– Credit to Brazilian artist Butcher Billy

FLME 4810 – Media and Popular Culture
Email: mbass16@gsu.edu
Office: 25 Park Pl, 1021D (10th Floor)
Visitation Hours: Mon 2-4 & Tue 10-12 or by appointment!

Full Course Syllabus
FLME 4810 Media and Popular Culture Fall 2017 Syllabus

Readings (Password Protected)

Resources
Technology and GSU
GSU College of the Arts Homepage
GSU Film, Media, & Theatre Homepage
GSU Semester Calendars and Exam Schedules
GSU Library Film Studies Home Page
GSU LIbrary Film and Video Research Guides
(Some) Georgia Film Festivals!
SWANK – GSU Library’s Streaming Service!
Kanopy – GSU Library’s Other Streaming Service!
Hoopla – Atlanta-Fulton Public Library’s Streaming Service!
Atlanta Fulton County Public Library
Criterion Channel
Adblock Plus
Videodrome Atlanta
Midtown Art Cinema Atlanta
Plaza Theatre Atlanta
Film Terms Glossary
Box Office Mojo
Film-Related Podcasts
How to Email a Professor
GSU Counseling Services
GSU Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic
GSU Writing Studio
Purdue Online Writing Lab
GSU 1010 Tutorials
Gauntlett, “Essay-Writing: The Essential Guide”
A Brief Guide to Writing Film Papers
More Paper Tips
What is a Scholarly Article?
How to Find Scholarly Articles
Citation Styles Help
Barbie Nation: An Unauthorized Tour (Stern, 1998)
Midterm Jeopardy Review Game Round 1
Midterm Jeopardy Review Game Round 2
Final Exam Study Guide

Lecture Notes
Danesi, “What is Popular Culture?”
Benjamin, Du Gay et al., and Fiske
Plato and Adorno & Horkheimer
Gramsci & Althusser
Foucault – Panopticism
Hall – Encoding/Decoding
Kellner – Cultural Studies, Multiculturalism, and Media Culture
Lotz & Havens – Key Concepts in Media Industry Studies
Schatz – The New Hollywood
Perren – A Big Fat Indie Success Story
Schatz – Desilu, I Love Lucy, and the Rise of Network TV
Seiter – Semiotics, Structuralism, and Television
Barthes – Myth Today
Levy – Raunch Culture
Jhally & Lewis – Enlightened Racism excerpts
Fiske – Active Audiences & Activated Texts
Radway – Women Read the Romance
Jenkins – Star Trek Rerun, Reread, Rewritten
Alperstein – Advertising as Social Practice
Hollander – Michael Jackson, the Celebrity Cult, and Popular Culture
Henderson – From Barnum to “Bling”
Hebdige – The Function of Subculture
McCloud – Understanding Comics
Shaw – What is Video Game Culture?
Jenkins, Ford, & Green – Why Media Spreads

Extra Credit

The Bass Clan!