Textbook & Supplemental Materials

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.

Students in this course are responsible for the material in the textbook and the three movies listed above. You don't have to buy the movies, but you must arrange to view them before the discussion time posted in the course schedule.