The Evolution of Media in America
NEW online course offers alumni and friends an opportunity to continue learning through the UW.
NOTE DATE CHANGE:
October 20–November 26, 2009
Explore the many ways journalism and mass media have evolved throughout the history of the United States — and in some ways helped to change the country itself. Modeled after an ever-popular class taught on the UW campus, this new course has been customized to take advantage of online capabilities.
It’s a fascinating look at media in society, especially when you consider the role journalism and mass communication played in the political and economic history of the nation.
And as you look back at mass communication from Colonial Times through the Vietnam War, you’ll discover how the lessons learned then are still relevant today — even in our modern age of new media.
Delve into the evolution of media with these interesting topics:
NOTE DATE CHANGE:
October 20–November 26, 2009
Explore the many ways journalism and mass media have evolved throughout the history of the United States — and in some ways helped to change the country itself. Modeled after an ever-popular class taught on the UW campus, this new course has been customized to take advantage of online capabilities.
It’s a fascinating look at media in society, especially when you consider the role journalism and mass communication played in the political and economic history of the nation.
And as you look back at mass communication from Colonial Times through the Vietnam War, you’ll discover how the lessons learned then are still relevant today — even in our modern age of new media.
Delve into the evolution of media with these interesting topics:
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
- The Colonial Press and the Revolution
- After the Revolution
Week 2
- The Party Press Rules
- The Penny Press Emerges
Week 3
- The Invention of the Modern Newspaper
- New Magazines and New Readers
Week 4
- Muckrakers and the Reform Impulse
- The Rise of Advertising
Week 5
- The Birth of Public Relations
- FDR, the Government and Press Relations
Week 6
- Broadcasting: A New Voice
- Vietnam and the Myth of the Liberal Media
Register now!
Cost is $159 per person or $139 per WAA or UW OLLI member. Registration deadline is Monday, October 12, 2009. (Please reference program #3201)Questions? E-mail Sarah Schutt at sschutt@dcs.wisc.edu or call her directly at (608) 262-5699.
How the Course Works
The course begins October 13 and runs for six weeks, through November 19. New lectures are posted on Tuesday and Thursday of each week, and you can access the lectures at your leisure — 24/7. Plus, you’ll receive supplementary reading materials to enhance your online experience.
Taught by Professor James L. Baughman, this online course will be facilitated by doctoral candidate Phil Glende, who will lead online discussions. To participate, all you need is a high-speed Internet connection and an e-mail address.
About the Facilitator
Phil Glende is a doctoral candidate in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. He has been a teaching assistant for history of mass communication courses since fall 2007. His dissertation is on newspaper coverage of the labor movement in the middle of the 20th century. Glende has been a newspaper editor and reporter in North Dakota, Illinois, Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Wisconsin. Before entering the graduate program, he was city editor of the Wisconsin State Journal in Madison.
About the Instructor
James L. Baughman joined the UW faculty in 1979, where he teaches the history of mass communication, literary aspects of journalism and creative nonfiction. In 2003, he became director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Baughman is the author of four books on the history of American news media and broadcasting, including Same Time, Same Station: Creating American Television, 1948–1961. He received the Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award in 2003 and the Wisconsin Alumni Association’s Ken and Linda Ciriacks Alumni Outreach Excellence Award in 2005.
Sponsored by UW Osher Lifelong Learning Institute in the Division of Continuing Studies and the Wisconsin Alumni Association.
The course begins October 13 and runs for six weeks, through November 19. New lectures are posted on Tuesday and Thursday of each week, and you can access the lectures at your leisure — 24/7. Plus, you’ll receive supplementary reading materials to enhance your online experience.
Taught by Professor James L. Baughman, this online course will be facilitated by doctoral candidate Phil Glende, who will lead online discussions. To participate, all you need is a high-speed Internet connection and an e-mail address.
About the Facilitator
Phil Glende is a doctoral candidate in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. He has been a teaching assistant for history of mass communication courses since fall 2007. His dissertation is on newspaper coverage of the labor movement in the middle of the 20th century. Glende has been a newspaper editor and reporter in North Dakota, Illinois, Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Wisconsin. Before entering the graduate program, he was city editor of the Wisconsin State Journal in Madison.
About the Instructor
James L. Baughman joined the UW faculty in 1979, where he teaches the history of mass communication, literary aspects of journalism and creative nonfiction. In 2003, he became director of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Baughman is the author of four books on the history of American news media and broadcasting, including Same Time, Same Station: Creating American Television, 1948–1961. He received the Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award in 2003 and the Wisconsin Alumni Association’s Ken and Linda Ciriacks Alumni Outreach Excellence Award in 2005.
Sponsored by UW Osher Lifelong Learning Institute in the Division of Continuing Studies and the Wisconsin Alumni Association.
Events
- Global Hot Spots - September 10
- Day on Campus - September 17
- Dead Sea Scrolls at the Science Museum of Minnesota - September 25
- Made in Wisconsin: Epic - October 1
