110-12 Syllabus

Week One Homework (Due next class meeting)

3/29/2005

Introduction to course Reading and Writing About American Pop
Diagnostic Essay Culture, pp. 1-6
Fowles, “Advertising’s Fifteen Basic Appeals,”

pp. 78-96

3/31/2005 No Class- Cesar Chavez Day Hey, “Virtual Product Placement,” pp. 110-117
QA, 22a-22c, pp. 127-129 and 23a-23b, pp. 132- 133
Week Two - Advertising
4/5/2005 Responses Introduction to Television, pp. 158-159
Audience and Advertising Cantor, “The Simpsons: Atomistic Politics & the Nuclear Family,” pp. 208-255
Response #1

4/7/2005 Response #1 Due Frank, “The Evolution of the Seven Finding a Topic Deadly Sins: From God to the Simpsons,” Wapp. Watch The Simpsons 226-238
Response #2
Schlosser, FFN, Chapters 1-2
Week Three – Television
4/12/2005 Response #2 Kubey & Csikszentmihalyi, “Television Thesis Statements Addiction is No Mere Metaphor,” pp. 163-172
QA, 26a-26i, pp. 169-173
Thesis Statement

4/14/2005 Thesis Statement Due Waters, “Life According to TV,” pp 172-182
Critiques/Summaries Summary #1
Schlosser, FFN, Chapter 3
Week Four - Music
4/19/2005 Summary #1 Due Introduction to Music, pp. 242-243
Common Essay Burns, “Marilyn Manson and the Apt Pupils of Littleton,” pp.278-285
QA, 26a-26f, pp. 160-166
Critique (Rough Draft)
4/20/2005 Library Lab Begins

4/21/2005 Critique Due (Rough Draft) August, et. al. “Hip-Hop Nation: There’s More to Rap than Just Rhythms and Rhymes,” pp. 300-313
Schlosser, FFN, Chapters 4-5
Week Five - Sports
4/26/2005 Citations Introduction to Sports, pp. 423-424
Bibliographies Lim & Turco, “The Next Generation in Sport: Y,”
MLA Scavenger Hunt pp. 432-443
Working Bibliography

4/28/2005 Working Bibliography Due Rounds, “Why Men Fear Women’s MLA Bingo Teams,” pp. 443-450
Dowell, et. al., “Life on the Edge,” pp. 497-505
Critique (Final Draft)
Schlosser, FFN, 6-8

Week Six – The Internet
5/3/2005 Critique Due (Final) Introduction to Cyberculture, pp. 342-344 Annotations Gergen, “The Self in the Age of Information,” pp. 345-360
Annotated Bibliography

5/5/2005 Summary #2 Due Annotated Bibliography
Annotated Bibliography Rough Draft Introduction to the Movies, pp. 518-519
Schlosser, FFN, Chapter 9
Week Seven – The Movies
5/10/2005 Annotated Bibliography Due King, “Why We Crave Horror Movies, Paraphrases Intro. to Bibliographic Essay pp. 563-566
Telotte, “The Blair Witch Project Project,” pp. 576-591
Summary #3

5/12/2005 Summary #3 Due Harris, “The Witchcraft of Media
Bibliographic Essay Manipulation: Pamela and The Blair Witch Project,” pp. 591-625
Paraphrase
Schlosser, FFN, Chapter 10
Week Eight
5/17/2005 Paraphrase Due Bibliographic Essay

5/19/2005 Library Day Bibliographic Essay
Schlosser, FFN, Epilogue and Afterward
Week Nine
5/24/2005 Bibliographic Essay Due Rough Draft
Discuss Research Paper

5/26/2005 Conferences Rough Draft

Week Ten
5/31/2005 Conferences 2nd Rough Draft

6/2/2005 Peer Evaluations Final Revisions

Week Eleven
6/6/2005 Research Paper Due

6/7/2005 Final Exam Period 8:00-10:30