2, pp. 57-97
15	Mon Apr 10	McChesney, chapter 6, pp. 210-251	Final Take-Home Exam
	Wed Apr 12	Instructor at conference--no class
	Fri Apr 14	Instructor at conference--no class
16	Mon Apr 17	McChesney, chapter 7, pp. 252-297
	Wed Apr 19	Discussion of take-home exam
	Fri Apr 21	Study Day—No class
Finals' Week	Wed Apr 26 1 pm		End-of-term take-home exam due Final exam in the classroom