Robert McChesney, “Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times,” in The Political Economy of Media (Monthly Review Press, 2008), pp. 425-443. *This reading is posted on our class ANGEL page....just click on 'Lessons', then 'Course Readings'....it's inside
'Affirming Gasland' - A rebuttal to criticisms of the film that were made by a host of organizations connected to the gas industry. There has been a well-organized campaign to try and debunk the film's questions & answers, most specifically by Energy-In-Depth (E-I-D), which is s a PR firm/lobbying group funded by the American Petroleum Institute.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette writer, Don Hopey, has produced a number of stories about the Pennsylvania government's intricate & cozy relationships to the gas industry. You can read some of them HERE.
Media coverage of climate change, via the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Excerpt from Robin D.G. Kelley, “Kickin’ Reality, Kickin’ Ballistics: ‘Gangsta Rap’ and Postindustrial Los Angeles,” in Race Rebels (New York: Free Press, 1994), pp. 183-227.
Listening assignment: TBA
In-class screening of Slingshot Hip Hop (a documentary about hip hop in Palestine and Israel)
Keywords: hip hop, postindustrialism, criminalization, masculinity, cultural critique
You will be expected to submit an outline and working draft of your final paper today (15% of your final paper grade).
Fighting Back with Media, Part II: Jamming Culture
For today:
Andrew Boyd, “Truth is a Virus: Meme Warfare and the Billionaires for Bush (or Gore),” in (ed.) Stephen Duncombe, The Cultural Resistance Reader (New York: Verso, 2002), pp. 369-378.
Ricardo Dominquez, “Electronic Disturbance: An Interview,” in (ed.) Stephen Duncombe, The Cultural Resistance Reader (New York: Verso, 2002), pp. 379-396.
Roundtable discussion of your final projects & papers. Each person and/or group will give a synopsis of his or her findings and we will discuss them as a class. NOTE: THIS ASSIGNMENT CONSTITUTES 10% OF YOUR FINAL PAPER/PROJECT GRADE.