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Schedule of Topics and Readings, PHIL 2900 Fall/Winter, 2011-12
Topics are not always confined exactly to the times allotted. Some take more time,
others less than indicated. Updated comments will regularly appear in the Announcements section during the year and should consulted weekly. Additional readings from Web sites will occasionally be suggested, and some may be compulsory reading.
Note: Readings in the coursepack are referred to by
item number. Check the table of contents to find the item. Where
only the item number is given, read all of the item. (Note that
some readings are on reserve. Try to plan ahead for these materials.) Bold typeface in the readings section indicates a hyperlink.
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READINGS, VIDEOS |
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Sept. 12, 14 |
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Intro & overview; remarks
on Orwell and Ellul |
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Marlin,
Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion (PEP) 13-15,
23-34; Ellul, v-xviii and 3-32; Ward, 3-6 (rsv); Orwell, “Politics and the English
Language,” (also on rsv)
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| Sept. 19, 21 |
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Definition |
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PEP
15-23; coursepack: Stevenson #1, Allen #2; Jay Black in The Ellul Forum 12-18 (rsv) |
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| Sept. 26, 28 |
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Propaganda history; Aristotle to Napoleon |
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PEP
43-62. Additional on-line readings, TBA, may be added. |
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Oct. 3, 5
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World War
I propaganda (mainly British)
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PEP 62-76; Marlin, "The Art of Faking Credentials"; Neander & Marlin, "Media and Propaganda: The Northcliffe Press ..."
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Oct. 10 |
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Class suspended
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Thanksgiving holiday
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| Oct. 12 |
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Military
indoctrination |
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Film, Gwynne Dyer, "Anyone's Son Will Do"
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| Oct. 17, 19 |
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Communist propaganda; Cold War propaganda |
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Domenach #3; PEP 76-79; Ellul, 303-313;
Frances Saunders, The Cultural Cold War, 1-6 (rsv)
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Oct. 24, 26
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Nazi propaganda
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PEP 80-88,
Doob #4, Freifeld #5
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Oct. 31 |
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Ellul: characteristics of propaganda |
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PEP
34-39; Ellul, 33-87; Marlin, in The Ellul Forum, 9-12 (rsv) |
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Nov.
2 , 7 |
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Rhetorical
devices and political persuasion |
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PEP, 95-118;
Whately #6; Shakespeare #7; Plato, Aristotle # 8; MacLean #9; Senate Minutes #10; Harrison & Marlin #11; George Lakoff, Berkeley News |
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| Nov. 9, 14 |
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Bias in science
reporting: polls & statistics |
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PEP,
118-132; Marlin #12; Ward, 9-36 (rsv) |
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| Nov. 16, 21 |
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Propaganda
analysis; case studies |
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Jowett &
O’Donnell, Propaganda and Persuasion, Ch. 6 (rsv); Olasky
#13, Brennan #14 |
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Nov. 23
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Lippmann
and stereotypes
News & selectivity, |
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Lippmann #15; Halberstam #16; Bruce Wark, study of CBC Ipperwash
coverage (optional, rsv) |
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| Nov. 28, 30 |
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News distortion
and multiperspectvism;
Chomsky on news filters
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Glasser, Cohen, Gans & Newman #17 through #20; Manufacturing Consent, Ch 1 (rsv); Also news item #21. |
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Dec. 5 |
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Chomskyan themes
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Cynthia Boas, #22; video: "Outfoxed"; I.F. Stone film
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Scheduled
Examination |
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Date, time and location TBA |
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Second Term, |
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January 4-April 5, 2012 |
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WEEK |
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TOPIC |
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Jan. 4 |
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Ethics and Objectivity |
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Ward #23 (Invention of Journalism Ethics, Chapter 7) |
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Lying and
Ethics; coloration of truth |
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PEP,
137-171; McGovern, #24 |
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Lying and the public good;lies by officials |
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Mearsheimer, Why Leaders Lie |
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Jan. 23, 25 |
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Advertising and ethics |
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PEP,175-185; coursepack, #25 through #32. Focus mainly on #27 and #29. |
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Jan. 30, Feb. 1
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Shaping perception: PR |
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PEP, 185-200; Marlin, "Tea Party Propaganda Exposed," in PEN, page six,
additional material TBA
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Feb. 6, 8
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Free speech
theory; Mill and classical arguments
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PEP, 205-234;
Mill, On Liberty (found on the Web, one copy on reserve. Focus
on chapters 2 and 5)
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Feb. 13, 15
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Hate propaganda
and control
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PEP, 235-240, Sumner #33; Optional: Supreme Court of Canada, R v Keegstra (rsv)
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Feb 15
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Essays due 5 p.m.
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Room 3A38 Paterson
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Feb 20-25 |
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Reading Week
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Feb. 27, 29 |
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Controls on advertising
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PEP, 240-249; coursepack #26-30; additional material TBA
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| Mar. 5, 7 |
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Controls on
news media; self-censorship |
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PEP, 250-263;
Kent Commission materials; Marlin, "Self-Censorship and the Media"
(rsv) |
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Mar. 12, 14
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Government information and propaganda
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PEP, 263-277; coursepack #34-37; Additional reading TBA
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Mar. 19, 21
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Indoctrination
and education
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Naomi Klein, No Logo, 87-105 (rsv)
Film: "Grierson"
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Mar. 26, 28
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Democratic
ideals, propaganda
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Ellul, 118-192;
Charity #38 |
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Propaganda,
ideology, and the future with the Internet |
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PEP 283-306; Whitton & Larson #39, Ward, 317-331 (rsv); Ellul, 193-257 (optional) |
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