Class Schedule

Date	Topic	Reading Assignment
January 12	Introduction and Definitions Current Issues in Telecommunications Policy	Murdoch (PBS documentary on Rupert Murdoch, somewhat dated)
January 19	The Three Conceptualizations of Communication, Society and Technology Technology and Policy Current Issues in Telecommunications Policy	Napoli, Chap 2-3 McChesney, Chap 1 Pool, The Shadow Darkens Chapter 1, Technologies of Freedom
January 26	First Amendment Public Interest and The Marketplace of Ideas Current Issues in Telecommunications Policy	Napoli, Chaps 4-7 Paul Jones, Democratic Norms and Means of Communication: Public Sphere, Fourth Estate, Freedom of Communication
February 2	Universal Service Localism Making Policy Current Issues in Telecommunications Policy Research Paper Topic Due	Napoli, Chaps 8-11
February 9	Making Policy: Case Studies Broadcasting 1920-1930s Telecommunications Act of 1996 Current Issues in Telecommunications Policy	McChesney, "The debate over broadcast communication policy, 1930-1935" Aufderheide, Communication policy and the public interest: The Telecommunications Act of 1996
February 16	Current Issues in Telecommunications Policy Politics and Policy: Television Journalism and the consequences of media policy	Christopher Yoo, The role of policy and politics in television regulation Thomas Hazlett, All broadcast regulations politics are local: A response to Christopher Yoo's model of broadcast regulation McChesney, Chaps 2-3
February 23	Current Issues in Telecommunications Policy Hypercommercialism and the Market: The policy paradox Policy Team Meetings with Instructor Graduate Team Meetings with Instructor	McChesney, Chaps 4-5
March 2	The Media Reform Uprising of 2003 New Approaches to Media Policy Current Issues in Telecommunications Policy Preliminary Bibliography and Outline Due	McChesney, Chaps 6-7 Napoli, Chap 12
March 9	Spring Break
March 16	Policy Team Meetings Graduate Team Meetings
March 23	Policy Team Meetings with Instructor
Mar 30	Policy Team Meetings First Draft of Research Paper Due
April 6	Technology and Public Policy	Gigi Sohn, Copyright Reform: The Next Battle for the Media Reform Movement Lawrence Lessig, Some Like it Hot
April 13	Media, Democracy, and Public Policy	The Propaganda Model Building the US Media Reform Movement (McChesney and Nichols)
April 20	Globalism, Economics, and Public Policy	Winners and Losers in the Information Age Global Networks
April 27	Policy Team Presentations Research Paper Due
May 4 6:15-8:15 p.m.	Final Exams Due Policy Team Presentations (if necessary)