January 10 :  Introduction to Course

January 17 : Communication Studies in Context: Models, Methods and Meaning
Readings:
Katherine Miller, Conceptual Foundations
Neil Postman, The Judgment of Thamus

January 24 : Language and Culture
Readings:
Steven Fischer, Scripting the Future
E. T. Hall, Monochronic and Polychronic Time

January 31 : Issues in History of Communication Thought: Orality and Literacy
Readings:
Jan Fernback, Legends on the Net: An examination of computer-mediated communication as a locus of oral culture
Jack Solomon, What's in a Name -- The Ideology of Cultural Classification

February 7 : Marshall McLuhan: Medium Theory in Communication Studies
Readings:
Marshall McLuhan: The Medium is the Message
Paul Heyer, The Canadian Connection II: Marshall McLuhan

February 14 : Consciousness and Society: Communication and Theories of the Self
Readings:
George H. Mead, Thought as Internalized Conversation
Eric Eisenberg, Building a Mystery: Toward a New Theory of Communicastion and Identity
Chris Barker, Disturbing Cultural Identities
Paul Sweetman, Anchroing the (Postmodern) Self?

February 21: READING BREAK -- NO CLASSES

February 28: Mid-Term Exam

March 7 : Making Meaning: Encoding and Decoding Messages
Readings:
Mark Kingwell, Fear and Loathing in Couchland: Eight Myths About Television
Robert C. Allen, Making Sense of Soaps
Malcolm Barnard, Semiological Accounts of Meaning

March 14 : Communication and Popular Culture
Readings:
Susie O'Brien and Imre Szeman, The History of Popular Culture
John Storey, Popular Culture as Folk Culture

March 21 : Critical theory & the Frankfurt School
Readings:
Dominic Strinati, The Frankfurt School
Gendron, B., Theodor Adorno Meets the Cadillacs

March 28 : Communication Culture and the Cinema
Readings:
Graeme Turner, Film Languages
Kenneth MacKinnon, Masculinity in Movies 
Term papers due today

April 4 : Political Economy and Communication
Readings:
Rober McChesney, The Political Economy of Global Communication
Douglas Kellner, Commodioty Spectacle: McDonald's as Global Culture
Joel Bakan, The Corporation's Rise to Dominance
Heath, Joseph, et. al., I Hate Myself and I Want to Buy

• Assignments are always due on the dates specified.  If you are going to be late with an assignment you should let your TA know as soon as possible.  Late penalties may be assessed if you are unable to provide official documentation (for example, a medical note) accounting for your tardiness.
  
• If you miss an exam you must let the instructor know within 48 hours, otherwise it may not be possible for you to take a make-up exam.  And remember:  You are not permitted to write the final exam earlier or later than its scheduled date unless you are able to provide a medical reason.  Please do not ask me if you can write the exam early (or late) if you are unable to provide a medical reason for the request.
  
• If you do miss an assignment in the course, do not automatically assume that you have merely lost those marks.  You may find instead that you receive an 'N' (for incomplete) on your transcript.  This is because the grade of 'N' is assigned, as the calendar states, in cases where a student "did not write final exam or otherwise complete course" (p. 41).  So if you do not show up for tutorials, for instance, you could end up with an incomplete grade for the course.
  
• Please be aware that penalties for academic dishonesty can be severe, including at the most extreme, expulsion from the university. You should be certain that you know what constitues academic dishonesty (a partial list can be found in the calendar on page 309). Should you violate the code of acaemic honesty you are the person who will be held responsible, so please take the time to familiarize yourself with the rules and regulations of the university. In addition to the information contained in the calendar, further information about Simon Fraser's policy on academic honsety can be found at http://www2.sfu.ca/policies/teaching/t10-02.htm
  
• This is a big class, so please be respectful to everyone in the lecture hall and refrain from talking, whispering, and so on.  If you need to speak to someone wait until the break or slip out into the hallway.