COM 170 Communication Environments Bill Petkanas
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Syllabus (Summer 2008)
Assignment Template This is how your assignments should look.
Analysis 2 will be due Noon Monday, June 30.
You can e-mail it or drop it off. If you email it, I will send you a confirmation. Because of the press of time, I there is no late options. If I don't have it, I will give you the course grade you will get without it unless you submit a request for an incomplete form.
Guide to Analysis 2 MS word document.
Sample Analysis (Comparing Postman's book to Postman video)
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May 26 (Memorial Day) |
May 27 |
May 28 Assignment 1 Due May 28 Hall, Chapter 4 |
May 29 Assignment 2 Due Hall, Ch. 1 "The voices of time." |
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June 2 Assignment 3 Hall, Ch. 9 "Time talks: American accents." (Due |
3 Assignment 4 Hall, Ch. "Space Speaks." |
4 Practice in analyzing a Communication Environment for Time and Space. |
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9 Assignment 5 Goffman, Ch. 1 (16-30) "Performances" Due |
10 Assignment 6 Goffman, Ch. 1 (30-58) "Dramatic realization," "Idealization," and "Maintenance of expressive control." |
11 Assignment 7 Goffman, Ch. 1 (58-76) "Misrepresentation" "Mystification," and "Reality and contrivance." |
12 Assignment 8 Goffman, Ch. 2 "Teams."
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16 Mid Term Exam and Analysis 1 due.
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17 Assignment 9 Postman, Ch. 1, 2 "The medium is the metaphor." "Media as epistemology." |
18 Assignment 10 Postman, Ch. 3, 4, 5 ("Typographic America," "The Typographic Mind," "The Peek-a-boo World.") |
19 Assignment 11 Postman Ch. 6 and 7 (technology and news). |
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23 Assignment 12 Postman Ch 8 & 9, religion and politics. |
24 Assignment 13 Postman, Ch. 10 & 11, education and media. Assignment 14 Winners/losers. |
25 Orientation to an environment. (No class meeting)
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Hall: 10 Primary Message Systems
Analysis Part 1 (Space and Time) Worksheet
Strategic Interaction (Notes)