"Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative."
-- Oscar Wilde
ABOUT
THIS COURSE: In the early 21st century, the new is becoming old at a dizzying speed, and perhaps nowhere is the pace of change faster than with our forms of communication. For imaginative scholars, this perpetual abundance of untilled ground is a good -- if potentially intimidating -- thing. In this course, we will explore communication technology, primarily the Internet, in the context of meaning for audiences, producers, and society in general. We will survey a range of intellectual approaches to this inquiry. Our goals include:
* Examining the nature of changing communication forms and their implications from a variety of perspectives, dictated largely by your interests, backgrounds, and areas of expertise.
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* Conducting research into a specific area related to communication and change, resulting in a completed academic paper suitable for conference presentation and/or publication in a scholarly journal.
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| REQUIRED BOOKS: |
Society Online: The Internet in Context
Philip N. Howard and Steve Jones (Sage, 2004)
Web Theory: An Introduction
Robert Burnett and P. David Marshall (Routledge, 2003)
On the Internet
Hubert L. Dreyfus (Routledge, 2001)
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| RECOMMENDED BOOK: |
Communication as Culture: Essays on Media and Society
James W. Carey (New York: Routledge, 1992)
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Additional readings will be required each week. Some will come from Jane, but you also will be responsible for selecting relevant class readings for course topics. Details are provided below.
Readings
on reserve in the Journalism Resource Center also are available
online through ICON, the University's course management system.
Sign on using your HawkID. |
| INSTRUCTOR: |
Dr. Jane B. Singer
W341 Adler Journalism Building
335-3431
jane-singer@uiowa.edu
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| Office hours: |
2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays
9 to 11 a.m. Wednesdays
Or by appointment
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| About your instructor: |
Jane's research is primarily in the area of online journalism, particularly the sociology and norms of online news work. Her recent articles have appeared in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism, and Journalism Studies. Before her life as an academic, she had 15 years experience as a print and online journalist, working as a reporter and editor at three East Coast newspapers before joining CBS in 1982 as an editor of its fledgling online service. That project evolved into the Prodigy Services Company, and she was Prodigy's first news manager. Jane holds a Ph.D. in journalism from the University of Missouri; an M.A. in liberal studies from New York University; and a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Georgia. A former division officer of AEJMC, she remains active in that organization and is a charter member of the Journalism Studies Interest Group in ICA. |
| SCHOOL INFORMATION: |
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Main office: E305 Adler Journalism Building
Office phone: 335-3401 (Lynne Richey or Rosemary Zimmerman)
Director: Pam Creedon, E305B Adler Journalism Building
335-3482; pam-creedon@uiowa.edu
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| LEARNING ENABLEMENT: |
Jane would like to hear from anyone who has a disability that may require modification of seating, grading or other class requirements so appropriate arrangements may be made. Please see Jane after class or during office hours, or make an appointment for an alternate time. |
| CLASS
POLICIES: |
Attendance: This is a once-a-week doctoral seminar, so class participation, including leadership of discussions and presentation of original ideas, are important components. In case of a dire emergency that prevents your being with us, please let Jane know the reason for your absence within 24 hours of the missed class period.
(E-mail is fine.) |
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Academic
Integrity: Please refer to the College ofLiberal Arts and Sciences Student Academic Handbook (available online) for information about academic honesty. University penalties for plagiarism -- defined in Webster's New World Dictionary as taking ideas, writings and so on from another and passing them off as one's own -- range from grade reduction to dismissal from the University. It is also dishonest to turn in the same paper or other work for multiple classes. |
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Student
rights and responsibilities: You have the right to expect an environment that enables you to learn. And you have a responsibility to colleagues and the instructor to help create an environment in which others may learn.If you have a complaint against any member of the teaching staff, you are responsible for following the Graduate College Academic Grievance Procedures. However, please try to work out a solution with the individuals involved first. |
| BLOG: |
Details
about how to sign up as a blog member (it’s free
and easy, and as a member, you can originate your own messages) will
be provided in class. But in the meantime, anyone can post comments
to the blog anonymously. Here’s
how:
1.
Go to our blog: iowajournalism254.blogspot.com
2. Find
the item (posted by Jane or someone else in the class) to which
you want to contribute your comments.
3.
Click on the word “Comments.”
4.
Click on “Post a Comment.”
5.
Share your thoughts! Be sure to include your name in the text
of the
post so the rest of us know who it is from.
6. “Preview” if you like. When you are satisfied,
select "Anonymous" and publish your comment.
7.
Welcome to the blogosphere! |
GRADING
Your grade in Communication and Change will come from your work on a research paper, a series of essays, and your contributions to the class readings, discussion, and blog. You must complete all work on time to receive full credit. Details about the various assignments will be provided in class.
PLUS-MINUS: We will use plus-minus indications for final grades.
GRADE CHANGES: If you believe a grade is wrong, you
must see Jane within one week after the material has been returned
to you. After that, the grade stands.
RESEARCH PAPER
(60 percent of total grade):
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You will complete an academic research paper and present it to the class at the end of the semester. Interim stages in this project will be required and graded as follows:
Sept. 15: Topic proposal due (5 percent)
Sept. 29: Outline and preliminary source list due (10 percent)
Oct. 13: Workshop, Literature Review
Oct. 20: Workshop, Theory and RQs
Oct. 27: Workshop, Method
Nov. 3: Workshop, Findings and Conclusion
(All workshops are freebies.)
Nov. 10: First draft due (15 percent)
Dec.
1 / 13: Final paper due (25 percent)
Dec. 8: Communication and Change Symposium (5 percent) You will present your finished research to the class and our invited guests. Each paper will have a student discussant. The presenter will be graded on the quality of the presentation. The discussant will be graded on the quality of the critique.
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ESSAYS
(30 percent of total grade) |
In lieu of any mid-semester or final tests, you will provide:
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A total of three short (two- to three-page) "think pieces," each
worth 5 percent of your total grade, on topics
discussed in class or in your readings. The specific content
will be up to you; the general idea is to articulate your thoughts
about class topics.
DUE DATES: Sept. 8, Oct. 6, Oct. 27
* A longer essay, worth 10 percent of your total grade, at the end of the semester. Details about the format and content of this piece will be provided in class.
DUE: Either in class Dec. 1 or no later than the end of the day Tuesday,
Dec. 13 (finals week).
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CLASS CONTRIBUTIONS (Readings, Discussion, Blog)
(10 percent of total grade) |
You
will contribute two readings related to topics of your choosing
during the semester and lead a discussion of these readings both
in class and on our blog. We'll work together to come
up with additional ways to take advantage of our blogging community!
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PROPOSED
SCHEDULE of CLASSES, READINGS and ASSIGNMENTS
Your interests may lead us in different directions, but here is a tentative outline of where we will go together this semester. Specific topics, as well as related readings, may change as the course evolves.
Journal articles are intended to serve as examples and/or summaries of approaches to various aspects of the topic. Please complete readings by class time. Readings are on reserve online and in the Journalism Resource Center (E350 Adler). Many also can be downloaded at no cost from online databases of academic journals, accessible through InfoHawk (with its special journalism/mass comm index), through the Google Scholar search engine, and in other ways.
| AUGUST 25: INTRODUCTIONS / TECHNOLOGY |
| Studying communication technology |
READ:
(Reserve readings available through ICON.)
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Burnett and Marshall, Intro (pp. 1-6), Chapter 1 (pp. 7-22)
Dreyfus, Intro (pp. 1-7)
Howard and Jones, Chapter 1 (pp. 1-27)
Newhagen and Rafaeli, "Why Comm Researchers Should Study the Internet"
Journal of Communication 46 (1, winter 1996): 4-13
Morris and Ogan, "The Internet as Mass Medium"
Journal of Communication 46 (1, winter 1996): 39-50
Schneider
and Foot, "The Web as an Object of Study"
New Media & Society 6 (1, February 2004): 114-22
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| SEPTEMBER 1: HISTORY |
| Historical consistencies and inconsistencies |
READ:
(Reserve readings available through ICON.) |
Burnett and Marshall, Chapter 2 (pp. 23-44)
Carey,
"History of the Future" and
"Technology and Ideology"
From Communication as Culture
Marvin, "Annihilating Space, Time and Difference"
From When Old Technologies Were New (Oxford U Press, 1988): 191-231
Bush,
"As We May Think"
”The Atlantic Monthly, August 1945
w3.org/History/1945/vbush/vbush-all.shtml
McLuhan,
"The
Medium Is the Message"
From Understanding
Media: The Extensions of Man (McGraw-Hill, 1964): 23-35
Williams,
"The Technology and the Society"
From Television:
Technology and Cultural Forms (Schocken, 1974): 35-50
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| SEPTEMBER 8: LAW |
| Old rules, new game |
| SPECIAL
GUEST: |
Dr.
Shanto Iyengar
Harry and Norman Chandler Chair in Communication
and Professor of Political Science, Stanford University
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Alumni Fellow, 2005
(Class will meet in Brownell Board Room, E254 Adler)
Some
of Dr. Iyengar's current
projects are available online through the Stanford Political
Communication Lab.
Please
read any one of the following book chapters ... more if you're
intrigued and have time. The books themselves also are on reserve
in the Journalism Resource Center.
Iyengar,
"Conclusion"
From Is Anyone Responsible? How Television Frames Political
Issues (University of Chicago Press, 1991): 127-43
Iyengar
and Kinder, "News That Matters"
From News That Matters (University of Chicago Press, 1987): 112-33
Ansolabehere,
Behr and Iyengar, "Evaluating the System" (Chapters 10 and 11)
From The Media Game: American Politics in the Television
Age (New York: MacMillan, 1993): 207-32
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| DUE: |
First
essay |
READ:
(Reserve readings available through ICON.)
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Burnett and Marshall, Chapter 7 (pp. 126-51)
Howard and Jones, Chapter 17 (pp. 275-93)
Campbell
and Carlson, "Panopticon.com: Online Surveillance ... Privacy"
Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 46 (4, December 2002): 586-606
Leets, "Responses
to Internet Hate Sites: Is Speech Too Free in Cyberspace?"
Communication Law and Policy 6 (2, spring 2001): 287-317
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| SEPTEMBER 15: ECONOMY |
| Commercialization and commodification |
| DUE: |
Paper topic proposal
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| IN CLASS: |
Guide to library resources with special guest, librarian Marsha
Forys (5 to 6 p.m.)
Bibliography tailored
to our class, from Marsha |
READ:
(Reserve readings available through ICON.) |
Burnett and Marshall, Chapter 6 (pp. 105-25)
Howard and Jones, Chapters 10 (pp. 157-71) and 11 (pp. 173-88)
Castells, "The
Informational Economy"
In Reading Digital Culture (Trend, ed.; Blackwell, 2001: pp. 154-57)
Trio from Living in the Information Age (Bucy, ed.; Wadsworth, 2005, 2nd edn.)
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McChesney,"The
New Global Media" (pp. 92-96)
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Compaine, "Global
Media" (pp. 97-101)
*
Aufderheide, "The
Threat to the Net" (pp. 102-105)
From
Kate:
Rogerson, "Addressing the Negative Consequences of the Information
Age: Lessons from Karl Polanyi and the Industrial Revolution"
Information, Communication & Society 6 (1, 2003):
105-24
From
Joe:
Dorsey, Steeves and Porras, "Advertising Ecotourism
on the Internet: Commodifying Environment and Culture"
New
Media and Society 6, (6, 2004), p. 753-79
nms.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/6/6/753
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| SEPTEMBER 22: EDUCATION |
| How and what we learn |
READ:
(Reserve readings available through ICON.)
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Dreyfus,
Chapter 2 (pp. 27-49)
Samoriski,"The
Internet, Children and Education"
From Issues
in Cyberspace (Allyn and Bacon, 2002): 295-328
Livingstone, "Children's
Use of the Internet ... Research Agenda"
New Media & Society 5 (2, June 2003): 147-66
OPTIONAL:
Oppenheimer, "The
Computer Delusion"
Atlantic Monthly (June 1997): 45-62
From
Jin:
Menou, "National Information Policy in the Less-Developed Countries:
An Educational Perspective"
International Library Review 23 (1991): 49-64
From
Yeon:
Kubey, Lavin and Barrows, "Internet
Use and Collegiate Academic Performance Decrements: Early Findings"
Journal of Communication 51 (June 2001): 366-82
From
Charlie:
Saunders, "Maximizing
Computer Use Among the Elderly in Rural Senior Centers"
Educational
Gerontology 30 (August 2004): 573-85
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| SEPTEMBER 29: ENTERTAINMENT |
| Pop goes the culture |
| DUE: |
Paper outline and preliminary source list
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READ:
(Reserve readings available through ICON.) |
Burnett and Marshall, Chapter 9 (174-97)
Howard and Jones, Chapters 13 (203-22) and 14 (223-36)
Shefrin, "Lord
of the Rings, Star Wars, and Participatory Fandom ..."
Critical Studies in Media Communication 21 (3, September 2004): 261-81
From
Anna:
Kustritz, "Slashing
the Romance Narrative"
Journal
of American Culture 26 (September 2003): 371-85
From
Josh:
Heider and Harp, "New
Hope or Old Power: Democracy, Pornography and the Internet"
Howard Journal of Communications
13 (October-December 2002): 285-99 |
| OCTOBER 6: CULTURE |
| Societal concerns |
| DUE: |
Second essay
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READ:
(Reserve readings available through ICON.) |
Howard and Jones, Chapter 5 (pp. 71-83)
Carey
(Game interview), "Communication, Culture and Technology"
Journal of Communication Inquiry 22 (2, April 1998): 117-30
Boczkowski, "Mutual
Shaping ... in a National Virtual Community"
Journal of Communication 49 (2, spring 1999): 86-108
Warschauer,
"Reconceptualizing the Digital Divide"
First Monday 7 (7, July 2002)
www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue7_7/warschauer
From Jin:
"Measuring
Globalization"
Foreign Policy (May/June 2005): 52-60
(Free registration required to access site; read main page and
all sidebars. Package also available for download (.pdf)
from survey sponsors.)
From
Joe:
Hirji, "Freedom
or Folly? Canadians and the Consumption of Online Health Information"
Information, Communication & Society 7 (4, December
2004): 445-65
From
Arlecia:
Mehra, Merkel and Bishop, "The
Internet for Empowerment of Minority and Marginalized Users"
New Media & Society 6 (6, December 2004): 781-802
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| OCTOBER 13: HEGEMONY |
| A global medium |
| WORKSHOP: |
Research
paper literature review (Sujatha Sosale, guest instructor)
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READ:
(Reserve
readings available through ICON.) |
Howard and Jones, Chapter 18 (pp. 295-306)
Wheeler,"Global Culture or Culture Clash: … A View from Kuwait"
Communication Research 25 (4, August 1998): 359-76
Houston
and Jackson, "Technology and Context ... Integrationist
Perspective"
Communication Theory 13 (1, February 2003): 57-77
Mitra, "Marginal Voices in Cyberspace"
New Media & Society 3 (1, March 2001): 29-48
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OCTOBER 20: IDENTITY |
| The role of technology in who we are; social presence |
| WORKSHOP: |
Research paper theory section and research questions
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READ:
(Reserve readings available through ICON.) |
Burnett and Marshall, Chapter 4 (61-80)
Dreyfus, Chapters 1 (8-26) and 3 (50-72)
Howard and Jones, Chapter 4 (57-70)
Turkle, "Who
Am We?"
In Reading Digital Culture (Trend, ed.; Blackwell, 2001: pp. 236-50)
Lombard and Ditton, "At the Heart of It All: The Concept of Presence"
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 3 (2, September 1997)
jcmc.indiana.edu/vol3/issue2/lombard.html
From
Lee:
Papacharissi, "The
Presentation of Self in Virtual Life: Characteristics of Personal
Home Pages"
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly 79 (2,
Autumn 2002): 643-60.
From
Dave:
Jimroglou, "A
Camera with a View: JenniCAM, Visual Representation and Cyborg
Subjectivity"
Information, Communication and Society 2 (4, 1999): 439-53
From
Yeon:
Klang, "Avatar:
From Deity to Corporate Property"
Information, Communication & Society 7 (3, September 2004): 389-402
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| OCTOBER 27: COMMUNITY |
| The ties that bind |
| DUE: |
Third essay
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| WORKSHOP: |
Research paper methodology section |
| REMINDER: |
Upcoming paper submission deadlines:
International
Communication Asssociation (Dresden), November 1
(download .pdf call for papers from menu)
Convention dates: June 19 - 23, 2006
AEJMC
Southeast Colloquium (Tuscaloosa, AL), November 28
Colloquium dates: March 2 - 4, 2006
Broadcast
Education Association (Las Vegas), December 2
Convention dates: April 27 - 29, 2006
AEJMC
Midwinter Conference (Bowling Green, OH), December 21
Conference dates: February 24 - 26, 2006
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READ
(Reserve readings available through ICON.) |
Burnett and Marshall, Chapter 3 (45-60)
Dreyfus, Chapter 4 (73-89)
Howard and Jones, Chapter 2 (31-41), 3 (43-56), 9 (137-53), and 15 (237-54)
Wellman
and Gulia, "Net Surfers Don't Ride Alone ..."
From Networks in Global Village (Wellman, ed., Westview Press, 1999): 331-66
Baym,
"The Emergence of Online Community"
From Cybersociety 2.0 (Jones, ed., Sage, 1998: 1-34)
From
Anna:
Jacobson, "Impression
Formation in Cyberspace: Online Expectations and Offline Experiences
in Text-based Virtual Communities"
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 5 (September 1999)
From
Lee:
Conrad, "Deep
in the Hearts of Learners: Insights into the Nature of Online
Community"
Journal of Distance Education / Revue de l'enseignement
at distance 17 (1, 2002): 1-19
From
Choonghee:
Bakardjieva, "Virtual
Togetherness: An Everyday-Life Perspective"
Media, Culture & Society 25 (3, 2003): 291-313
OPTIONAL:
Dibbell, "A Rape in Cyberspace ..."
In Reading Digital Culture (Trend, ed.; Blackwell, 2001: pp. 199-213)
Weinberger,
"Togetherness"
From Small Pieces, Loosely Joined (Perseus, 2002: pp. 95-120
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| NOVEMBER 3: DEMOCRACY |
| New media and the public sphere |
| WORKSHOP: |
Research paper findings and conclusion
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| REMINDER: |
Upcoming
paper submission deadlines:
AEJMC
Southeast Colloquium (Tuscaloosa, AL), November 28
Colloquium dates: March 2 - 4, 2006
Broadcast
Education Association (Las Vegas), December 2
Convention dates: April 27 - 29, 2006
AEJMC
Midwinter Conference (Bowling Green, OH), December 21
Conference dates: February 24 - 26, 2006
National
Communication Association (San Antonio, TX), usually
mid-February
Convention dates: November 16 - 19, 2006
AEJMC
National Convention (San Francisco, CA), April 1, 2006
Convention dates: August 2 - 5, 2006 |
READ:
(Reserve readings available through ICON.) |
Howard and Jones, Chapters 6 (87-101) and 7 (103-20)
Bimber, "The Internet and Political Transformation"
Polity XXXI (1, fall 1998): 133-60
Dahlberg, "Computer-Mediated Communication and the Public Sphere”
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 7 (1, October 2001)
jcmc.indiana.edu/vol7/issue1/dahlberg.html
Hardy
and Scheufele, “Examining Differential Gains … Online
Interactions”
Journal of Communication 55 (1, March 2005): 71-84
Foot
and Schneider, "Online Action in Campaign 2000: …..."
Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 46
(2, June 2002): 222-44
Rainie,
Horrigan and Cornfield, "Internet and Campaign 2004"
Pew Internet & American Life Project (summary plus commentary)
www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/150/report_display.asp (download .pdfs)
From
Dave:
Levin, "Politics
after the Internet"
Public Interest 149 (Fall 2002): 80-94
From
Charlie:
Yang, "The
Internet and Civil Society in China: A Preliminary Assessment"
Journal of Contemporary China 12 (August 2003):
453–75 |
| NOVEMBER 10: JOURNALISM |
| The medium, the message and the messengers |
| DUE: |
First draft of research paper
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| REMINDER: |
Upcoming
paper submission deadlines:
AEJMC
Southeast Colloquium (Tuscaloosa, AL), November 28
Colloquium dates: March 2 - 4, 2006
Broadcast
Education Association (Las Vegas), December 2
Convention dates: April 27 - 29, 2006
AEJMC
Midwinter Conference (Bowling Green, OH), December 21
Conference dates: February 24 - 26, 2006
National
Communication Association (San Antonio, TX), usually mid-February
Convention dates: November 16 - 19, 2006
AEJMC
National Convention (San Francisco, CA), April 1, 2006
Convention dates: August 2 - 5, 2006 |
READ:
(Reserve readings available through ICON.) |
Burnett and Marshall, Chapter 8 (pp. 152-73)
Howard and Jones, Chapters 8 (121-36) and 16 (257-74)
Boczkowski, “The Process of Adopting Multimedia … Online
Newsrooms
Journal of Communication 54 (2, June 2004): 197-213
Singer, "Who
Are These Guys? ... Journalistic Professionalism"
Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism 4 (2, May 2003): 139-63
Singer,
"More Than Ink-Stained Wretches ..."
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly 81 (4, winter 2004): 838-56
Lowery, "Mapping
the Journalism-Blogging Relationship"
Top paper, AEJMC
Comm Tech & Policy Division, August 2005
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| NOVEMBER 17: COMMUNICATION |
| Broader perspectives |
| REMINDER: |
Upcoming
paper submission deadlines:
AEJMC
Southeast Colloquium (Tuscaloosa, AL), November 28
Colloquium dates: March 2 - 4, 2006
Broadcast
Education Association (Las Vegas), December 2
Convention dates: April 27 - 29, 2006
AEJMC
Midwinter Conference (Bowling Green, OH), December 21
Conference dates: February 24 - 26, 2006
National
Communication Association (San Antonio, TX), usually mid-February
Convention dates: November 16 - 19, 2006
AEJMC
National Convention (San Francisco, CA), April 1, 2006
Convention dates: August 2 - 5, 2006
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| READ: |
Howard and Jones, Chapter 12 (189-200)
OPTIONAL:
Burnett and Marshall, Chapter 5 (81-104)
The
rest are up to you ... what have we missed so far?
From
Josh:
Weger and Aakhus, "Arguing in Internet Chat Rooms: Argumentative
Adaptations to Chat Room Design and Some Consequences for Public
Deliberation at a Distance"
Argumentation and Advocacy 40 (3, Summer 2003): 23-38
(I can't get the direct link to work, but it is available online
through EBSCOHost.)
From
Choonghee:
Cassidy, "Variations on a Theme: The Professional Role Conceptions
of Print and Online Newspaper Journalists"
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly 82 (2,
Summer 2005): 264-280
(This one also is available through EBSCOHost.)
From
Kate:
Dimitrova, Kaid, Williams and Trammell, "War
on the Web: The Immediate News Framing of Gulf War II"
Harvard International Journal of Press and Politics 10 (1, 2005):
22-44
From
Arlecia:
Garrison, "Newspaper
Journalists Use E-Mail to Gather News"
Newspaper Research Journal 25 (2, Spring 2004): 58-69
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| DECEMBER 1: SUMMARY and CONCLUSIONS |
| Communication and change |
| DUE: |
EITHER your
final essay or the final version of your research paper
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| REMINDER: |
Broadcast
Education Association (Las Vegas), December 2
Convention dates: April 27 - 29, 2006
AEJMC
Midwinter Conference (Bowling Green, OH), December 21
Conference dates: February 24 - 26, 2006
National
Communication Association (San Antonio, TX), usually mid-February
Convention dates: November 16 - 19, 2006
AEJMC
National Convention (San Francisco), April 1, 2006
Convention dates: August 2 - 5, 2006 |
READ:
(Reserve readings available through ICON.) |
Burnett and Marshall, Conclusion (198-201)
Dreyfus, Conclusion (90-107)
Howard and Jones, Chapter 19 (307-24) and 20 (325-33)
Walther,
Gay and Hancock, "How Do Communication and Technology Researchers
Study the Internet?"
Journal of Communication 55 (September 2005): 632-57
Golding, "Forthcoming
Features: …... the Sociology of the Future"”
Sociology 34 (1, February 2000): 165-84
Chaffee
and Metzger, "The End of Mass Communication?"
Mass Communication & Society 4 (4, fall 2001): 365-79
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| DECEMBER 8: COMMUNICATION and CHANGE SYMPOSIUM |
| Research paper presentation and discussion |
| DECEMBER
13: EITHER your final essay or the final version
of your research paper is
due. (Obviously, whichever one you didn't turn in on December
1.) No
later than the end of the day, please. |
And finally ...
RESOURCES
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A few good ACADEMIC sources for research into communication technologies:
ONLINE (individual journals also may be available through publishers' sites):
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
Electronic Journal of Communication / La Revue Electronique de Communication
PRINT (among many others ... check The Iowa Guide):
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly (affiliated with AEJMC)
Journal of Communication (affiliated with ICA)
Convergence: The Journal of Research into New Media Technologies
Information Communication & Society
Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media
Journal of Communication Inquiry
Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism
Journalism Studies
New Media & Society
Television and New Media |
Good TRADE. RESEARCH and THINK TANK soures for current media trends and info:
American Journalism Review
Columbia Journalism
Review; check CJR
Daily for a good media blog
Online Journalism Review
Pew Internet & American Life Project
Poynter Institute; check Romenesko for daily dish
Project for Excellence in Journalism |
Jane's favorite SEARCH TOOLS (on-campus access is necessary for most of these):
For academic citations:
CiteULike
Com Abstracts
InfoHawk reference
index
Google Scholar
Ingenta
JStor
Additional
resources from Marsha Forys, UI Librarian
For media sources:
Lexis-Nexis
For all other sources:
Google (Google's Advanced
Search is terrific, too) |
Doing
a CONTENT ANALYSIS? A couple of potentially useful items are
on reserve in the Journalism Resource Center and
accessible through ICON:
McMillan,
"The
Microscope and the Moving Target: The Challenge of Applying Content
Analysis to the World Wide Web"
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly 77 (spring 2000): 80-98
Wimmer
and Dominick, "Content Analysis"
From Mass Media Research: An Introduction, 3rd edn.
(Wadsworth, 1991): 156-179
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Jane's favorite CITATION STYLE reference book:
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
(APA style, obviously…the most widely, though not universally, used in our field)
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To explore PUBLICATION OPTIONS for your work:
The Iowa Guide
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Leading SCHOLARLY ORGANIZATIONS in our field:
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
International Communication Association
National Communication Association
International Association for Media and Communication Research |
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