Course overview:
- Third time taught
- Critical Thinking of News Media in our
society
- History of Propaganda
- Develop Skills and Methods to detect and
classify propaganda and media persuasion
- Develop Principles of Journalism - what
the media and citizens should be doing - the role of
media in a democratic society
Read the Syllabus!
http://www.uvm.edu/~jleonard/CDAE195spring2017/CALS195PropagandaCourseSpring2017Syllabus.html
Listen to NPR's "On the
Media The Game Has Changed". Pay particular attention
to the taxonomy of Trump's Tweets by George
Lakoff. Write a two-to-three page reflection
paper: Describe what you heard, summarize the important
points, write what you think - do you
agree/disagree? Was this helpful in deconstructing
and understanding the media? Due Monday Jan 23 printed
on paper at the beginning of class.
Read BLUR chapters 2-3 (pages 12-56) by next
week (Mon. Jan 23) - take notes on the reading, and
re-write your notes. Exam Week of Feb 27.
React to NYT
Magazine Article "The Problem With
'Self-Investigation' in a Post-Truth Era": Form small
groups (3-4 students). Go paragraph by paragraph:
-Any words you are not familiar with - look them up
-What is the main point of the paragraph
-What struck or surprised you about the paragraph
-Do you agree, disagree, feel neutral about what is in
the paragraph
-Share you thoughts with the class
In-class writing (10:50-11:10): Please write
Your Name, the questions, and then the answers
below each question.
- What is propaganda? (your opinion - do not look this
up)
-Where/How do you get your news of world and local
current events?
-How much time per day do you pay attention to world and
local current events?
-List the apps you use most often on your smart phone:
-List the apps you use most often on your computer:
Media Inventory Log Assignment (10% of
course grade):
Record all media you consume for one week
- from now () until beginning of our
class (10:50am). The assignment will
be due on at the beginning of our
class.
Bring this with you at all times for the
next week and enter the information by
hand. You should record what you
listened to, watched, browsed, or read,
and for how long. Include
information like type of movie watched
(drama, comedy, etc.), and whether there
were propaganda words used and
(unasked for) advertising that you were
exposed to.
TOTAL your media usage in minutes for each
media category at the bottom of each media
log page.
Calculate and estimated Cost of the media
per month using the last sheet.
Write a reflection paper (at least one to
three full pages) where you describe the
process – what it was like for you to
complete the assignment, and the
results. Do an analysis: what did
you find interesting, what was unexpected,
will this change the way you look at your
media usage or your behavior? Which
media is most important to you and
why? What do you think about unasked
for advertising that you saw or heard?