T 3/22 Introductions
TH 3/25 Towards a Definition of Alternative/Radical Media: Examining the Relationships between Culture and Politics, Content and Tactics
Reading: Downing 1, 2
T 3/30 Theories and Approaches to Media and Resistance: Networks, Community and Détournement
Reading: Downing 3, 4, 5; Wikipedia entry Détournement
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detournement
TH 4/1 The Whole World is Watching: The Relationship between Mainstream and Activist Media in the 60s
Reading: Todd Giltin hand-out
T 4/6 Blackbox Unbound: Radio
Reading: Handbook forward-28
Presentation: Sophie Vallely
TH 4/8 Alternative Film, Video, Television
Reading: Handbook 29-46, 257-305
Presentation: Pete Ellis
T 4/13 The Alternative Press
Reading: Handbook 47-58
Presentation: Ben Zenner
Th 4/15 Brief History of Digital Media
Reading: Handbook 59-66
PROSPECTUS DUE
Presentation: Dillon Doyle and Claudia Mettelman
T 4/20 Midterm
Th 4/22 Radical Journalism
Reading: Handbook 67-90
GUEST: Kate Burns, Documentary filmmaker and civil rights activist
T 4/27 Experimental Forms
Reading: Handbook 91-110
GUEST: Jenny Whitcher on graffiti art
Th 4/29 Access to Broadcasting
Reading: Handbook 111-140
Presentation: Kat Rice and Kaelen Nazzaro
T 5/4 Field trip to Open Media Foundation
700 Kalamath Ave, Denver
Th 5/6 Culture Jamming and Intersection of Alt and Mainstream Media
Reading: Handbook 141-162, 163-185
Danielle on PR and Activist Media Tactics
Presentation: Joshua Jackson Robinson and Katie Lang
T 5/11 Free Culture, Digital Inclusion
Reading: Handbook 186-205, Handbook 206-223
Presentation: Erika Zack, Linna Goelz,Alex Pomerantz
Th 5/13 TEDx
T 5/18 Networked Publics and Student Media
Reading: Handbook 224-237
Presentation: Adam Seibel and Nate Gutschow
Th 5/20 Changing Media Landscapes
Reading: Handbook 238-256, 306-end
Presentation: Sarah Nock, Katya Block, Ali Ewanaski, Michelle Sexton
T 5/25 Final presentations
Th 5/27 Final presentations
