Week 01: Twin Peaks (ABC, 1990 - 1991)

Th 1.26

Class: Syllabus review

Fr 1.27

Class: Syllabus review

Upcoming:

Week 02: Modern Family

Tu 1.31

Read: eR—“’F’ Is For Funding ... Which Palestinian Muppets Lack” (NPR), “Super Bowl Ads Get Racier, but Does Sex Really Sell?” (USA Today), “From Ricky Ricardo to Dora: Latinos on Television” (PBS), “A Force Behind the Lower Teen Birthrate: MTV's ‘16 and Pregnant’” (Christian Science Monitor)

Class: Introductions; Lecture—Sample PowerPoint presentation

Th 2.2

Read: eR—“A Message That's Diminished by the Buildup” (New York Times), “Emergence from the Closet” (USA Today)

Class: Lecture—“The Steps of the Writing Process”

Fr 2.3

Read: eR—“’F’ Is For Funding ... Which Palestinian Muppets Lack” (NPR), “Super Bowl Ads Get Racier, but Does Sex Really Sell?” (USA Today), “From Ricky Ricardo to Dora: Latinos on Television” (PBS), “A Force Behind the Lower Teen Birthrate: MTV's ‘16 and Pregnant’” (Christian Science Monitor), “A Message That's Diminished by the Buildup” (New York Times), “Emergence from the Closet” (USA Today)

Class: Introductions; Lectures—Sample PowerPoint presentation and “The Steps of the Writing Process”