JRN 1001-01
Tentative Fall Schedule
The following tentative schedule will be adjusted as needed as media professionals or videos become available. Test will include questions about speakers, videos and additional assigned reading, as well as text material assigned below and material discussed or viewed in class, including student presentations.
| WEEK 1 | |
| Tuesday, Aug. 21 | Orientation. Class Outline. Introductions. Newspaper
Preference Sheets Assign: Read Chapter 1 |
| Thursday, Aug. 23 | Newspaper assignments. Assign media impact report (life without media) due during Week 3. Begin discussion of role, impact, power of media. Define mass communication. Chapter 1. |
| WEEK 2 | |
| Monday, Aug. 27 | IV Leader Staff meeting; noon in C-325. |
| Tuesday, Aug. 28 | Continue discussion of media role, impact, power of media. |
| Thursday, Aug. 30 | Discuss media impact theories. Assign media professional interview report due at end of semester. |
| WEEK 3 | |
| Monday, Sept. 3 | Labor Day. No classes. College closed |
| Tuesday, Sept. 4 | More on media impact. Begin discussion of media effects, research, Ch. 13, as time allows. |
| Wednesday, Sept. 5 | Copy deadline for IV Leader. |
| Thursday, Sept. 6 | Media impact reports due. Discuss reports in class. Discuss media effects, research. Ch. 13. Review for Test 1. IV Leader layout |
| WEEK 4 | |
| Tuesday, Sept. 11 | Assign media regulation report due week of Sept. 24. TEST 1 |
| Thursday, Sept. 13 | Discuss freedom of the press, historic attempts to restrict
press freedom. Chapter 14. IV Leader publication date. Assign stories for second edition of IV Leader |
| WEEK 5 | |
| Tuesday, Sept. 18 | Introduce group projects. Submit topic preference sheets. Discuss media law. Chapter 14 |
| Thursday, Sept. 20 | Continue media law discussion. |
| WEEK 6 | |
| Tuesday, Sept. 25 | Assign group projects. MEDIA REGULATION REPORTS DUE THIS WEEK Discuss media ownership, performance. Chapter 12. |
| Wednesday, Sept. 26 | Copy deadline for IV Leader |
| Thursday, Sept. 28 | Project groups meet. Assign
print media history report due week of Oct. 22. IV Leader layout |
| WEEK 7 | |
| Tuesday, Oct. 2 | Project groups meet. Discuss media ownership, performance issues. Review for exam. |
| Thursday, Oct. 4 | TEST 2. IV Leader publication date. |
| WEEK 8 | |
| Tuesday, Oct. 9 | Start discussion of media history. Ch. 3, Newspapers. Assign IV Leader stories for third issue. |
| Thursday, Oct. 11 | Project groups meet. Finish discussion of newspaper history, wire services, photography. |
| Friday, Oct. 12 | Midterm break college closed. |
| WEEK 9 | |
| Tuesday, Oct. 16 | Discuss history of radio, Ch. 6. |
| Wednesday, Oct. 17 | IV Leader copy deadline |
| Thursday, Oct. 18 | Project groups meet. IV Leader layout. |
| WEEK 10 | |
| Tuesday, Oct. 23 | Project groups meet. MEDIA HISTORY REPORT DUE THIS WEEK. Assign online media reports. |
| Thursday, Oct. 25 | Discuss history of media. Magazines, Ch.
4 and advertising, Ch. 10 . IV Leader publication. IV Leader stories assigned for fourth edition. |
| WEEK 11 | |
| Tuesday, Oct. 30 | Discuss history of media. Film, Ch. 7 |
| Thursday, Nov. 1 | Continue discussion of film. Project groups meet. |
| WEEK 12 | |
| Tuesday, Nov. 6 | Project groups meet. Discuss history of media. Television, Ch. 8. |
| Wednesday, Nov. 7 | IV Leader deadline |
| Thursday, Nov. 8 | Group project practice presentations. IV Leader layout. |
| Friday, Nov. 9 | Last day for student withdrawal. |
| WEEK 13 | |
| Monday, Nov. 12 | College closed for observation of Veterans Day. |
| Tuesday, Nov. 13 | No classes. Faculty/Staff Professional Enrichment Day |
| Thursday, Nov. 15 | Group projects presented in class (1/2 today). IV Leader publication. IV Leader assignments for final issue of semester |
| WEEK 14 | |
| Tuesday, Nov. 20 | Group projects presented in class (1/2 today). Assign online media reports. |
| Wednesday, Nov. 21 through Friday, Nov. 23 |
Thanksgiving break. College closed. |
| WEEK 15 | |
| Tuesday, Nov. 27 | Discuss history of media.
Digital, Ch. 9. Assign International Media report. Report on Interview
with Media Professional due this week. Discuss projects. |
| Wednesday, Nov. 28 | IV Leader deadline |
| Thursday, Nov. 29 | Discuss online media reports. IV Leader layout |
| WEEK 16 | |
| Tuesday, Dec. 4 | Discuss International Media, press theories, Ch. 16. |
| Thursday, Dec. 6 | International Media Reports due. Continue discussion of press theories. IV Leader publication |
| WEEK 17 | |
| Tuesday, Dec. 11 | Exam review. |
| Thursday, Dec. 13 | Final exam 9-11 a.m. |