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Week One: What Are Media?
Media schedule (Jen McGee: mcgeejen@gmail.com)
9/22: Welcome to class! What is a medium? Effects of media. Overview of the class.
9/29: Oral Culture: Communication before media
10/6: The first media: Stone, clay, and wax
10/13: Media speed up: Writing on papyrus, parchment, and paper
10/20: The Printing Press: Communicating to the masses
10/27: Wired communication: Telegraphs and telephones
11/3: NO CLASS
11/10: Broadcasting: Radio and Television
11/17: Midterm Test and The Digital Leap: The birth of the Internet
11/24: NO CLASS (I'll be in the US!)
12/1: Early Internet: Email and Databases
12/8: Social Media: Facebook changes everything
12/15: Social Media: Twitter and microblogging
12/22: Smartphones: Portable Internet
12/29: NO CLASS
1/5: The Global Village: Memes and Viruses
1/12: Coming of Age Day: NO CLASS
1/19: Looking to the Future
1/26: Final Test
--Every week (including this one) we will have a very small (two questions!) quiz! Your grades will be these quizzes, the midterm test, and the final test at the end.
14 2-point quizzes=28 points
Midterm test=14 points
Final test=14 points
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Total=56 points
--The web page for this class is at mediajen.blogspot.com. You'll find presentations and important links there, so check it often!
9/22: Welcome to class! What is a medium? Effects of media. Overview of the class.
9/29: Oral Culture: Communication before media
10/6: The first media: Stone, clay, and wax
10/13: Media speed up: Writing on papyrus, parchment, and paper
10/20: The Printing Press: Communicating to the masses
10/27: Wired communication: Telegraphs and telephones
11/3: NO CLASS
11/10: Broadcasting: Radio and Television
11/17: Midterm Test and The Digital Leap: The birth of the Internet
11/24: NO CLASS (I'll be in the US!)
12/1: Early Internet: Email and Databases
12/8: Social Media: Facebook changes everything
12/15: Social Media: Twitter and microblogging
12/22: Smartphones: Portable Internet
12/29: NO CLASS
1/5: The Global Village: Memes and Viruses
1/12: Coming of Age Day: NO CLASS
1/19: Looking to the Future
1/26: Final Test
--Every week (including this one) we will have a very small (two questions!) quiz! Your grades will be these quizzes, the midterm test, and the final test at the end.
14 2-point quizzes=28 points
Midterm test=14 points
Final test=14 points
---------------------------------------
Total=56 points
--The web page for this class is at mediajen.blogspot.com. You'll find presentations and important links there, so check it often!
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