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| * Adherence to standard op-ed or press release format | * Adherence to standard op-ed or press release format |
| * Correct length, spelling, and grammar | * Correct length, spelling, and grammar |
| | * Sophisticated engagement with at least one of the readings in the course so far |
| * Responsible advocacy: | * Responsible advocacy: |
| * Clarity of argument | * Clarity of argument |
| * 20 points - final draft | * 20 points - final draft |
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| Each student is allotted 3 unexcused absences. After that, absences without a documented excuse will result in 5 points detracted from the class participation grade. | Each student is allotted 3 unexcused absences. After that, absences without a documented excuse will result in 2 points detracted from the class participation grade. |
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| Badges, worth 1 extra point, will be awarded at the conclusion of each module: | Badges, worth 1 extra point, will be awarded at the conclusion of each module: |
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| There is a limit of one badge per person per week. | There is a limit of one badge per person per week. |
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| | ### Final grades |
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| | Based on the stated point structure, grades will be awarded as follows: A (94-100), A- (90-93), B+ (87-89), B (83-86), B- (80-82), C+ (77-79), C (73-76), C- (70-72), D+ (67-69), D (63-66), D- (60-62), F (0-59). |
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| ## Units | ## Units |
| ### Private and publics | ### Private and publics |
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| * Hannah Arendt, “[The Private and the Public](http://frontdeskapparatus.com/files/arendt.pdf),” from __The Human Condition__ (1958) | |
| * Michael Warner, "[Publics and Counterpublics](http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/pc/summary/v014/14.1warner.html)," _Public Culture 14_, no. 1 (2002) | * Michael Warner, "[Publics and Counterpublics](http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/pc/summary/v014/14.1warner.html)," _Public Culture 14_, no. 1 (2002) |
| * Adam Curtis, _[The Century of the Self](http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-century-of-the-self/)_ (2002) | * Adam Curtis, _[The Century of the Self](http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-century-of-the-self/)_ (2002) |
| ### Objectivity and perspective | ### Objectivity and perspective |
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| * Robert Kaplan, "[The Origins of Objectivity in American Journalism](https://www.academia.edu/2235733/The_Origins_of_Objectivity_in_American_Journalism)," in Stuart Allen (ed.), _The Routledge Companion to News and Journalism_ (Routledge, 2010) | * Robert Kaplan, "[The Origins of Objectivity in American Journalism](https://www.academia.edu/2235733/The_Origins_of_Objectivity_in_American_Journalism)," in Stuart Allen (ed.), _The Routledge Companion to News and Journalism_ (Routledge, 2010) |
| * Donna Haraway, "[Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism and the Privilege of | * Donna Haraway, "[Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism and the Privilege of Partial Perspective](http://www.staff.amu.edu.pl/~ewa/Haraway,%20Situated%20Knowledges.pdf)," _Feminist Studies_ 14, no. 3\. (1988) |
| Partial Perspective](http://www.staff.amu.edu.pl/~ewa/Haraway,%20Situated%20Knowledges.pdf)," _Feminist Studies_ 14, no. 3\. (1988) | * Gene Demby, "[How Black Reporters Report on Black Death](http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/08/20/432590298/how-black-reporters-report-on-black-death)," _Code Switch_ (August 20, 2015) |
| * Gene Demby, "[How Black Reporters Report on Black Death](http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/08/20/432590298/how-black-reporters-report-on-black-death)," _Code Switch_ (August 20, 2015) | * Mónica Guzmán, "[Journalism and the Self-Informing Public](https://vimeo.com/88488324)," Reynolds School of Journalism (March 7, 2014) |
| * Mónica Guzmán, "[Journalism and the Self-Informing Public](https://vimeo.com/88488324)," Reynolds School of Journalism (March 7, 2014) | |
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| ### Public intellectualism | ### Public intellectualism |
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| * Wendy Kaminer, "[The End of Free Speech at University of Colorado?](http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/09/the-end-of-free-speech-at-university-of-colorado/262494/)" _The Atlantic_ (September 18, 2012) | |
| * Dane S. Claussen, "[A Brief History of Anti-Intellectualism in American Media](http://www.aaup.org/article/brief-history-anti-intellectualism-american-media)," _Academe_ (May-June 2011) | * Dane S. Claussen, "[A Brief History of Anti-Intellectualism in American Media](http://www.aaup.org/article/brief-history-anti-intellectualism-american-media)," _Academe_ (May-June 2011) |
| * Alan Lightman, "[The Role of the Public Intellectual](http://web.mit.edu/comm-forum/papers/lightman.html)," _MIT Communications Forum_ | * Alan Lightman, "[The Role of the Public Intellectual](http://web.mit.edu/comm-forum/papers/lightman.html)," _MIT Communications Forum_ |
| * Michael Eric Dyson, "[Think Out Loud](http://www.newrepublic.com/article/122756/think-out-loud-emerging-black-digital-intelligentsia)," _The New Republic_ (September 9, 2015) | * Michael Eric Dyson, "[Think Out Loud](http://www.newrepublic.com/article/122756/think-out-loud-emerging-black-digital-intelligentsia)," _The New Republic_ (September 9, 2015) |
| * Evette Brown, "[Why Do We Have More Female Scholars, But Few Public Intellectuals?](https://bitchmedia.org/post/why-do-we-have-more-female-scholars-but-few-public-intellectuals)" _Bitch Media_ (July 8, 2013) | * Evette Brown, "[Why Do We Have More Female Scholars, But Few Public Intellectuals?](https://bitchmedia.org/post/why-do-we-have-more-female-scholars-but-few-public-intellectuals)" _Bitch Media_ (July 8, 2013) |
| * Nicholas Kristof, "[Professors, We Need You!](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/16/opinion/sunday/kristof-professors-we-need-you.html)" _The New York Times_ (February 15, 2014) | * Wendy Kaminer, "[The End of Free Speech at University of Colorado?](http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/09/the-end-of-free-speech-at-university-of-colorado/262494/)" _The Atlantic_ (September 18, 2012) |
| | * Corey Robin, "[How Intellectuals Create a Public](http://chronicle.com/article/How-Intellectuals-Create-a/234984)," _The Chronicle of Higher Education_ (January 22, 2015) |
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