For tomorrow you will be reading a selection from Michael Schudson’s book Advertising, The Uneasy Persuasion: Its Dubious Impacts on American Society. (For those of you who don’t know, Schudson was a professor in our department until a couple years…
For Monday, here are the links to the “readings:” Required: On the Media (radio show) “The Shifting State of Internet Governance” Roni Jacobson, “Nobody is Neutral When It Comes to Net Neutrality” Whitney Erin Boesel “Almost Everything You Wanted to…
So we watched several videos this week, and I’m posting the links here in case you want to view them again. In the case of the McLuhan video I strongly suggest you view it again (hint, hint). Marshall McLuhan Interview…
Please review the prompt for the Blog assignment The basics: Write a post for the blog. Follow the conventions of blogging (e.g. use hyperlinks, tags, etc.). You may be wondering, What should I write about? Well, it’s up to…
For Thursday’s lecture I’ve assigned Jürgen Habermas’s famous essay “The Public Sphere: An Encyclopedia Article.” As you follow the his history of the public sphere, look out for and think about a couple things. What were the social conditions that…
Sorry for posting this late. You should already be working on it. Please review the prompt for the media diary. The basics: Record all media use Tuesday morning to Friday night. Write a three page reflection of your media use…
For Wednesday’s lecture we’ll be finishing up on Marshall McLuhan and Understanding Media and moving on to discussing the early history of communications research. Some things to look for in the Czitrom selection you’ll be reading: Pay attention to the…
For tomorrow you will be reading the first half of Dominc Boyer’s Understanding Media. Here are some things to think about and look for to help guide your reading. Look for the historical continuity in McLuhan’s claim the “the medium…
This is the official course blog for COMM 100C “Social Formations” during Summer Session II at UC San Diego. COMM 100C is A critical introduction to structures of communication formed across the intersections of the state, economy, and civil society.…
Hello COMM 100C students, I realize many of you have never used a WordPress site before. You should find it fairly easy to navigate, but in case you want some help take a look at these tutorials. If you just…