FordhamCollegeatRoseHill
COMM4111
FALLTERM2015
INTERDISCIPLINARYCAPSTONECOURSE:
TELEVISIONNEWSINNOVATORS
BethKnobel,TenuredAssistantProfessorofCommunication&MediaStudies
MarkR.Shulman,AdjunctProfessorofCommunication&MediaStudies
Knobeloffice:FacultyMemorialHall438,OfficeTelephone:(718)817-5041
Knobelofficehours:MondaysandThursdays1-2walk-inhoursmyoffice,andat
othertimesbyappointment.GotoURLknobel.youcanbook.metoreservetime.
KnobelE-mailformessages:[email protected]
Knobelcellphone:(718)869-2938
Personalwebsite:bethknobel.com
Twitter:Bethknobel
Shulmanoffice:FacultyMemorialHall431
ShulmanOfficehours:Beforeorafterclass,byappointment
ShulmanE-mailformessages:[email protected]
Personalwebsite:markrshulman.com
Communication&MediaStudiesDept.AssistantMichelleO’Dwyer:
(718)817-4850,Office:FMH430,email:[email protected]
DepartmentalFBPage:www.facebook.com/FordhamCMS
DepartmentalTwitterPage:www.twitter.com/FordhamCMS
Thiscourseisasurveyofthemostprominentfiguresinthehistoryoftelevision
newsaswellasthemostimportanteventsandmovementsinAmericanhistory
fromWorldWarIItothepresent.
Partofourfocuswillbecommunicationandmediastudies.Wewillstudy
producers,executives,anchors,andcorrespondents–takingacloselookattheir
careersandtheirlegacytotheprofession.Thegoalistostudythoseindividualswho
builttelevisiontoseehowtelevisionnewsbecameauniquelypowerful–if
somewhatflawed–instrumentofjournalism.Howdidtheseinnovatorstakea
totallyblankslateandbuildtelevisionintowhatitistoday?Whomadeasignificant
changetothewaynewswasdone?Whoselegacystillstandstoday?Howdoes
televisionnewsworkbest?
AndpartofourfocuswillbeU.S.history.Theinnovatorswewillstudycoveredthe
mostimportanthistoricaleventsofmoderntimes.Theirworkprovidesanexcellent
prismthroughwhichtoexaminethemainhistoriceventsoflate20thcentury
America.Thiswasatimeofgreatchange,asthenationfoughtwarsabroadand
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underwentmajorsocialtransformationsathome.Wewillaskhowhistoricalevents
andsocialmovementshelpedshapetheUnitedStatesinthepost-warera.Among
thehistoricaleventswediscussinthecourseareWorldWarII,theColdWar,
McCarthyism,schooldesegregationandtheCivilRightsMovement,theVietnam
War,women’sliberation,Watergate,andthefirstGulfWar.
Andpartofthefocusofthecoursewillbetheinteractionbetweenthemediaandthe
historicaleventstheycover.Inparticular,thecoursewillfocusonthekeymoments
inAmericanhistorywhenmediacoverageaffectedthecourseofhistory.For
instance,ourdiscussionsoftheVietnamWarwillstartwithananalysisofhowand
whyAmericabecameinvolved.Wewillthenexaminehowthecoverageofthewar,
mostnotablyWalterCronkite’spronouncementin1968thattheUSshouldpullout,
begantochangeAmericanpublicopiniontowardsthewar,whichinturnalteredthe
courseofthewar.Everyepisodeexaminedinthiscoursewillofferachancefor
studentstothinkcriticallyabouttheunderlyingeventsandtheroleofthemediain
shapinghistory.
Allofthehistoricalepisodespresentedinthiscoursewillbeexaminedbystudents
intwodifferentways:ashistoriansandasmediascholars.Forinstance,when
examiningthecoverageofMcCarthyism,studentswillbothanalyzethehistorical
significanceoftheworkofSenatorJosephMcCarthyandalsoanalyzethegamechangingroleplayedbyEdwardR.Murrowincoveringhim.Inthisway,thiscourse
willtrulybeaninterdisciplinarylookatpolitics,socialmovementsandthepressin
contemporarysociety.
OUTCOMES
Youwillleavethisclassknowingabouttheworkofsomeofthemastersoftelevision
news.Youwillunderstandwhytheirworkisimportantandleavewiththe
backgroundtothinkmorecriticallyaboutthepresentandthefutureoftelevision
news.Ofthemostsignificantinnovatorswhoseworkwillbestudiedaresome
peopleyouprobablyhaveheardofandsomeyouprobablydon’tknow:WilliamS.
Paley,DavidSarnoff,EdwardR.Murrow,WalterCronkite,DavidBrinkley,Mike
Wallace,EdBradley,BarbaraWalters,TedTurner,andRogerAiles.Drawingupon
thememoirsofthesepioneersaswellastheaudioandvideorecordoftheirwork,
thiscoursewillfocusontheireffortstopreservetheintegrityofthenewsagainst
governmentandcorporatepressures.
YouwillalsobeversedinthemaincurrentsofmodernUShistory,notonlytheevents
themselvesbutalsothesocialandculturalhistory.Afterall,theperiodwewillbe
examiningwasoneofsignificantchangeforthenation,includingperiodsofgrowth
andprosperitysuchasthe1950s,aswellastimesofupheaval,forinstance,thelate
1960s.Thisunderstandingofhistoryshouldhelpgivecontexttoyour
understandingofmodern-dayAmerica.
Studentswillalsoexploretheinteractionbetweenmediaandhistory.Youwillsee
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howjournalistshelpedshapeAmericans’viewsoftheirhistoryandpolitics,and
howpoliticiansandactivistshaveusedthemediatotrytochangethecourseof
history.Studentswillalsocomeoutunderstandinghowtheroleofjournalistsand
activistscanaffectthecourseofhistory.Afterall,severalofthetelevisionnews
figureswewillstudyhavehadalargeeffectonthewaythepublichasinterpreted
history.EdwardR.Murrow,forinstance,famouslycoveredWorldWarIIandtook
onMcCarthyism.AndWalterCronkiteplayedapivotalroleinshapingAmerican
viewsonVietnam,WatergateandtheSpaceRace.Asthemediacontinuestohavea
roleinshapingthehistoryofournation,thisunderstandingshouldservestudents
well.
READINGS
Thesearethemainbooksforourcourse,whichyoucanbuyusedonAmazon.com.
Matusow,Barbara.TheEveningStars.(NewYork:Ballantine,1984)ISBN-10:
0345317149(paperbackorhardcoverwillwork).
Chafe,WilliamH.,TheUnfinishedJourney:AmericanSinceWorldWarII(NewYork:
Oxford,2010)ISBN-10:019976025X(Thesooneryouorderthisbook,theless
expensiveitwillbe).NOTETHATYOUNEEDTHE2010EDITION.
Chafe,WilliamH.,HarvardSitkoffandBethBailey,AHistoryofOurTime:Readings
onPostwarAmerica(NewYork:Oxford,2007),ISBN-10:0195320360
(NOTE—WEAREUSINGTHE2007EDITIONTOSAVEYOUMONEY.PLEASE
ORDERTHECORRECTEDITION.)
Otherreadingswillbedrawnfromthesebooks,andwillbeonBLACKBOARD:
FromCommunication&MediaStudies:
Blum,David,Tick…Tick…Tick…TheLongLifeandTurbulentTimesof60Minutes
(NewYork,HarperCollins,2004)ISBN-10:0060558016
Brinkley,David,DavidBrinkley(NewYork,Knopf,1995)ISBN-10:067940693X
Collins,Scott,CrazyLikeaFox—TheInsideStoryofHowFoxBeatCNN(NewYork:
Portfolio,2004)ISBN-10:1591840295
Friendly,Fred,DuetoCircumstancesBeyondOurControl(ThreeRivers,1999)ISBN10:081293136X
Halberstam,David.ThePowersThatBe.(NewYork:Knopf,1979)ISBN-10:
0252069412
Hewitt,Don,TellMeaStory,(NewYork:PublicAffairs,2002),ISBN-10:158648141X
Koppel,Ted,Nightline(NewYork:Crown,1996)ISBN-10:0812924789
Sherman,Gabriel,TheLoudestVoiceintheRoom:HowtheBrilliant,BombasticRoger
AilesBuiltFoxNews–AndDividedaCountry(NewYork:RandomHouse,2014)
ISBN-10:0812992857
Steinman,Ron,ASaigonJournal:InsideTelevision’sFirstWar(NewYork:KCM
Publishing,2013)ISBN-10:193996105X
Turner,Ted,CallMeTed(NewYork:BusinessPlus,2009)ISBN-10:0446582034
Walters,Barbara,Audition(NewYork:Knopf,2008)ISBN-10:030726646X
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FromHistory:
Bailey,BethandDavidFarber.AmericaintheSeventies(Lawrence:Universityof
KansasPress,2004),ISBN-10:0700613277
Carson,Clayborne,“TwoCheersforBrownv.BoardofEducation,”Journalof
AmericanHistory,Vol.91,No.1,26-31
Denton,RobertE.,TheMediaandthePersianGulfWar(Westport,Praeger,1993)
ISBN-10:0275942325
McAlister,Melani,EpicEncounters(Berkeley:UniversityofCaliforniaPress,2001),
ISBN-10:0520228103
Schrecker,EllenW.,TheAgeofMcCarthyism(NewYork:Bedford/St.Martins,2002)
ISBN-10:0312393199
CLASSSCHEDULE
DAY/DATE
TOPICS,ASSIGNMENTSANDESSAYTOPICS
Unit1:TheRiseOfTVNews
Introduction,Theinventionoftelevision,DavidSarnoffand
WilliamS.Paley
Thurs.
Sept.3
•
Howtowritearesponsepaper
•
Inclassvideo:Television--WindowtotheWorld
Beforeclass,read:
•
HistoryofourTime,p.1-16:“AmericaBecomesaWorld
Power”&“WorldWarIIandtheDestructionoftheOldOrder”
Wed.
Sept.9
•
Chafe,UnfinishedJourney,p.1-28
NB:
Responsepaperoption—Unit1
Wednesday Responsequestion:AllthepartiesinWorldWarIImobilizedtheir
societiestoanunprecedentedextent.Howdidclashoftheideologies
ofdemocracy,communismandfascismfueltheconflict?
EdwardR.Murrowbiography
Beforeclass,read:
Thurs.
• Matusow,TheEveningStars,Ch.2,“TheMurrowLegacy”
Sept.10
• Beforeclass,watch:ThisReporter,fromtheEdwardR.Murrow
DVDcollection.Thefilmisabout2hourslong.
TheOriginsoftheColdWarandTheKoreanWar
(ResponseOption—Unit1)
Beforeclass,read:
• HistoryofOurTime,p.17-22:GeorgeF.Kennan,“TheNecessity
forContainment”(1946)
Mon.
• Articleon“TheColdWar,”byLewisSiegelbaum
Sept.14
• Zhdanov'sspeechtotheCominform1947,“NewAspectsofWorld
Conflict:TheInternationalSituation,”onBlackboard
Responsequestion:CompareandcontrasttheargumentsofKennan
andZhdanov.
4
Thurs.
Sept.17
Mon.
Sept.21
Thurs.
Sept.24
Mon.
Sept.28
Thurs.
Oct.1
Murrow’scoverageoftwowars:WWIIandKorea
Beforeclass,read:
• HalberstamexcerptsonMurrow,onBlackboard
• ExcerptsofMurrowRadioScripts,onBlackboard
Beforeclass,watch:
• SeeItNowepisode,“ChristmasinKorea,”FromtheEdwardR.
MurrowDVDcollection
Beforeclass:
• PickoutthreeMurrowscriptstodiscussinclass.Howdoes
Murrowuselanguage?Whataboutthescriptisnoteworthy?
McCarthyism(ResponseOption—Unit1)
Beforeclass,read:
• Schrecker,AllofPartOne,onBlackboard.Thisisalongreading,
madeupofmanyshortchapters.Youmayreadthesechapters
carefullyandskimtheothers:4,7,10,11,14,15and16.
Responsequestion:WhywasMcCarthyismsopowerful?
PaperOneTopicDistributed
MurrowandMcCarthy
EssayWriting
Beforeclass,read:
• “HUACInvestigatesHollywood”inAHistoryofOurTimep.41-49
• JosephMcCarthy,“TheInternalCommunistMenace”inAHistory
ofOurTime,p.50-52
• Friendly,ontheendofSeeItNow,excerptonBlackboard
• Murrow’s1958speechtotheRTNDA;seelinkonBlackboardor
justGoogleit
Beforeclass,watch:
• TheMcCarthyYearsdisk,fromtheEdwardR.MurrowDVD
collection.YoumayskipthestoryonAnnieLeeMoss.Thisvideo
isabout90minuteslong.
Inclass:Discussionofeffectiveessaywriting
Unit2:TheEraOfObjectiveReporting
DavidBrinkley
Beforeclass,read:
• TheEveningStars,Chapter3,“ChetandDavid—TheFirst
Superstars”
• ArledgereadingaboutBrinkley,onBlackboard
Beforeclass,watch:
• Biography,DavidBrinkley.Thisvideoisabout60minuteslong.
Inclassvideo:ExcerptsfromThisWeekanniversaryvideo
PaperOneDue
CivilRightsClass1--SchoolDesegregation
(ResponseOption—Unit2)
5
Mon.
Oct.5
Thurs.
Oct.8
Mon.
Oct.12
Beforeclass,read:
• Chafe,UnfinishedJourney,Ch.6,p.140-middleof150
• Brownv.BoardofEducation(1954),HistoryofOurTimep.119123
• TheSouthernManifesto(1956),HistoryofOurTime,p.124-127
• ClayborneCarson,“TwoCheersforBrownv.BoardofEducation,”
JournalofAmericanHistory,Vol.91,No.1,p.26-31
Beforeclass,watch:SeeItNowpieceaboutschooldesegregationon
theSeeItNowdiskintheEdwardR.Murrowcollection.
Responsequestion:Whatdothesereadingstellyouaboutthecourts
asaninstrumentofreforminademocracy?
Inclassvideo:Brinkleyonschooldesegregation
CivilRightsClass2--TheGrowthoftheCivilRightsMovement
(ResponseOption—Unit2)
Beforeclass,read:
• Chafe,TheUnfinishedJourney,restofChapter6(150-end)and
Chapter11,p.290-307only
• FourreadingsfromHistoryofOurTime,p128-150:
• AnnMoody,“ALunch-CounterSit-ininJackson,Mississippi”p.
128-132
• WilliamChafe,“Dr.MartinLutherKing,Jr.:AVoiceofRadical
CourageandLove”p.133-136
• BayardRustin“FromProtesttoPolitics”p.137-146
• BlackPantherParty,“WhatWeWant,WhatWeBelieve”p.
147-50
Responsequestion:Dr.MartinLutherKingJr.saidthearcofthe
moraluniverseislong,butitbendstowardjustice.Howdoesthearc
moveoverthecourseofthefourreadingsfromparticipantsinthe
civilrightsmovementsinAHistoryofOurTime?
Murrow,HarvestofShame&TheGreatSociety
Beforeclass,read:
• Chafe,TheUnfinishedJourney,Ch.8onLBJ
• LBJspeech“TheGreatSociety”inHistoryofOurTimep.94-98
Beforeclass,watch:
• HarvestofShame,TheEdwardR.MurrowDVDCollection,also
availableonYouTube.Thisvideoisabout60minuteslong.
NoClass—ColumbusDayHoliday
6
Thurs.
Oct.15
Mon.
Oct.19
Thurs.
Oct.22
Mon.
Oct.26
TheVietnamWarI(ResponseOption—Unit2)
Before class, read:
• Chafe, The Unfinished Journey, Chapters 9 and 10
• Three readings from History of Our Time, p. 236-260:
o Students for a Democratic Society, “March on Washington” p.
236-38
o John Kerry, “Vietnam Veterans against the War” p. 251-55
o Bill Clinton, “Letter to the Draftboard” p. 256-60
Responsequestion:Thesereadingsconcerntheunravelingofthe
foreignpolicyconsensus.WhatdotheStudentsforaDemocratic
Society,KerryandClintonpiecestellyouaboutwhyithappened?
WalterCronkite
Beforeclass,read:
• TheEveningStars,Ch.4,“TheAgeofCronkite”
Beforeclass,watch:
• AmericanMasters,WalterCronkite,avideointwoparts.
Thisvideoisabout2hourslongintotal.
PaperTwoTopicDistributed
TVCoverageoftheVietnamWar(ResponseOption—Unit2)
Beforeclass,read:
• Chafe,TheUnfinishedJourney,Chapters11and12
• CronkitereadingfromHalberstam,5parts,onBlackboard
• ExceptfromSteinman,SaigonJournal
Responsepaperassignment:Networktelevisionfacednumerous
challengesincoveringtheTetOffensive,asRonSteinmandescribes
hisbookexcerpt.Howdidthiseventanditscoverageontelevision
havechangedAmericans’perceptionsoftheVietnamWar?
TheWomen’sLiberationMovement(ResponseOption—Unit2)
Beforeclass,read:
• BethBailey,“She‘CanBringHometheBacon,’NegotiatingGender
inthe1970s,”inAmericanintheSeventies,editedbyBethBailey
andDavidFarber,onBlackboard
• TworeadingsfromHistoryofOurTime,p.187-200:
o PhyllisSchlafly,“What’sWrongwith‘EqualRights’for
Women”p.187-96
o HarryBlackmun,“Roev.Wade”p.197-200
Optionalreading:Chafe,TheUnfinishedJourney,p.315-22
Responsequestion:Baileywritesagooddealinheressayaboutthe
imagesthatwereusedinthemediabothtorepresentandto
discreditprotestsagainstgenderinequality.Howdidpolitically
motivatedactorsshapemediacoverageofthewomen’srights
movement?
PaperTwoDue
7
Thurs.
Oct.29
Mon.
Nov.2&
Thur.
Nov.5
Mon.
Nov.9
Thurs.
Nov.12
Mon.
Nov.16
Unit3:TelevisionNewsDiversifies
BarbaraWalters
Beforeclass,read:
• TheEveningStars,Chapter6,“TheBarbaraWaltersFiasco”
• ExcerptfromAudition,onBlackboard
Beforeclass,watch:
• Biography,BarbaraWalters.Thisvideoisabout90minuteslong.
Inclassvideo:Excerptfrom25Yearson20/20
DonHewitt,MikeWallace,EdBradleyand60Minutes
Beforeclass,read:
• Excerptfrom“Tick…Tick…Tick…”onBlackboard
• ExcerptfromDonHewittautobiographyTellMeaStory,on
Blackboard
BeforeclassonNov.2,watch:
• CBSNewstributetoDonHewittat
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6144356n
• CBSNewstributetoMikeWallaceat
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7414222n
BeforeclassonNov.5watch:
• CBSNewstributetoEdBradleyat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2ddR0cPjao
Eachvideoisabout45minuteslong.
NixonandWatergate(ResponseOption—Unit3)
Beforeclass,read:
• DanCarter,“ThePoliticsofAnger,1963-1968”inHistoryofOur
Time:p.336-354
• KimMcCaid,“Watergate”inHistoryofourTime,p.300-311
GuestSpeaker:Dr.TimothyNaftali,FormerDirector,NixonLibrary
Responsequestion:Howdidthe“politicsofanger”leadusto
Watergate?
Nixon,WatergateandCronkite
Beforeclass,read:
• ExcerptfromCronkite,p.470-481onBlackboard.
• Chafe,TheUnfinishedJourney,allofCh.13especiallyp.401-11
Beforeclasswatch:CBScoverageofWatergate,linkwillbeprovided
TheIranHostageCrisis(ResponseOption—Unit3)
Beforeclass,read:
• Chafe,TheUnfinishedJourney,Ch.14,p.412-422
• DavidFarber,“TakenHostage,”inHistoryofourTime,p.312-324
Responsequestion:Farbermaintainsthat,“TheAmericancaptivesin
Iranbecamealivingsymbolandapointeddailyreminderofwhat
hadgonewrongintheUnitedStates.”Howdidpresscoveragehelp
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Thurs.
Nov.19
Mon.
Nov.23
Thurs.
Nov.26
Mon.
Nov.30
Thurs.
Dec.3
turntheIranianhostagecrisisintoasymbolofAmerica'sfailures
duringtheseyears?
PaperThreeDistributed
RooneArledge,TedKoppelandNightline
Beforeclass,read:
• TheEveningStars,Ch.8,“TheArledgeExperiment”
• Koppelreading,onBlackboard
• Arledgereading,onBlackboard
GulfWarI(ResponseOption—Unit3)
Beforeclass,read:
• McAlister,Ch.6,“MilitaryMulticulturalismintheGulfWarand
After,1990-1999,”inEpicEncounters,p.235-265,onBlackboard.
BookcanalsobefoundasanebookontheFordhamlibrary
system.
PaperThreeDue
Responsequestion:InDecember1990,theesteemedjournalist
DavidBrodersaidthattheforthcomingIraqWarwouldnotbe
“anotherVietnam.”Washeright?Whyorwhynot?
NoClass–ThanksgivingBreak
TedTurner,CNNandthefirstGulfWar
Beforeclass,read:
• ExcerptfromCrazyLikeaFox,onBlackboard
• Denton,Ch.2“TelevisionasanInstrumentofWar,”p.27-42,on
Blackboard
Beforeclass,watch:
• CharlieRoseInterviewwithTedTurner,2004
• 60MinutesstoryonTurner,linkonBlackboardorhere:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/07/60minutes/mai
n4581890.shtml?tag=contentMain;contentBody
Inclassvideo:excerptsfromCNNcoverageofOPERATIONDESERT
STORM
Responsequestion:BasedonDenton’sanalysisoftheroleofmedia
inwarcoverage,isitgoodorbadforwartobecoveredinrealtime?
Why?
RogerAiles
Beforeclassread:
• ExcerptfromCollins’CrazyLikeaFox,Ch.2—onBlackboard
• ExcerptfromSherman’sTheLoudestVoiceintheRoom—
Chapters11and15onBlackboard
Beforeclasswatch:
• CharlieRoseinterviewwithRogerAiles,2001,linkonBlackboard
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Mon.
Dec.7
Thurs.
Dec.10
Politics,PartisanshipandScandal(ResponseOption—Unit3)
Beforeclass,read:
• SkimChafe,Ch.17&readCh.18top.257
• JeffreyToobininNewYorkeronlegacyofBushv.Gore,Dec.6,
2010at
http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2010/12/06/10120
6taco_talk_toobin
• PaulStarr,“GoverningintheAgeofFoxNewsChannel,”The
Atlantic,Jan./Feb.2010,at
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/01/gover
ning-in-the-age-of-fox-news/307845/
Responsequestion:Starrsaysinhisarticleabovethatourmedia
systemhasevolvedtothepointwherewehavea“fightingpublic
sphere.”AssumingStarriscorrect,whatistheimpacton
democracy?
Conclusions
TakeHomeFinalExamDistributed.
TentativelydueonThursdayDec.17at12:30pm,whenwewould
havefinishedourin-classfinalhadwehadone.
CLASSREQUIREMENTS
ThecourseistaughtaccordingtotheSocraticmethod,sotherewillbefrequent
discussionsintheclassaboutthereadingsandthevideomaterialthatwillbe
screened.Weexpectyoutodothereadingsandwatchthevideosbeforeeachclass
andcomeinpreparedtodiscussthem.Thereadinglistforthiscourseissignificant,
andyoumustkeepup.Ifyouhavenothadtimetodothereadings(whichwehope
willnothappenoften),pleasebehonestandcomeuptousbeforeclasstotellus,so
thatwewillnotcallonyouandcreateanembarrassingsituation.Wewillbecold
callingstudentsduringeveryclasstomakesurethatthereadingshavebeendone.
Popquizzesarealsopossible.Youhavebeenwarned.
Yourin-classparticipation,presentation(seebelow)andattendancewillcountfor
20percentofyourgrade.Thisisnotapurelectureclass—wewillbediscussing
thingsandweexpectyoutojoinin.Youwillbegivenagradeforthequantityand
qualityofyourparticipation,whichwillbefactoredintoyourfinalgrade.This
gradecansignificantlylowerorliftthegradeyoureceiveonyourwrittenwork.You
cangetanAoneverypaperandstillnotgetanAfortheclassifyoudon’t
participate.Beforewarned.
Youreallyneedtoattendalltheclasses,becausethisclassiscumulative,andit’slike
missingapieceofapuzzleifyoumissaclass.Fordhamrulesallowustofailyouif
youmissmorethanfourclasses:noquestionsasked.Don’tmakeusdothat.Ifyou
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notcoming,andwhyyoucannotshowup.Weunderstandthatpeoplegetsick,and
thatthereareotherkindsofemergenciesthatcomeup.Wehopethisclasswillbe
sointerestingthatyouwillnotwanttomissit.Startmissingclasses,andyourgrade
willsuffer.We’dprefertotreatyoulikeadults,butthatdependsonyoufulfilling
yourpartofthesocialcontract,whichistocometoclass,doyourwork,andlearn.
Torepeat,thatmeansyouMUSTemailorcallusifyoumissclasstoexplainyour
absence,everytimeyoumissclass.
ASSIGNMENTS
Wewillaskthatyousubmitallassignmentsexceptthefinalinbothprintedandin
electronicform(finalwillbeelectroniconly).PleasesendusonlyWorddocuments
sothatwecanimbedourcomments,notPDFsorGoogledocsplease.Ifthisisa
materialhardshipbecauseyouuseopensourcesoftware,thenpleasetalktous
aboutyoursubmissions.
AndPLEASEstartallfilenameswithyourlastname,totrytohelpuskeepyour
paperfromgoingmissing.Forinstance:SMITHInnovatorsEssayOne.
ESSAYS:Therewillbethreeessayassignments(forwhichyouwillneedtowrite
approximately1,500words)ontheclassmaterialandreadings.Youwillgetthese
assignmentsoneweekinadvanceoftheirduedate.Theseassignmentswilleach
constitute15percentofyourfinalgrade,foratotal45percent.Wewillbeasking
youtowriteessaystoshownotonlythatyouhaveattendedtheclassbutthatyou
havethoughthardaboutthematerial.YoucannotgetanAforthisclasssimplyby
spittingbackwhatyouhavelearned.Originalthoughtisessentialtogettingahigh
grade.
Hereisthescheduleofassignments,subjecttoadjustmenttoaccommodateguests:
GIVENOUT DUE
Monday,Sept.21 Monday,Sept.28
Monday,Oct.19
Monday,Oct.26
Monday,Nov.16
Monday,Nov.23
RESPONSES: Youwillalsoneedtowritethreebrief(600wordsmaximum)
“responses”duringthetermtoquestionsposedaboutthehistoricalmaterial.YOU
MUSTWRITEONERESPONSEPAPERFORUNITONE,ONERESPONSEPAPERFOR
UNITTWO,ANDONERESPONSEPAPERFORUNITTHREE.Thedatesonwhicha
responsepapermaybewrittenandthequestionsareinthescheduleabove.Each
responsewillcountfor5percentofyourfinalgradeor15percenttotal.
TherearethreeoptionsforUnit1responsepapers,fiveoptionsforUnit2andfive
optionsforUnit3.Pleaseplanappropriately.Youwillfinditusefultowritethe
paperthatgoeswithyourin-classpresentation(seebelow),butthatisnotrequired.
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PRESENTATIONS:YouwillrequiredtomakeONEbriefpresentationduringthe
term.Youwillbeaskedtodiscusseitheraprimarydocument(suchasEdwardR.
Murrow’sWWIIradioscripts),oneoftheresponsesyouwriteaboutahistorical
episodecoveredbythecourse,ortheimportanceofoneofourTVnewsinnovators.
Thegradeforthepresentationwillbeincludedinyourclassparticipationgrade.
Detailedinstructionsforthepresentationandresponsepapersfollowbelow.
FINAL:Therewillalsobeatake-homefinalexam,whichwillrepresent20percentof
yourgrade.Theassignmentwillbegivenoutatthelastclassmeeting(December
10),andyouwillhaveuntiltheassignedtimeforanin-classfinal,tosubmitit
(tentativelyDec.17th).ThisexamwillNOTrequireapapercopy;allsubmission
willbedonebye-mailandgradingdoneelectronically.
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PLAGIARISMANDACADEMICINTEGRITY
OnewaytofailthiscoursewouldbetoviolateFordham’sacademicintegritypolicy.
Academicintegrityisthepursuitofscholarlyactivityinanhonest,truthful,and
responsiblemanner.Violationsofacademicintegrityinclude,butarenotlimitedto,
plagiarism,cheatingonexams,falsification,unapprovedcollaboration,and
destructionoflibrarymaterials.Formoreinformationonwhatspecifically
constitutesviolationsofacademicintegrityandtheuniversity’spolicytoward
violationsofacademicintegrity,seethislink:
http://www.fordham.edu/undergraduateacademicintegrity.
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Tohelpensurethatyouarenotinviolationofourstandards,ALLpapersforthis
coursewillbeputthroughaplagiarismdetectionprogram.Wehaveinputpapers
writtenfortheclassinthepastintotheplagiarismdetectionsystemaswell,tomake
surethatnoonecancriboffsomeoneelsewhotookthecourseearlier.Theageof
theInternetmakesplagiarismeveneasierthanever,sobewarned.Mostofyouare
seniorswhosegraduationwouldbedelayedbyanincidentofplagiarismorother
violationoftheacademicintegritystandards.Wewillbeexpectingyoutoattribute
ideasinyourpapers—notjustthefactsbutalsotheinterpretationsandanalyses
thatarenotyourown.
STUDENTSWITHDISABILITIES
UndertheAmericanswithDisabilitiesActandSection504oftheVocational
RehabilitationActof1973,allstudents,withorwithoutdisabilities,areentitledto
equalaccesstotheprogramsandactivitiesofFordhamUniversity.Ifyoubelieve
thatyouhaveadisablingconditionthatmayinterferewithyourabilityto
participateintheactivities,coursework,orassessmentoftheobjectofthiscourse,
youmaybeentitledtoaccommodations.Pleasescheduleanappointmenttospeak
withsomeoneattheOfficeofDisabilityServices(RH-O’HareHall,LowerLevel,
x0655orLC,x6282).Registrationwiththeirofficeisthefirststepinrequesting
accommodations.WearesensitivetotheneedsofFordhamstudentswithlearning
issuesandotherdisabilities,sopleaseletusknowaboutissuessothatwecanwork
togethertofindaccommodations.
COMPUTERSANDPHONES
Unlessyouhaveadisability,youneedspecialpermissionfromustotakenotesona
computer.Andevenifwegiveyouthispermission,anyoneusingacomputerwill
needtositinthefirsttworowsoftheclassroom.AndanyonecaughtsurfingtheNet
willbebannedfromusingacomputerinclassagain.Obviously,nophoneorsmart
phoneuseduringclass,please.
WEATHER
Thedecisiontocancelclassesduetoweatherconditionswillbemadebythe
AdministrativeVicePresidentandwillbeannouncedonWFUV(90.7FM)every15
minutes.TheUniversitywillalsoprovidearecordedmessageon(212)636-7777,
and1-800-280-SNOW.
THEPROFESSORS
MARKR.SHULMANholdsaB.A.fromYaleUniversity,aMastersfromOxford
University,aPh.D.inhistoryfromtheUniversityofCalifornia-Berkeley,andaJD
fromColumbiaUniversity,whereheservedaseditor-in-chiefoftheJournalof
TransnationalLawandreceivedtheBergerPrizefromInternationalLaw.Dr.
ShulmanhasservedasassociatedeanforglobaladmissionsatNewYorkUniversity
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andasassistantdeanforGraduatePrograms&InternationalAffairsatPaceLaw
School.HecreatedanddirectedtheWorldwideSecurityProgramattheEastWest
InstituteandpracticedlawatDebevoise&Plimpton.HehastaughtatColumbia,
Yale,theAirWarCollege,andiscurrentlyteachinghumanrightsandinternational
lawatSarahLawrenceandHuntercolleges.Thisishisfirstsemesterteachingat
FordhamCollegeRoseHill.
Hehaspublishedwidelyinthefieldsofhistory,law,andinternationalaffairs.His
booksincludeTheLawsofWar:ConstraintsonWarfareinWestern
World(1994),NavalismandtheEmergenceofAmericanSeaPower(1995),An
Admiral’sYarn(1999),andTheImperialPresidencyandtheConsequencesof
9/11(2007).HisarticleshaveappearedintheColumbiaJournalofTransnational
Law,JournalofNationalSecurity&Policy,JournalofMilitaryHistory,Intelligenceand
NationalSecurity,theNewYorkTimes,andFordhamLawReviewandtheFordham
InternationalLawJournal.
BETHKNOBELisatenuredAssistantProfessorofCommunicationandMedia
StudiesatFordhamandAssociateChair,teachingcoursesinjournalism,broadcast
historyandpress-politics.BeforeshecametoFordhamin2007,shewasthe
MoscowBureauChiefforCBSNews.InnineyearsatCBS,shewasanon-air
correspondentaswellasanEmmy-awardwinningproducer.Shespent14years
livinginMoscow,wheresheworkedforTheLosAngelesTimes,andthetelevision
newsagency“WorldwideTelevisionNews,”beforejoiningCBS.Shestillworksfor
CBSNewsasitsexpertonRussianaffairs.
Herfirstbook,co-writtenwithCBSnewslegendand“TVNewsInnovator”Mike
Wallace,cameoutin2010.ItiscalledHeatandLight:AdvicefortheNextGeneration
ofJournalists,andit’sananecdote-filledguidebookforyoungjournalistsonhowto
doreportingright.Thebookgrewdirectlyoutofthiscourse,andsothatmeansthat
“TVNewsInnovators”isparticularlyclosetoherheart.Youcanreadmoreabout
thebookatwww.heatandlight.org.(Orbetteryet…buyacopyandreaditifyou’re
interestedinjournalism).Sheisjustfinishinganewbookabouthowwatchdog
reportinghaschangedoverthepast20years.SheholdsMastersandDoctoral
degreesfromHarvardinPublicPolicy,whereherspecialtywasPress,Politicsand
PublicPolicy.SheearnedherA.B.inPoliticalSciencehereinNewYorkatBarnard
College,partofColumbiaUniversity.Andinhersparetime,sheispursuingher
seconddegreeblackbeltinthemartialartoftaekwondo.
APPENDIX:INSTRUCTIONSFORRESPONSEPAPERS&PRESENTATIONS
Youarerequiredtowritethreeresponsestoquestionsrelatedtoyourhistoryfocusedreadingsthroughoutthecourseofthesemester.Theseresponsesshouldbe
nomorethan600wordseach,andaretobehandedinatthestartofclassonthe
dayofthelectureonthetopicofyourresponse.LATEPAPERSWILLNOTBE
ACCEPTED.DONOTEXCEED600words,excludingheading.Startyourwordcount
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fromthefirstwordofyouressay.Thepurposeofthisresponseisfirst,toshowus
thathavedonethereadingandunderstoodthelargerissuesatstake,andsecond,to
helpyouarticulateyourthoughtsonthesubjectinpreparationforclassdiscussion.
Sinceyouaremostlyseniors,weshouldnothavetotellyoutomakesuretheseread
likeaveryshortessay.Youshouldhaveanintroduction,body,andconclusionto
yourresponse,usetopicsentences,andbreakmultiplethoughtsintomultiple
paragraphs.Wealsoshouldnothavetotellyoutotrytocomeupwithsomesortof
thesisstatement,howevertentative,whichyouwillargueinyourresponse.Asyou
preparetowrite,imaginethatyouareabouttohaveaconversationaboutthistopic
withtheclass.
Youwanttosoundasconvincingandauthoritativeaspossible,soeliminate
expressionssuchas,"Ithink,""Idon'tknow,"or"itseems,"andmakesurethatyou
gobacktospecificpassagesinthetextsthatbestsupportyourargument.Weexpect
youtousedirectquotesfromthereadings.Ifatfirstyoudon'tfindyourselfwithan
opinion,takethefirstreasonableopinionthatcomesintoyourhead,andtrytothink
ofhowyouwouldbackitup.Ifyoucan,thenwriteyourresponse.Ifyoucannot,
thenwhycan'tyou?Doyourdoubtsleadyoutoanotheropinionthatyoucould
argue?Maybethat’sthewaytogo.
Alsoaswithallassignmentsforthisclass,youshouldassumeweknowallthebasic
facts(whichwedo)andfocusonanalysis.Youdon’thavetotellusWHAT
happened.Instead,tellusWHYthingshappened,whatsignificancetheyhad,or
whattheconsequenceswereoftheirhappening.
Also,asforallassignmentsforthecourse,thereisnoone“right”answerforany
responsepaper.Whatinterestsusishowyoudefendandarguethepositionyou
take.Wecandisagreewithyou,butgiveyouanAifyouwriteapersuasiveand
well-groundedpaper.
PRESENTATIONS
PresentationswillbelimitedtojustTHREEMINUTES.Thisisanextremelyshort
amountoftime,soyouwillhavetobewellprepared.Whetheryouaresummarizing
oneofyourresponsesorcommentingonprimarysources,youwillneedtohityour
mainpointsquicklyandgiveyourrationaleforthem.
Don’ttrytocovereverything—instead,concentrateonthethreemostimportant
points.Youshoulddoyourpresentationaloudbeforeyoudoitinclass,andshould
timeittomakesurethatyoucomeinatunder3minutes.Makesureyouexplainnot
only“what”butalso“why”,“how”and“sowhat.”
Goodluck!
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