| Date | Topic | Reading Assignments |
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| Aug 22 | Introduction: Communication in/as History Critical Research Agendas |
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| Aug 29 | What is History? |
Nerone, "The future of communication history
Carr, "The Historian and His Facts Bloch, "History, Men, and Time (Pages 24-5 included) |
| Sep 5 | History as method
Affirmative Axioms for Question-Making |
Marius and Page, All Tankel,"The Impact of The Jazz Singer on the conversion of sound" |
| Sep 12 | GROUP MEETING TIME | |
| Sep 19 | Critical Research and Theory | Berry, Radical Mass Media Criticism: An Introduction Theobald, The Intellectual Tradition of Radical Mass Media Criticism: A Framework |
| Sep 26 | What is History Now? | Cannadine (All: emphasis on Cultural History chapter) |
| Oct 3 | Habermas and the Public Sphere: History as Communication Analysis | Habermas, Institutions of the Public Sphere Kellner, Habermas, the public sphere, and democracy: A critical intervention |
| Oct 10 | Omnibus Lecture: Carl Bernstein | |
| Oct 17 | Frankfurt School: Communication theory in context |
Adorno and Horkheimer, The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Deception (excerpt) Adorno, Sociology of Knowledge and Its Consciousness Marcuse, Some Social Implications of Modern Technology |
| Oct 24 | Logic and Argument in Historiography | Conclusion from David Hackett Fisher, Historians' Fallacies
J.H. Hexter, "The rhetoric of history" (from Doing History) Research Paper Progress Reports |
| Oct 31 | Presentations on Research: Update on group projects |
No readings |
| Nov 7 | History and Revisionism |
Louise Benjamin, In Search of Sarnoff's Music Box Memo
Louise Benjamin, Nally's Reply |
| Nov 14 | History and the Media Class Screening: World at War | excerpt from Colin McArthur, Television and History (British Film Institute Monograph 8, 1978) |
| Nov 28 | Research Presentations: Projects | |
| Dec 5 | Research Presentations: Projects | |
| Wednesday Dec. 12, 6:15-8:15 p.m. | Final Discussion |
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| Date(s) | Calendar Item |
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| Aug. 20 | Classes Begin |
| Aug. 20-24 | Late Registration and Drop/Add |
| Aug. 24 | Final Payment Deadline (late registrants) |
| Aug. 26 | Last Day for Full Refund (for full-term classes) |
| Aug. 24 | Weekend Classes Begin |
| Aug. 31 | Labor Day Holiday Recess Begins at 4:30 p.m. |
| Sept. 4 | Classes Resume |
| Sept. 17 | Pass/Not Pass and Audit-to-Credit Deadline |
| Oct. 8-9 | Fall Recess |
| Oct. 10 | Classes Resume |
| Oct. 26 | Credit-to-Audit Deadline |
| Oct. 26 | Last Day to Withdraw from Classes (for full-term classes) |
| Nov. 20 | Thanksgiving Recess Begins after Last Class |
| Nov. 26 | Classes Resume |
| Dec. 10-16 | Last Week of Classes and Final Exams |
| Dec. 16 | Classes and Final Exams End |
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