| _#_ | __DATE__ | ________________TOPIC________________ | _____READING_____ | ______ASSIGNMENTS______ |
| 01. | Sep. 02 | Introduction | ||
| MEDIA: Internet | ||||
| 02. | Sep. 07 | 5 Stages | Knightley 1 | Quiz #1 bonus |
| MEDIA: Internet | ||||
| 03. | Sep. 09 | Rise of Free Press | Knightley 1 | |
| MEDIA: Internet | ||||
| 04. | Sep. 12 | Photography | Knightley 2 | commentary 1 |
| MEDIA: early photographs | ||||
| 05. | Sep. 14 | A Nationalizing Power | Knightley 3-4 | Quiz #2 in class |
| MEDIA: Penny Press | ||||
| 06. | Sep. 16 | Birth of the Movies | Sklar 1-2 | |
| MEDIA: Lumiere, Edison films | ||||
| 07. | Sep. 19 | Birth of the Movies | Sklar 1-2 | commentary 2 |
| MEDIA: Great Train Robbery (1903) | ||||
| 08. | Sep. 21 | D. W. Griffith | Sklar 3-4 | |
| MEDIA: Birth of a Nation (1915) | ||||
| 09. | Sep. 23 | Hollywood | Sklar 3-4 | Quiz #3 bonus |
| MEDIA: Jezebel (1938) | ||||
| 10. | Sep. 26 | Movie Palace | Sklar 5-7 | commentary 3 |
| MEDIA: Jezebel (1938) | ||||
| 11. | Sep. 28 | Charlie Chaplin | Sklar 7 | Quiz #4 in class |
| MEDIA: Modern Times (1936) | ||||
| 12. | Sep. 30 | Talkies | Sklar 5-6 | |
| MEDIA: The Jazz Singer (1927) | ||||
| 13. | Oct. 03 | Newsreels | Sklar 8-9 | commentary 4 |
| MEDIA: Universal newsreels | ||||
| 14. | Oct. 05 | Golden Age | Sklar 8-9 | Quiz #5 bonus due 10th |
| MEDIA: newsreels | ||||
| 15. | Oct. 07 | Golden Age | Sklar 10-11 | no class meeting |
| MEDIA: Public Enemy (1931) | ||||
| 16. | Oct. 10 | Depression Age | Sklar 10-11 | commentary 5 |
| MEDIA: MGM (1992) | ||||
| 17. | Oct. 12 | Conservative Age | Sklar 12-14 | |
| MEDIA: MGM (1992) | ||||
| 18. | Oct. 14 | New Journalism | Nasaw 1-144 | Quiz #6 in class |
| MEDIA: Citizen Kane (1940) | ||||
| 19. | Oct. 17 | Hearst | Nasaw 145-276 | commentary 6 |
| MEDIA: Citizen Kane (1940) | ||||
| 20. | Oct. 19 | Hearst | Nasaw 277-422 | |
| MEDIA: Citizen Kane (1940) | ||||
| 21. | Oct. 21 | Hearst | Nasaw 423-526 | Quiz #7 in class |
| MEDIA: Citizen Kane (1940) | ||||
| 22. | Oct. 24 | New Media | Nasaw 527-607 | commentary 7 |
| MEDIA: Ramparts (1940) | ||||
| 23. | Oct. 26 | New Media | Knightley 5-6 | Quiz #8 bonus |
| MEDIA: Ramparts (1940) | ||||
| 24. | Oct. 28 | Phonography | Knightley 7 | |
| MEDIA: Jack Mulllin (1989) | ||||
| 25. | Oct. 31 | Magnetic Recording | Knightley 7 | commentary 8 |
| MEDIA: Voice of the Century (1999) | ||||
| 26. | Nov. 02 | March of Time | Knightley 8-9 | |
| MEDIA: March of Time (1935) | ||||
| 27. | Nov. 04 | March of Time | Knightley 8-9 | Quiz #9 bonus |
| MEDIA: March of Time (1935) | ||||
| 28. | Nov. 07 | Documentary | Knightley 10-11 | commentary 9 |
| MEDIA: We Work Again (1937) | ||||
| 29. | Nov. 09 | Life Begins | Knightley 10-11 | |
| MEDIA: Life magazine (1936) | ||||
| 30. | Nov. 11 | World War II | Knightley 12-13 | |
| MEDIA: Back Door to Tokyo (1944) | ||||
| 31. | Nov. 14 | Propaganda | Knightley 12-13 | commentary 10 |
| MEDIA: Leni Riefenstahl (1993) | ||||
| 32. | Nov. 16 | Radio | Barnouw 1-96 | Quiz #10 bonus |
| MEDIA: radio programs | ||||
| 33. | Nov. 18 | Live TV | Barnouw 97-218 | |
| MEDIA: KTLA (1947) | ||||
| 34. | Nov. 21 | Live TV | Barnouw 97-218 | commentary 11 |
| MEDIA: KTLA (1947) | ||||
| 35. | Nov. 23 | TV News | Barnouw 218-340 | Quiz #11 bonus |
| MEDIA: See It Now (1953) | ||||
| 36. | Nov. 28 | The Golden Age | Barnouw 218-340 | commentary 12 |
| MEDIA: Davy Crockett (1954) | ||||
| 37. | Nov. 30 | The Quiz Shows | Barnouw 218-340 | |
| MEDIA: Kitchen Debate (1959) | ||||
| 38. | Dec. 02 | Kennedy Watershed | Barnouw 341-490 | |
| MEDIA: Presidential Debate (1960) | ||||
| 39. | Dec. 05 | Postwar Hollywood | Barnouw 491-543 | commentary 13 |
| MEDIA: Them! (1954) | ||||
| 40. | Dec. 07 | Age of Paranoia | Barnouw 491-543 | extra credit due |
| MEDIA: Them! (1954) | ||||
| 41. | Dec. 09 | no class meeting | Quiz #12 bonus | |
| 42. | Dec. 12 | Vietnam | Knightley 16-17 | |
| MEDIA: Power of Pictures (1984) | ||||
| Dec. 19 | graduate commentary due | commentary 14 |