MCJ 12 Semester 06 Courses Topic-List

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Semester 06 Topics

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MCJ 305: Media, Society, and Culture

Mofizur Rahman

08 November 2020 SUN

(0200-0253 MR MCJ 305)

• Introductory class. Participated in an informal discussion of mass communication theories.

15 November 2020 SUN

(0200-0310 MR MCJ 305)

• Behaviorist model of media effects and theories; behaviorism; theories of behaviorism; Laswell's model; Laswell chain of communication model; propaganda; war propaganda; money, man, mobilize.

22 November 2020 SUN

(0200-0330 MR MCJ 305)

• Cultivation theory (Institutional focus analysis, Cultivation analysis, Message system analysis), Chinese-whisper model of communication, Seduction of the innocence, Agenda setting, Framing, Social function of mass media. AWOL.

29 November 2020 SUN

(0200-0330 MR MCJ 305)

• The concept of mass society. See the article The meaning of mass.

06 December 2020 SUN

(0200-0330 MR MCJ 305)

• The relation of mass society and the mass media. The evolution of mass media and how mass society reacted to it. Mass media and urbanization. Film and mass society. Radio and mass society. Television and mass society.

13 December 2020 SUN

(0200-0330 MR MCJ 305)

• Emerging theories of media effects. Theory of selective influence. Uniform theory.

27 December 2020 SUN

(0200-0330 MR MCJ 305)

• A Theory of Mass Culture by Dwight MacDonald.

10 January 2021 SUN

(0200-0330 MR MCJ 305)

• A Theory of Mass Culture by Dwight MacDonald contd. See Clement Greenberg's essay on Avant-Garde and Kitsch in his book Art and Culture: Critical Essays or here.

17 January 2021 SUN

(0200-0330 MR MCJ 305)

• A Theory of Mass Culture by Dwight MacDonald ended.

24 January 2021 SUN

(0200-0330 MR MCJ 305)

• Two articles from the book Researching Media Democracy and Participation. Four Theories of Press Reconsidered. Media Roles in Society. AWOL.

14 February 2021 SUN

(0200-0330 MR MCJ 305)

• Two articles from the book Researching Media Democracy and Participation. Four Theories of Press Reconsidered. Media Roles in Society contd.

28 February 2021 SUN

(0200-0330 MR MCJ 305)

• Rumor; Definition; Types; Knapp and rumors; Breeding ground of rumors; Characteristics. With slides.

21 March 2021 SUN

(0200-0330 MR MCJ 305)

• Rumor ended. Violence toward women and media. With slides.

28 March 2021 SUN

(0200-0306 MR MCJ 305)

• Technology. With slides, and chapter 7 (or 6?) of the book The Sage Handbook of Media Studies.

Topics at a glance

• Behaviourism and media effects
• The emergence of mass media
• Emerging theories of media effects
• Transactions of mass society
• A theory of mass culture

Afroza Bulbul

19 November 2020 THU

(1130-0100 AB MCJ 305)

• First class. With slides (Culture). AWOL due to a troubling connection.

26 November 2020 THU

(1130-0100 AB MCJ 305)

• Slide 1 continued.

10 December 2020 THU

(1130-0100 AB MCJ 305)

• Slide 02 (Cultural Studies).

24 December 2020 THU

(1130-0100 AB MCJ 305)

• Cultural Studies slide 02 contd. Recommended book: Culture, Society, and the Media. AWOL.

31 December 2020 THU

(1130-0100 AB MCJ 305)

• Semiotics. With slides. AWOL.

07 January 2021 THU

(1130-0100 AB MCJ 305)

• Ideology; Ideological State Apparatuses.

14 January 2021 THU

(1130-0100 AB MCJ 305)

• Media and ideology. AWOL.

21 January 2021 THU

(1130-0100 AB MCJ 305)

• Theory of representation. AWOL.

28 January 2021 THU

(1130-0100 AB MCJ 305)

• Popular culture. Level of culture: High culture, Middle culture, Low culture. AWOL.

04 February 2021 THU

(1130-0100 AB MCJ 305)

• AWOL.

11 February 2021 THU

(1130-0100 AB MCJ 305)

• Culture, levels of culture ended. AWOL. Class ends.

AB Online Classes Topics 305

Suggested Books

• Milestones in Mass Communication Research (No free pdf)
• Seduction of the Innocent (Be advised: file size 185 MB)
• Art and Culture: Critical Essays
• Culture, Society, and the Media
• Representation Cultural Representations And Signifying Practices
• The cultural studies reader

Other Materials

• Media power and class power: overplaying ideology

Assignment

• Title: Your locality (*insert area name*): An analysis for media, society, and cultural perspective.

• Description: Talking about how the people of your society (locality) use media or used in the past, media access, how they communicate to each other, the culture of your locality, the evolution of your society from the perspective of media use and cultural diversity, etc. Relate the discussion with the course topics, theories, discourses. Operationalize the assignment from an ethnographical perspective/point of view. You can take interviews from the people around you i.e. a senior, a gen z kid, etc. Do the assignment while keeping the three basic points of the course- society (what, how, evolution), culture (cultural practice in a given society), mass media (the consuming of mass media)- in mind.

• Word limit: 2.5k-3k.

• Tentative deadline: June 9. The deadline will be changed based on the academic schedule of the 5th semester. But, you are requested to start working on your primary research.

Nota bene:

14 December 2020 – 20 December 2020: Winter vacation.

• AWOL: Away without leave, implying the classes I skipped or missed out.
• MR: Mofizur Rahman, Professor.
• AB: Afroza Bulbul, Associate Professor.

All the backlinks will provide respective materials, but, these are not everything. There are other materials (i.e. slides) provided by the instructors that are not uploaded here. Please, collect them from the Facebook, WhatsApp groups, or the CRs.

I have missed some classes, especially, the classes of Afroza Bulbul ma'am. So, please help to update as well as fulfill this list.

Author's notes

I did not attend some of the online classes, so there might be more topics. Let me know in the comment section if I missed out anything. And help me out with the materials which I have not acquired yet. That would be highly appreciated.

Most of the links here are Direct Download links. But some might be just referencing links, e.g., Amazon or Rokomari book links, Website links, etc.

I personally researched some topics and added backlinks, but, I can not guarantee that those are the most accurate materials. Please, check out on your own.

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