FAS-PK | Media & Society: Syllabus Readings

Readings:

• McLuhan, M., & Fiore, Q. (1967). The medium is the massage: An inventory of ef ects. Bantam Books from https://web.mit.edu/allanmmediummessage.pdf

Reading:

• McLuhan, M., & Powers, B. R. (1989). The global village: Transformations in world life and media in the 21st century. Oxford University Press. from https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-global-village-9780195079104?cc=pk&lang=en&

Reading:

• Herman, E. S., & Chomsky, N. (1988). Manufacturing consent: The political economy of the mass media. Pantheon Books. from https://ww/11/Noam-Chomsky-Edward-Herman-Manufacturing-Consent-1988.pdf

Reading:

• Benjamin, W. (1936). The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction. In H. Arendt (Ed.), Illuminations (H. Zohn, Trans.). Schocken Books. (Original work published 1935) from https://web.mit.edu/allanmc/www/benjamin.pdf
• Heidegger, M. (1971). The origin of the work of art. In Poetry, language, thought (A. Hofstadter, Trans.). Harper & Row. (Original work published 1935) from https:/cambridge.o0521801140_excerpt.pdf

Reading:

• Jameson, F. (1991). Postmodernism, or, The cultural logic of late capitalism. Duke University Press from https://web.education.wisc.edu/halverson/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2012/12/jameson.pdf

Reading:

• Dean, J. (2010). Blog theory: Feedback and capture in the circuits of drive. Polity Press. from https://pocketbook.de/de_de/dowmple_id/3714103/
• Castells, M. (1996). The rise of the network society. Blackwell. from https:20Age%20Seri,%20Wiley-Blackwell)%20-%20libgen.lc_.pdf

Reading:

• Bogost, I. (2007). Persuasive games: The expressive power of videogames. MIT Press. from https://direcgraph/4392/Persuasive-GamesThe-Expressive-Power-of-Videogames
• Wark, M. (2007). Gamer theory. Harvard University Press from https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books74025196
• Wark, M. (2004). A hacker manifesto. Harvard University Press. from https://monocKenzie_A_Hacker_Manifesto.pdf

Reading: 

• Debord, G. (1994). The society of the spectacle. Zone Books. (Original work published 1967) from https://monoskoe/e8/DeSpectacle_1995.pdf
• Adorno, T., & Horkheimer, M. (2002). Dialectic of Enlightenment (E. Jephcott, Trans.). Stanford University Press. (Original work published 1944) from https://monoskop.cal_Fragments.pdf
• Hooks, B. (1992). “The oppositional gaze: Black female spectators.” In Black looks: Race and representation (pp. 115-131). South End Press. from https://www.taylorfranc24/9781315743226-8/oppositional-gaze-black-female-spectators-bell-hooks

Reading:

• Hall, S. (1980). “Encoding/decoding.” In S. Hall, D. Hobson, A. Lowe, & P. Willis (Eds.), Culture, media, language: Working papers in cultural studies, 1972-79 (pp. 128-138). Hutchinson. from https://spstudentenhancement.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/stuart-hall-1980.pdf
• Saussure, F. de. (1986). Course in general linguistics (W. Baskin, Trans.). Columbia University Press. (Original work published 1916) from https://isure_Ferdinandl_Linguistics_1959.pdf​
• Barthes, R. (1972). Mythologies (A. Lavers, Trans.). Hill and Wang. (Original work published 1957) from https://soundenvironments.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/roland-barthes-mythologies.pdf

Reading:

• Hall, S. (1980). “Encoding/decoding.” In S. Hall, D. Hobson, A. Lowe, & P. Willis (Eds.), Culture, media, language: Working papers in cultural studies, 1972-79 (pp. 128-138). Hutchinson. from https://spstudentenhancement.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/stuart-hall-1980.pdf
• Saussure, F. de. (1986). Course in general linguistics (W. Baskin, Trans.). Columbia University Press. (Original work published 1916) from https://isure_Ferdinandl_Linguistics_1959.pdf​
• Barthes, R. (1972). Mythologies (A. Lavers, Trans.). Hill and Wang. (Original work published 1957) from https://soundenvironments.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/roland-barthes-mythologies.pdf

Reading:

• Barthes, R. (1980) Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography. from https://monoskop.org/images/c/c5_on_Photography.pdf
• Laurelle, F. (2011) The Concept of Non-Photography. from https://19/the-concept-of-non-photography/

Reading:

• Williams, R. (1958) “Culture is Ordinary from https://wwuments/Williams_Culture_Is_Ordinary.pdf
• Arnold, M (1869) - Culture and Anarchy from https://www.Worlds-Classics/dp/0199538743
• Kim, S. & Tahira, I. (2022) “The Korean Wave in the Minds of Pakistani Students in Korea,” Journal of Asian Sociology. from https://www.proquesarly%20Journals

Reading:

• Adorno, T. W. (2002). On popular music. In T. W. Adorno & H. M. Borkenau, Essays on music (pp. 437-469). University of California Press. (Originally published in 1941) from https://www.amherst.eno%2B-%2BOn%2BPopular%2BMusic.pdf
• Cornel West - Music [Youtube] from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46wUgz4qGII
• Slavoj Zizek - Gustav Mahler [Youtube] from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3V-iNwB01Q

Readings:

• Goldman, E. (1979). The social significance of the modern drama. In E. Goldman (Ed.), Anarchism and other essays (pp. 47-63). Dover Publications. (Original work published 1910) from https://theanance-of-the-modern-drama
• Bion, W. R. (1961). Experiences in groups. Tavistock Publications. (This work covers group dynamics extensively.) from https://library.agnescamroup20Bion%20(1961).pdf
• Freud, S. (1921). Group psychology and the analysis of the ego. In J. Strachey (Ed. & Trans.), The standard edition of the complete psychological works of Sigmund Freud (Vol. 18, pp. 65-143). Hogarth Press. (Original work published 1921) from https://ia802998Jchey%20tr2C%201949%29