Fall 2006 Communication Theories Graduate School of Journalism Dr. Bonnie Peng Office: Communication Building 412(Tel/Fax: 2938-7212; e-mail: [email protected]) Office hours: Monday to Friday morning or by appointment Suggested Texts Katherine Miller(2002) Communication Theories: Perspectives, Processes, and Contexts, McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Dunwoody, Sharon, Lee Becker, Douglas McLeod and Gerald Kosicki (2005) The Evolution of Key Mass Communication Concepts, Hampton Press, Inc. References Bergers, Charles R. & Steven H. Chaffee (1987) Handbook of Communication Science, Sage Publications, Inc. Crowley, David & David Mitchell (1994) Communication Theory Today, Polity Press Curran, James & Michael Gurevitch (2000) Mass Media and Society, 3rd edition, Oxford University Press Dickinson, Roger, Ramaswami Harindranath, and Olga Linne (1998) Approaches to Audiences: A Reader, London: Arnold Griffin, Em(2003) A First Look at Communication Theory, 5th edition, McGraw-Hill, Inc. Littlejohn, Stephen W. (1995) Theories of Human Communication, 5th edition, Wadsworth Jensen, Klaus B. (2002) A Handbook of Media and Communication Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Methodologies (ed.), Routledge McQuail, Denis (2005) Mass Communication Theory: An Introduction, Sage, Inc. Salwen, Michael B. & Don W. Stacks (1996) An Integrated Approach to Communication Theory and Research, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers Grading Class participation and discussion 30% exam 30% final paper 40% Requirements 1. For the assigned readings, please finish reading and summarizing the major purposes, main concerns, arguments, methods, findings, etc. within five pages. 2. Please turn in your summary before 6:00pm one day before the class. 3. For the final paper, at least six English journal articles have to be read and synthesized to get the major arguments of your research study. Schedule Sept.13 Introduction Reading: 赵雅丽 (2005)]认识的困境与结构：传播学门之自我认同的病理学还原 探索）《新闻学研究》，84:119-162 李金铨、黄煜（2004） （中国传媒研究、学术风格及其他），《新闻学研究》，81:193 Sept. 22 History Delia, Jesse G. (1987) "Communication Research: A History," in Berger & Chaffee(ed). Handbook of Communication Science, Ch. 2 Also refer: Wahl-Jorgensen (2004) "How not to found a field: New Evidence on the Origins of Mass Communication Research," Journal of Communication, Vol. 54, No.3, pp.547-564 Sept. 29 Concepts and theories; Positive and post-positive perspectives Miller, Chapters 1-3 Read: Jack McLeod and Zhongdang Pan (2005) Concept Explication and Theory Construction, in Dunwoody, Sharon, Lee Becker, Douglas McLeod and Gerald Kosicki (ed.) The Evolution of Key Mass Communication Concepts, Hampton Press, Inc. Ch.2 Oct. 6 Holiday: Moon Festival Oct. 13 Mass Communication Research Kamhawi, Rasha and David Weaver (2003) "Mass Communication Research Trends from 1980-1999," Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 80:1, p. 7-27 Rubin, Alan and Paul Haridakis (2001) "Mass Communication Research at the Dawn of the 21st Century," in William B. Gudykunst (ed) Communication Yearbook, 24, pp.73-98 Bryant, Jennings and Dorina Miron (2004) "Theory and Research in Mass Communication," Journal of Communication, Vol. 54:4,662-704 Chang, Tsan-kuo and Zixue Tai (2005) "Mass Communication Research and the Invisible College Revisited: The Changing Landscape and Emerging Fronts in Journalism-Related Studies," Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 82 (3):672-694 Oct. 20 Interpretive perspectives Miller, Ch. 4-5 Klaus B. Jensen (2002) "Humanities in media and communication research," A Handbook of Media and Communication Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Methodologies (ed.), Routledge, Ch. 2 Debra Spitulnik (2006) Intersections between Anthropology and Media Studies: From Ethnography and Comparison to Mediation and Critical Theory, paper presented at the Annual Conference of International Communication Association, Dresden, Germany Oct. 27 News Studies (I) Timothy Cook (2006) The News Media as a Political Institution: Looking Backward and Looking Forward, Political Communication, Vol. 23:159-171 Hardt, Hanno (2000) "Conflicts of Interest: Newsworkers, Media, and Patronage Journalism," in Howard Tumber (ed) Media Power, Professionals and Policies, London: Routledge, pp. 209-224 Cameron, Glen T. , Lynne M. Sallot & Patricia A. Curtin (1997) "Public Relations and the Production of News: A Critical Review and Theoretical Framework," in Brant R. Burleson (ed.) Communication Yearbook, 20, pp.111-155 Nov. 3 News studies (II) Zhongdang Pan and Gerald Kosicki (2005) Framing and the Understanding of Citizenship, in Timothy Cook (2006) The News Media as a Political Institution: Looking Backward and Looking Forward, Political Communication, Vol. 23:159-171 Nip, Joyce (2006) "Exploring the Second Phase of Public Journalism," Journalism Studies, Vol. 7(2): 212-225 Nichols, Sandra, et al (2006) "Examining the Effects of Public Journalism on Civic Society from 1994-2002: Organizational Factors, Project Features, Story Frames, and Citizen Engagement," Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 83(1):77-100 Turn in proposal including the title, research questions, and bibliographies Nov. 10 Discuss the final proposal with the instructor Nov. 17 Agenda setting Stefaan Walgrave & Peter Van Aelst (2006) The Contingency of the Mass Media's Political Agenda Setting Power: Toward A Preliminary Theory," Journal Of Communication, 56:88-109 Monica Postelnicu, et al. (2006) Agenda-Setting Effects Among Elite Newspapers and Elite Political Blogs, paper presented at the Annual Conference of International Communication Association, Dresden, Germany Hester, Joe Bob and Rhonda Gibson (2003) "The Economy and second-level Agenda Setting: A Time-Series Analysis of Economic News and Public Opinion about the Economy," Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 80, No.1, p.73-90 Golan, G. (2006). Inter-Media Agenda Setting and Global News Coverage: Assessing the influence of the News York Times on three network television evening new programs. Journalism Studies, Vol. 7(2), 323-333. Nov. 24 No class Dec. 1 Cultivation Amir Hetsroni & Riva Tukachinsky (2006) Television-World Estimates, Real-World estimates, and Television Viewing: A New Scheme for Cultivation, Journal Of Communication, Vol. 56:133-156 Terri Ann Bailey (2006) Cultural Studies and Cultivation Theory: Points of Convergence, paper presented at the Annual Conference of International Communication Association, Dresden, Germany Morgan, Michael & Janees Shanakan (1997) "Two Decades of Cultivation Research: An Approach and Meta-Analysis," in Brant R. Burleson (ed.) Communication Yearbook, 20, pp. 1-46. Gross, Kimberly and Sean Aday (2003) "The Scary World in Your Living room and Neighborhood: Using Local Broadcast News, Neighborhood Crime Rates, and Personal Experience to Test Agenda Setting and Cultivation," Journal of Communication, Vol.53,No.3, pp.411-426 Dec. 8 Uses and Gratifications Ruggiero, Thomas E.(Win,2000) "Uses and Gratifications Theory in the 21st Century," Mass Communication & Society, Vol., 3.No.1, pp.3-38. Sohn, Youngju (2006) Internet and uses and gratifications research: Opportunities, challenges and new research agendas, paper presented at the Annual conference of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, San Francisco Dec. 15 Audience Research Morley, David (2006) "Unanswered Questions in Audience Research," The Communication Review, Vol. 9(2): 101-122 Barker, Martin (2006) "I Have Seen the Future and It Is Not Here Yet …or, On Being Ambitious for Audience Research," The Communication Review, Vol. 9(2):123-142 Eriksson, Goran (2006) "Rethinking the Rethinking: The Problem of generality in Qualitative Media Audience research," Nordicom Review, Vol. 27 (1):31-44 Dec.22 Computer mediated communication (I) Walther, J. B. (1996) Computer-mediated communication: impersonal, interpersonal, and hyperpersonal interaction, Communication Research, Vol. 23, 3-43 Kiousis, Spiro (2002) "Interactivity: a concept explication," New Media & Society, Vol. 4(3):355-383 Henderson, Samantha, Michael Gilding (2004) "I've never clicked this much with anyone in my life': trust and hyperpersonal communication in online friendships," New Media & Society, Vol. 6(4), 487-506 Kerr, Aphra, Julian Kucklich and Pat Brereton (2006) "New Media-New Pleasures?" International Journal of Cultural Studies, Vol. 9(1):63-82 Dec.29 On-Line journalism Cassidy, William P. (2005) Variations on a Theme: The Professional Role Conceptions of Print and Online Newspaper Journalists, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, Vol. 82(2), 264 Singer, Jane (2003) "Who are these guys? The online challenge to the notion of journalistic professionalism," Journalism, Vol. 4(2):139-163 Jan. 5 last class Jan. 12 Final Exam Jan. 25 turn in final paper --

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