[Internet/Media]
PS 315: Internet and
          Media Politics		 Dr. Triebwasser
Spring 2003

 

Course Outline

 

Topics
  1. The New Technology
  2. Technology and Society
  3. Classical Capitalism vs. A Corporate Economy
  4. Historical Background
        The Telephone Industry
        The Computer Industry
        Radio and Television
        The Film Entertainment Industry
  5. Economic Concentration
  6. Centralized vs. Decentralized Approaches
  7. The Telecommunications Act of 1996
        103rd Congress (Democratic)
        104th Congress (Republican)
  8. Rate Deregulation: For Whom the Bells Toll
  9. The Effect of Television on Politics
  10. Manipulating the Media
  11. Community Organizing and the New Technologies
  12. Cyberporn, Censorship and Democracy
  13. Privacy, Encryption and National Security
  14. Future Business Models: Video Malls,
      Telecommuting, and Online Transactions
  15. Nanobucks: Copyrights, Clearinghouses
      and Intellectual Property
  16. The Future: Mass Society vs. A Networked Society

 

Required Reading

O'Reilly & Associates. Editors.  The Internet & Society.  Cambridge, MA:  Harvard University Press, 1997.

Barnouw, Erik, et al. Conglomerates and the Media.  New York: The New Press, 1997.

Bennett, Lance W.  News:  The Politics of Illusion.  Fifth Edition.  New York: Longman, 2002.

Mazzocco, Dennis W.  Networks of Power: Corporate TV's Threat to Democracy.  Boston: South End Press, 1994.

Xeroxed Material.
 

Evaluation

      Each student's performance will be judged on the basis of a midterm, a final examination, class participation, and a term project on an assigned topic. The term project may consist of a term paper, a multimedia computer presentation (including sufficient text), a series of Web pages (including sufficient text), etc.  The exact nature of the term project will be determined in conference between the student and the instructor.

      It is expected that students will keep up with the required reading whether or not a specific reading assignment is announced in class. This is particularly important since class discussion will be a major part of the course. Should class participation become particularly slack, unannounced quizzes may be given.
 

Office Hours

     Dr. Triebwasser's office is located in Room 010 in the basement of DiLoreto Hall. His office hours are from 1:00 to 2:00, 4:00 to 5:00, and 6:30 to 7:00 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays; and by appointment. If you cannot meet with Dr. Triebwasser during his scheduled office hours, do not hesitate to make an appointment with him. His office phone number is 832-2970, and his E-mail address is triebwasser@ccsu.edu.

BOOK LIST

Bagdikian, Ben. The Media Monopoly. Boston: Beacon Press, 1987.

Barbour, William.  Editor. Mass Media: Opposing Viewpoints. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, 1994.

Barnouw, Erik. Tube of Plenty. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990.

Bender, David L. Publisher. Are the Media Biased? San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, 1994. (Pamphlet.)

__________. Publisher. How Do the Media Affect Politics? San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, 1994. (Pamphlet.)

__________. Publisher. How Do the Media Influence Society? San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, 1994. (Pamphlet.)

__________. Publisher. Should the Media Be Regulated? San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, 1994. (Pamphlet.)

Bennett, W. Lance. News: The Politics of Illusion. Third Edition.  New York: Longman, Inc.,
1996.

Cohen, Jeff and Norman Solomon. Through the Media Looking Glass: Decoding Bias and Blather in the News. Monroe, ME: Common Courage Press, 1995.

Craig, Allen. Eisenhower and the Mass Media. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1993.

Croteau, David and William Homes. By Invitation Only: How the Media Limit Political Debate. Monroe, ME: Common Courage Press, 1994.

Dizard, Wilson P., Jr. The Coming Information Age. Third Edition. New York, NY: Longman, Inc., 1989.

Exoo, Calvin F. The Politics of the Mass Media. St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Company, 1994.

Graber, Doris A. Mass Media and American Politics. Washington, DC: CQ Press, 1993.

__________. Media Power In Politics. Third Edition, Washington, DC: CQ Press, 1994.

Herman, Edward S. Beyond Hypocrisy: Decoding the News in an Age of Propaganda. Boston, MA: South End Press, 1992.

Herman, Edward and Noam Chomsky. Manufacturing Consent. New York: Pantheon Books, 1988.

Kellner, Douglass. Television and the Crisis of Democracy. Boulder, CO: Westview, 1990.

Kerbel, Matthew Robert. Remote & Controlled. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1995.

Lee, Martin and Normon Solomon. Unreliable Sources. New York: Carol, 1990.

Maltese, John Anthony. Spin Control:The White House Office of Communications and the Management of Presidential News. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1992.

McLuhan, Marshall. Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964.

Nimmo, Dan. The Political Persuaders: The Techniques of Modern Electronic Campaigns. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1970.

Orr, Lisa. Editor. Censorship: Opposing Viewpoints. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, 1990.

Parenti, Michael. Inventing Reality: The Politics of News Media. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993.

Patterson, Thomas. Out of Order. New York: Vintage Books, 1994.

Schiller, Herbert. The Mind Managers. Boston: Beacon Press, 1973.

Seldes, George. Lords of the Press. New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1941.

__________. You Can't Print That! Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., 1929.

Wekesser, Carol Editor. Violence in the Media. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, 1995.

Winters, Paul A. Editor. The Media and Politics. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, 1996.
 
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