Read: Bennett, 1-12. Knightley,
xi-xiii, 83-145.
2-4. World
Wars I and II: Propaganda and the ‘good’ wars (January 14- 16,
21-23, 28-30)
Read: Knightley, 293-390.
Videos:
“The Propaganda Wars,” VT 5605, Knight Library
War of
the Worlds, 1939 (personal collection)
Soldiers
Without Swords: The Black Press, Video 4898
No class
January 21.
Read:
Knightley, 365-390.
First war
communications comparison paper due Wednesday, January 23.
5.
Media myths about
Read:
Knightley, 409-468.
(Completed midterm
examinations due at the beginning of class on Monday, February 4.)
6. Live
in the living room: CNN’s War in the
Read: Knightley, 483-500
7. Selling
intervention:
Read: Knightley, 501-525
8. Prelude to
Read: Bennett, 13-72.
Knightley, 527-547. Rushing, 1-88.
Second war communications
comparison paper due at the start of class on Wednesday, February 27.
9. Irag war coverage in
the
Read:
Bennett, 72-130, Appendix A. Rushing, 91-190.
10. War in the digital age: The challenges
of new communication technologies (March 10, 12)
Blogging
as journalism
Read: Rushing, 193-228, Bennett, 165-198.
Final examination questions available on Wednesday, March 12 (Due by 5
p.m. Monday, March 17).