Communication 110 - Simon Fraser University



Communication 110: Introduction to Communication Studies

Fall, 2007 [1077]

Lecture Topics and Readings

|September 4: |Introduction to Course |

|Readings: | |

|No readings assigned this week. Make sure you come to class having completed the assigned readings for that week. |

|September 11: |Communication Studies in Context: Models, Methods, Meanings |

|Readings: | |

|Miller, K., Conceptual Foundations. |

|Postman, N., The Judgment of Thamus |

|September 18: |Language and Culture |

|Readings: | |

|Fischer, S., Scripting the Future |

|Hall, E. T., Monochronic and Polychronic Time |

|September 25: |Issues in History of Communication: The Question of Orality |

|Readings: | |

|Fernback, J., Legends on the Net |

|Levitt, S. and S. Dubner, How is the Ku Klux Klan Like a Group of Real-Estate Agents? |

|October 2: |Marshall McLuhan: Medium Theory in Communication Studies |

|Readings: | |

|Morrison, J., Marshall McLuhan: The Modern Janus |

|McLuhan, M., The Medium is the Message |

|October 9: |Consciousness and Society: Communication & Theories of the Self |

|Readings: | |

|Mead, G. H., Thought as Internalized Conversation |

|Eisenberg, E., Building a Mystery:Toward a New Theory of Communication & Identity |

|Sweetman, P., Anchoring the (Postmodern) Self? |

|October 16: |Making Meanings: Encoding and Decoding Messages |

|Readings: | |

|Kingwell, M., Fear & Loathing in Couchland: Eights Myths About Television |

|Doyle, A., An Alternative Current in Surveillance and Control |

|Chandler, D., Semiotics: The Basics |

|October 23: |Mid-Term Exam |

|October 30: |Communication and Popular Culture |

|Readings: | |

|Inglis, D., ‘High,’ ‘Popular,’ and ‘Low’ Cultures in Everyday Life |

|O’Brien, S. et. al., The History of Popular Culture |

|November 6: |The New Media: Technology and Social Relations |

|Readings: | |

|Castells, M. The Culture of Real Virtuality |

|Franklin, U., The Real World of Technology |

|Pecora, V., The Culture of Surveillance |

|November 13: |Communication, Culture and the Cinema |

|Readings: | |

|Turner, G., Film Languages |

|MacKinnon, K., Masculinity in the Movies |

|November 20: |Political Economy and Communication |

|Readings: | |

|Heath, J. et. al., I Hate Myself and I Want to Buy |

|Paterson, M., You Are What you Buy: Theories of the Consumer |

|Strinati, D., The Frankfurt School |

|November 27: |Conclusions, Summaries, & Final Thoughts |

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