Week by Week Schedule, GOVT/JOUR 134
| Date | Topic | Reading Assigment |
| Jan 30 | Introduction to the class, orienting exercises, expectations and goals for the class | |
| Feb 6 | War Journalism as a genre | Boyd-Barrett essay, Bennett essay, |
Feb 13 |
Some Methodological Issues--Framing, Priming, Agenda Setting, Indexing, and the Topoi of Pro War Rhetoric | Dorman essay--"Journalism of Deference" (1987) |
| Feb 20 | Alternate class experience--finding frames | |
| Feb 27 | The Spanish American War, WWI and the Birth of Propaganda | Streitmatter essay |
| Mar 6 | WWII and Korea | Both Aronson essays |
| Mar 13 | In class mid term exam | |
| Mar 20 | Vietnam | Streitmatter essay on Vietnam |
| Mar 27 | Gulf War I | MacArthur essay |
| Apr 3 | Spring Break--No class | |
| Apr 10 | The Iraq War--The Debate to Invade and the Quality of Reporting | Dorman essay (2006), |
| Apr 17 | No class--See web assignments | |
| Apr 24 | Press Restrictions--Embeds vs. Pools | |
| May 1 | The Iraq War--Failures of Reporting and Intelligence | |
| May 8 | Public Diplomacy | Seib essay |
| May 15 | The Iraq War--Conclusion and the Future |
The Final Exam will be a take home exam passed out in class on May 8 and due by Noon, May 18.