Instructor:<\/b> Professor Vicki Michaelis,\u00a0vickim@uga.edu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Teaching assistant:<\/strong>\u00a0Christina Kirchner, cmk76871@uga.edu<\/p>\n Grady Sports academic advisor:<\/strong> Carlo Finlay, Journalism 311B,\u00a0carlof@uga.edu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n Class meeting:<\/b> 10:10-11 a.m. MWF in MLC room 150<\/p>\n Office hours: <\/b>1-3\u00a0p.m. MW\u00a0or by appointment in Journalism 234<\/p>\n Class web site:<\/b>\u00a0http:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsmediasociety\/<\/p>\n From civil rights to women\u2019s rights to LGBT rights, from Cold War politics to immigration issues to controversial\u00a0police shootings, sports often play a prominent role in societal debate and change.<\/p>\n In this class we will discuss lightning-rod athletes such as Muhammad Ali and watershed issues and events such as Title IX and the \u201cMiracle on Ice.\u201d We will study how sports can reflect and drive change in society. We will analyze how the media has treated athletes, sports and their cultural role in contemporary and historical contexts.<\/p>\n By the end of this semester, you should have a foundational\u00a0knowledge of U.S. sports history over the last century. You also should understand\u00a0how the media affect the impact sports have on our cultural progression.<\/p>\n Quizzes (40% of your grade):<\/b>\u00a0You will take 20\u00a0quizzes throughout the course of the semester. The quizzes will test topics covered in the online video and audio material as well as the online readings. Some of the quizzes are embedded in the online videos. I will administer others in class. For the in-class quizzes, I will not announce the schedule. They usually will be given on days we have scheduled lectures, at the start of class. Those will cover online readings and\/or videos assigned in the week preceding the quiz. If you are late for class, you will miss the quiz. Makeup quizzes will not be given. Quizzes will be graded on a pass\/fail basis. If you take the quiz and pass, you will earn two percentage points toward your grade. If you fail or don\u2019t take the quiz, you will earn zero points.<\/p>\n Class participation (15% of your grade):<\/b>\u00a0You are required to participate in all online class discussions during the scheduled times. You are required to be in class every time we meet in the classroom. You are not allowed to miss a combination of more than three online discussions, scheduled lectures and\/or guest-speaker appearances without penalty.<\/strong> I will deduct two percentage points from your grade for each absence beyond the unchallenged three. Please see the attendance policy in \u201cRules,\u201d below.<\/p>\n Midterm (20% of your grade):<\/b> The midterm exam will be given on Oct. 5. You will be tested on chapters 1-3 in the required text and on material covered in class and on lectures\u00a0(including any in-class discussion) in weeks 1-7. The midterm will be a multiple-choice, open-book, open-note test. You will not be allowed computer, tablet or smartphone access. If you have the textbook on an e-book reader, you will be allowed access to that. In that instance, you will be required to sit in the first two rows of the classroom to take the test.<\/p>\n Final (25% of your grade):<\/b>\u00a0The final exam will be given on Dec. 2 at our regularly scheduled class time. You will be tested on chapters 4-7 in the text and on\u00a0lectures (including any in-class discussion)\u00a0since the midterm. The final will be a multiple-choice, open-book, open-note test.\u00a0You will not be allowed computer, tablet or smartphone access.\u00a0If you have the textbook on an e-book reader, you will be allowed access to that. In that instance, you will be required to sit in the first two rows of the classroom to take the test.<\/p>\n Research participation (extra credit)<\/strong>: You can earn up to four points of extra credit\u00a0through the Grady College Research Participation Pool (http:\/\/ugagrady.sona-systems.com<\/a>). When you’re logged into the site, you will see\u00a0research studies being conducted by Grady graduate students and faculty that you can\u00a0take part in to earn this extra credit.\u00a0You will earn one point for each study in which you participate, up to a maximum of four points. If you have questions about the research participation pool, please contact Prof. Bart Wojdynski at bartw@uga.edu.<\/p>\n Grading scale<\/strong><\/p>\n More Than Just A Game: Sports in American Life Since 1945<\/i>, by Kathryn Jay. Copyright, 2004, Columbia University Press.<\/p>\n Reading schedule<\/b><\/p>\n I will post links to online video, audio and reading assignments on the class web site. With the exception of Week 1 assignments, I will post assignments at least three days before you need to complete them. Please check frequently for updates. All online assignments are mandatory.<\/p>\n You will be assigned to one of 12 online discussion groups. On designated days, during scheduled class time, you will participate in an online discussion rather than attend class.<\/p>\n Participation in the discussion group, during the scheduled time, is mandatory. You must check in and out and post at least five comments during the scheduled class time.<\/p>\n I will email discussion topics to a member of the discussion group, who will serve as the discussion leader, the day before the scheduled discussion. The leader will take attendance, tally each members’ comments and lead the discussion that week. Responsibility for leading the group will rotate among group members. If the discussion leader misreports attendance (i.e. falsely claims a group member or members were present), the relevant group member\/s and the discussion leader will each be penalized two percentage points from their grade.<\/p>\n Please see more detailed instructions for the online discussions on the Discussion Instructions page<\/a>.<\/p>\n JRLC 3800: SPORTS, MEDIA AND SOCIETY Fall 2016 Instructor: Professor Vicki Michaelis,\u00a0vickim@uga.edu Teaching assistant:\u00a0Christina Kirchner, cmk76871@uga.edu Grady Sports academic advisor: Carlo Finlay, Journalism 311B,\u00a0carlof@uga.edu Class meeting: 10:10-11 a.m. MWF in MLC room 150 Office hours: 1-3\u00a0p.m. MW\u00a0or by appointment in Journalism 234 Class web site:\u00a0http:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsmediasociety\/ COURSE OVERVIEW AND OBJECTIVES From civil rights to women\u2019s rights […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post-preview"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P51TD3-3","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsmediasociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsmediasociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsmediasociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsmediasociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsmediasociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsmediasociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/sportsmediasociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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