schedule last updated: January 04, 2008 10:04 PM

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ORIENTATION - NO CLASSES

• Course overview, review of syllabus, introductions

• Discussion of experiences in Puerto Rico

TOPIC:  INTRODUCTION TO MASS MEDIA SYSTEMS

Have read for today:

• Chapter 1:  Introduction in "Comparing Media from Around the World" (p. 1-13)

• Chapter 2:  Climate of Globalization in "Comparing Media from Around the World" (p 14-31)

• Take-Home Reading Quiz #1 due at the beginning of class today
• Student Information Form due today

TOPIC:  GLOBALIZATION & CONGLOMERATION

• Watch "Commercials from Around the World" in class today (run time: 60 minutes)

Have read for today:

• Chapter 3:  Elements of a Media Systems in "Comparing Media from Around the World" (p. 32-38)

• Chapter 1:  Living with the Media - Voices from Around the World in "The No-Nonsense Guide to Global Media" (p. 10-13)

• Chapter 2:  Global Media in "The No-Nonsense Guide to Global Media" (p. 14-36)

• Take-Home Reading Quiz #2 due at the beginning of class today

TOPIC:  MASS MEDIA IN BRAZIL AND OTHER SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES

Have read for today:

• What Prevents Cable TV from Taking Off in Brazil? (article provided on the ship's Intranet)

• Mass Media in Brazil:  Modernization to Prevent Change in "Latin Politics, Global Media" (p. 38-46) (reading provided on the ship's Intranet)

• In Journalism We Trust?  Credibility and Fragmented Journalism in Latin America in "Mass Media and Political Communication in New Democracies" (p. 76-91) (reading provided on the ship's Intranet)

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• Essay #1 due today

• Discussion of field journals and experiences in Brazil

TOPIC:  PHILOSOPHIES OF MASS MEDIA

Have read for today:

• Chapter 3:  The Howling, Brawling, Global Marketplace - Political Economy in "The No-Nonsense Guide to Global Media" (p. 37-59)

• Chapter 5: Philosophies for Media Systems in "Comparing Media from Around the World" (p. 71-84)

• Field journal from Brazil due today
• Take-Home Reading Quiz #3 due at the beginning of class today

NO CLASSES

Have read for today:

• Chapter 6:  Regulation of Media in "Comparing Media from Around the World" (p. 88-115)

• Take-Home Reading Quiz #4 due at the beginning of class today

TOPIC:  MEDIA FINANCING

Have read for today:

• Chapter 7: Financing of Media in "Comparing Media from Around the World" (p. 118-134)

• Take-Home Reading Quiz #5 due at the beginning of class today

TOPIC:  MASS MEDIA IN SOUTH AFRICA AND OTHER AFRICAN COUNTRIES

Have read for today:

• How Good is the South African Media for Democracy?  Mapping the South African Public Sphere After Apartheid in “Media, Identity and the Public Sphere in Post-Apartheid South Africa" (p. 41-64) (reading provided on the ship’s Intranet)

• Where the Global Meets the Local:  South African Youth and their Experience of Global Media in “Global Media Studies:  Ethnographic Perspectives” (p. 234-256) (reading provided on the ship’s Intranet)

• Conflicts of Interest?  Debating the Media's Role in Post-Apartheid South Africa in “Mass Media and Political Communication in New Democracies” (p. 59-75) (reading provided on the ship’s Intranet)

• Media of South Africa

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• Take-Home Reading Quiz #6 due at the beginning of class today

NO CLASSES

• Discussion of field journals and experiences in South Africa

TOPIC:  TECHNOLOGY

Have read for today:

• Chapter 4:  The Rise of the Machines - Technology in "The No-Nonsense Guide to Global Media" (p. 60-80)

• The Internet:  An Instrument of Americanization? in “Global America?  The Cultural Consequences of Globalization” (p. 235-253) (reading provided on the ship’s Intranet)

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• Field journal from South Africa due today
• Take-Home Reading Quiz #7 due at the beginning of class today

Have read for today:

• Chapter 8:  Accessibility of Media in "Comparing Media from Around the World" (p. 137-181)

• Chapter 7:  For a Better Media World in "The No-Nonsense Guide to Global Media" (p. 127-141)

• Essay #2 due today

NO CLASSES

• Discussion of field journals and experiences in Mauritius
• Review for midterm exam (Use take-home quizzes #1-7 as study guides & review class notes)

TOPIC:  MEDIA CONTENT

Have read for today:

• Chapter 9: Media Content in "Comparing Media from Around the World" (p. 185-245)

• Field journal from Mauritius due today
• Take-Home Reading Quiz #8 due at the beginning of class today

• Midterm Exam

TOPIC:  MASS MEDIA IN INDIA

• Watch "Larger Than Life:  India's Bollywood Film Culture" in class today (run time: 57 minutes)

Have read for today:

• Gandhian Journalism and the Journalism of the 21st Century in “Mass Communication in India:  A Sociological Perspective” (p. 80-105) (reading provided on the ship’s Intranet)

• Television:  An Endless Parade in “Mass Communication in India:  A Sociological Perspective” (p. 147-163) (reading provided on the ship’s Intranet)

• Media in India

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• Take-Home Reading Quiz #9 due at the beginning of class today

NO CLASSES

• Discussion of field journals and experiences in India

TOPIC:  MASS MEDIA IN MALAYSIA

Have read for today:

• The Structure of the Media Industry:  Implications for Democracy in “Democracy in Malaysia:  Discourses and Practices” (p. 111-137) (reading provided on the ship’s Intranet)

• Out in Front:  Government Regulation of Television in Malaysia in “Television, Regulation and Civil Society in Asia” (p. 80-96) (reading provided on the ship’s Intranet)

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• Field journal from India due today
• Take-Home Reading Quiz #10 due at the beginning of class today

• Discussion of field journals and experiences in Malaysia

TOPIC:  NEWS REPORTING

Have read for today:

• Chapter 10: News Reporting in "Comparing Media from Around the World" (p. 249-301)

• Field journal from Malaysia due today

• Take-Home Reading Quiz #11 due at the beginning of class today

TOPIC:  MASS MEDIA IN VIETNAM

Have read for today:

• Cultural Regulation and Advertising in ASEAN:  An Analysis of Singapore and Vietnam in "Asian Media Productions” (p. 75-86) (reading provided on the ship’s Intranet)

• Media of Vietnam

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• Take-Home Reading Quiz #12 due at the beginning of class today

• Discussion of field journals and experiences in Vietnam

TOPIC:  MASS MEDIA IN CHINA

Have read for today:

• Cultural Characteristics of China section of Chapter 4 in "Comparing Media from Around the World" (p. 58-61)

• Americanization, Westernization and Sinification:  Modernization or Globalization in China in “Global America?  The Cultural Consequences of Globalization" (p. 134-149) (reading provided on the ship’s Intranet)

• Civil Society, Regulatory Space and Cultural Authority in China's Television Industry in “Television, Regulation and Civil Society in Asia" (p. 169-187) (reading provided on the ship’s Intranet)

• Media of the People's Republic of China

• Media of Hong Kong

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• Field journal from Vietnam due today
• Take-Home Reading Quiz #13 due at the beginning of class today

• Discussion of field journals and experiences in China

TOPIC:  MASS MEDIA IN JAPAN

Have read for today:

• Consumption, Modernity and Japanese Cultural Identity:  The Limits of Americanization? in “Global America?  The Cultural Consequences of Globalization” (p. 114-133) (reading provided on the ship’s Intranet)

• Sliding Back the Screens:  Civil Society and the Erosion of Bureaucratic Control of Television in Japan in “Television, Regulation and Civil Society in Asia" (p. 205-225) (reading provided on the ship’s Intranet)

• Japanese media

• Mass Media and Politics in Japan

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• Field journal from China due today

• Discussion of field journals and experiences in Japan

TOPIC:  CENSORSHIP

Have read for today:

• Chapter 6: Media and Society in "The No-Nonsense Guide to Global Media" (p. 107-126)

• Field journal from Japan due today

TOPIC:  MASS MEDIA IMPORTS AND EXPORTS

Have read for today:

• Chapter 11:  Media Imports and Exports in "Comparing Media from Around the World" (p. 303-325)

• Take-Home Reading Quiz #14 due at the beginning of class today

TOPIC:  MEDIA AUDIENCES

• Course evaluations

Have read for today:

• Chapter 12:  Media Audiences in “Comparing Media from Around the World” (p. 327-354)

• Chapter 5: Art and Audience  in “The No-Nonsense Guide to Global Media” (p. 82-106)

• Essay #3 due today

TOPIC:  WRAP-UP

• Review for final exam (Use take-home quizzes #8-15 as study guides & review class notes)

Have read for today:

• Chapter 13:  Conclusion in “Comparing Media from Around the World” (p. 357-361)

• Global Media, Cultural Change and the Transformation of the Local:  The Contribution of Cultural Studies to a Sociology of Hybrid Formations in “Global America?  The Cultural Consequences of Globalization” (p. 206-221) (reading provided on the ship’s Intranet)

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• Take-Home Reading Quiz #15 due at the beginning of class today