Course Schedule:
Unit 2: Manufacturing Consent
(1917-1944)
Week 6: "Consumerism, the 1920s, and the New Media," Feb 12 & 14
Tuesday: Lecture on: #consumerism and #publicrelations
Discussion of:
Text: Public Opinion by Walter Lippman AND Lippman_vs_Dewey.pdf
Thursday:
Time-Machine Millionaire, "Twitter and the #ManufactureofConsent"
"Concept Lab: News Literacy"
**Assignment Due Date: Watch the documentary "A Century of Self, Part 1." Your reflection will be due in two weeks (Feb 24). Follow the basic outline mentioned in the syllabus: Start with a page summary of the documentary (eg: What was the role of psychoanalysis in creating a consumer market? What changed in the 1920s?). The second page should connect the film with concepts, hashtags, and historic events explored in lectures and in our weekly readings.
Week 7: "Depression & The New Media,” Feb 19 & 21
Tuesday:
Lecture: "Depression & The New Deal"
Discussion:
Text: Orvell, The Real Thing
Primary Source: James Agee, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
Primary Source: Walker Evans, WPA Photographs
Thursday:
Time-Machine Millionaire "Twitter in the News"
Week 8: "Great Depression, #ManufactureofConsent and World War II" Feb 26 & 28
Tuesday:
Lecture "FDR and the Great Depression"
Concept Lab: "Photo Literacy"
Primary Source: Walker Evans, WPA Photographs
Thursday:
Lecture: "World War II: Citizenship Under Fire." Powerpoint Presentation HERE
Text 4 Discussion: Bess, Moral Dimensions.
(The sound clip below is for me to use in the lecture; you don't need to listen to it before class).
Tuesday: Lecture on: #consumerism and #publicrelations
Discussion of:
Text: Public Opinion by Walter Lippman AND Lippman_vs_Dewey.pdf
Thursday:
Time-Machine Millionaire, "Twitter and the #ManufactureofConsent"
"Concept Lab: News Literacy"
**Assignment Due Date: Watch the documentary "A Century of Self, Part 1." Your reflection will be due in two weeks (Feb 24). Follow the basic outline mentioned in the syllabus: Start with a page summary of the documentary (eg: What was the role of psychoanalysis in creating a consumer market? What changed in the 1920s?). The second page should connect the film with concepts, hashtags, and historic events explored in lectures and in our weekly readings.
Week 7: "Depression & The New Media,” Feb 19 & 21
Tuesday:
Lecture: "Depression & The New Deal"
Discussion:
Text: Orvell, The Real Thing
Primary Source: James Agee, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
Primary Source: Walker Evans, WPA Photographs
Thursday:
Time-Machine Millionaire "Twitter in the News"
Week 8: "Great Depression, #ManufactureofConsent and World War II" Feb 26 & 28
Tuesday:
Lecture "FDR and the Great Depression"
Concept Lab: "Photo Literacy"
Primary Source: Walker Evans, WPA Photographs
Thursday:
Lecture: "World War II: Citizenship Under Fire." Powerpoint Presentation HERE
Text 4 Discussion: Bess, Moral Dimensions.
(The sound clip below is for me to use in the lecture; you don't need to listen to it before class).