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TENTATIVE SCHEDULE- COMM
1120
(subject to change)
Week
Readings
Week
1
Aug. 25, 27
Course syllabus, class introduction
Intro to communication
theories/areas Lenig 1, 2
Popular
Signs
Massik Intro
Week 2
Sept. 1,
3 No class-Sept. 1st - Labor Day
Organizing and
Delivery Lenig 3, 4
Nervousness
Week 3
Sept. 6,
10 Listening, Audience Analysis
________________American Icons: Maasik, p. 721
________________Superman: Engle, p. 744
________________Batman: Medhurst, p. 753
________________Barbies: Prager, p. 769 and Barbie and GI Joe: Cross, p. 772
________________Blue Jeans: Davis, p. 101
________________Larger than Life: Bader, p. 784
________________Martha Stewart: Caldwell, p. 779
________________Revolution Is U.S.: Friedman, p. 130
Week 4
Sept. 15, 17
SPEECH #1- Self-Introductory
Week 5
Sept. 22, 24
Culture and Diversity
Lenig 8, 9
Organization and
research Lenig 5, 6
Week 6
Sept. 29, 1 Organization and research/Visual Aids
________________We’ve come a long way: Maasik, p. 451
________________Constructing Race: Maasik, p. 541
________________In Living Color: Omi, p. 549
________________Working Class Whites: Price, p. 591
________________The Beauty Myth: Wolf, p. 486
________________Warrior Dreams: Gibson, p. 504
________________Being an Other: Algrantai, p. 613
________________One Nation: Brooks, p. 388
Week 7
Oct. 6, 8
SPEECH #2- Culture Speech
Week 8
Oct. 13, 15 No class- Oct. 13 & 14th
- Fall Break
Problem/Solution format
Week 9
Oct. 20,
22 Persuasion
Lenig 7, 10
Week 10
Oct. 27,
29 Persuasion, cont
Week 11
Nov. 3,
5
________________Video Dreams: Maasik, p. 209
________________The Hollywood Sign: Maasik, p. 299
________________Talk Show Furor: Stark, p. 263
________________Class and Virtue: Parenti, p. 368
________________The Postmorbid Condition: Sobchack, p. 372
________________WWF Wrestling: Jenkins, p. 524
________________Star Wars: Ealy, p. 326
________________Reality TV: Prose, p. 222
Week 12
Nov. 10, 12
SPEECH #3- Problem/Solution
Week 13
Nov. 17, 19
Advertising
Lenig 11
Week 14
Nov. 24, 26
Advertising, cont
________________Consuming Passions: Maasik, p. 65
________________Signs of Advertising: Maasik, p. 141
________________Signs of Shopping: Norton, p. 83
________________What’s in a package: Hine, p. 91
________________Semiotics of Home Décor: Kron, p. 109
________________Masters of Desire: Solomon, p. 409
________________Science of Shopping: Gladwell, p. 642
________________Kid Kustomers: Schlosser, p. 178
Week 15
Dec. 1, 3 SPEECH #4-
Sales
Week 16
Dec. 8
Course review
9-12 FINALS – Tentative!
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