Syllabus: We will try to stick as close to this schedule as possible. It is expected that readings will be finished on the date assigned. Due Dates for assignments and exam dates will not be changed. Missed assignments or exercises cannot be made up and will receive a "0".

Aug 26: Course Introduction

Aug 28: The Public Sphere

Habermas, "The Public Sphere" (Reader 1-4)

Aug 30: The Public Sphere (Continued)

Sep 2 : (LABOR DAY - No Class)

Sep 4: Introduction to Political Economy: Who Owns the
Media?

Cohen and Solomon, selections (Reader 5-15)

Sep 6: Who Owns the Media? (cont.)

Sep 9: Chomsky's Propaganda Model

Herman and Chomsky, "A Propaganda Model" (Reader 16-33)

Sep 11: Propaganda (cont.)

Sep 13: Propaganda Case Study: Panama

Video, "The Panama Deception"

Sep 16: Panama (cont.)

Sep 18: Propaganda and the "Big Lie"

"Lying for a Living" (Reader 34-43)

Sep 20: The "Issues": Affirmative Action

Reader, 44-54

Sep 23:CLASS CANCELLED (Yom Kippur Holiday)

Sep 25: Ideology and Power

Chomsky, Deterring Democracy, Ch. 12 (351-405)
RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT #1 DUE

Sep 27: Ideology and Power (cont.)

Sep 30: Public Relations: Theory and Practice

Stauber and Rampton, 1-46

Oct 2: Public Relations: Case Studies

Stauber and Rampton, 47-142

Oct 4: Advertising the President

Jamieson, Intro & Chapter 1 (to p. 38)

Oct 7: The President: 1980-1988

Jamieson, 378-484

Oct 9: The President 1980-1988 (cont.)

Oct 11: The President: 1992

Jamieson, 485-523

Oct 14: EXAM

Oct 16: Buying the President

Lewis (complete)

Oct 18: Buying the President (cont.)

Oct 21: The Candidates, the Issues, and the Scandals: 1996 (Yawn)

Reader, 55-73

Oct 23: (continued)

Oct 25: The California Ballot

Read California Ballot

RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT #2 DUE

Oct 30: STUDENT PRESENTATIONS

Nov 1: STUDENT PRESENTATIONS

Nov 4: STUDENT PRESENTATIONS

Nov 6: The Aftermath: Post-Election Day Discussion

Nov 8: Pundits and Political Power

Cohen and Solomon, selections (Reader, 74-81)

Nov 11: Crime or Repression? the Prisons and the Drug War

Chomsky, Deterring Democracy, Chapter 4

Nov 13: Crime or Repression? Some Examples

Reader, 82-99

Nov 15: The Torture Lobby: Supplying Repression

Stauber and Rampton, 143-178

Nov 18: The Torture Lobby and War in the Gulf

Chomsky, Deterring Democracy, 179-214

Nov 20: War in the Gulf (cont.)

Video TBA

Nov 22: Public Relations Redux: Stopping the Madness?

Stauber and Rampton, 179-214
Video (?)
RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT #3 DUE

Nov 25: CLASS CANCELLED

Nov 27: STUDENT PRESENTATIONS

Nov 29: THANKSGIVING VACATION - NO CLASS

Dec 2: STUDENT PRESENTATIONS

FINAL PAPERS DUE NO LATER THAN 5PM DEC. 2!!!

Dec 4: STUDENT PRESENTATIONS & WRAP-UP