TOPICS IN MEDIA STUDIES II - JRN233 Spring 2025
Course
Robert Warren
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Lessons
Here is the course outline:
1. The State of Play: Framing the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in 2024
Feb 3
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2. A Story for the Ages: Where Zionism Meets Jewish Nationalism
Feb 10
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3. A Mixed Blessing: The Creation of the State of Israel / Al Nakba (1948)
Feb 17
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4. Power & Prose: Understanding Western Media Narratives
Feb 24
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5. Born to Serve: Analyzing the Influence of Combat on Content
Mar 3
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6. MIDTERM EXAM
Mar 10
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7. Can the Subaltern Speak? Global Media and the Al Jazeera Effect
Mar 31
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8. Writing the Other: An Introduction to Edward Said and Orientalism (Friday make-up class)
Apr 4
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9. Look Who’s Talking: An Introduction to Michel Foucault and Discourse Analysis
Apr 7
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10. GUEST LECTURE: Czech Media Reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Dr. Andrea Průchová Hrů...
Apr 14
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11. GUEST LECTURE: The Role of Social Media in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Prof. G. Medeiros & ...
Apr 28
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12. Rewriting the Script: Citizen Journalism and the Prospects for Peace
May 5
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13. FILM SCREENING: From Ground Zero: Stories from Gaza (R. Masharawi, 2024)
May 12
From Ground Zero is a collection of 22 short films made in Gaza. Initiated by Palestinian director Rashid Masharawi, the project was born to give a voice to 22 Gazan filmmakers to tell the untold stories of the current war on film. |
14. FINAL EXAM
May 19
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