Fall Quarter 2007 — Item # 2980
Class meeting: Online
Instructor: Dave Holman
Office: Room 9-56 Phone: (253) 566-5386
E-mail: dholman@tacomacc.edu
Office hours: 1:30–2:20 MWTh; other times by
appointment
Textbook:
Rodman, George. Mass Media in a Changing World, 2nd Edition.
McGraw-Hill, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-07-351190-0 New books contain a CD with
video materials, some of which will be assigned for this class. The textbook
includes links to a companion Web site that will be very useful in mastering
the course material
Movies:
• Casablanca. Dir. Michael Curtiz. Perf. Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman,
Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre.
MGM, 1942. Unrated. Copies are available for rental at most video stores
and NetFlix. The TCC Library has a DVD copy. Available from online bookstores
for about $15. For everything one could possibly want to know about Casablanca,
see Vincent's Casablanca Home Page, http://www.vincasa.com/.
• Control Room. Dir. Jehane Noujaim. Perf. Samir Khader, Josh Rushing,
Tom Mintier, and Hassan Ibrahim. Noujaim Films/Lions Gate Home Entertainment,
2004. Unrated. Copies are available for rental at most video stores and
NetFlix. The TCC Library has a DVD copy. Available from Amazon for about
$16 new.
• The Insider. Dir. Michael Mann. Perf. Al Pacino, Russell Crowe.
TouchStone, 1999. Rated R (language). Copies are available for rental at
most video stores and NetFlix. Available from Amazon for about $12 new.
Prospective students should read the syllabus before enrolling. Also, if you have never taken an online course before, check out the distance learning information in your student portal. Login to your TCC Portal from the TCC Homepage and click on the Distance Learning tab.