Rhetoric, Not Just for Liars Anymore
9/6
In class: Introductions: How does this class work? What is this class about? What is Rhetoric?
9/8
Reading and Annotation: Booth - "How Many 'Rhetorics'?"
In class: Discuss reading and practice Hypothesis annotations, discuss Learning Record
9/13
Reading and Annotation: Booth - "Judging Rhetoric"
In class: Discuss reading and annotations, discus Learning Record
9/15
Reading and Annotation: Booth - "Media Rhetrickery"
In class: Discuss reading and Hypothesis annotations
9/16
Learning Record Part A Due by 5:00pm (interview and reflection)
Literature and/as Propaganda
9/20
Reading: 1/3 of Ender's game and annotate passages in Hypothesis
In class: Discuss reading and annotations, combined meeting with Prof. Brown and Prof. Humes
9/22
Reading: 2/3 Ender's game
In class: Discuss reading, respond to in-class writing prompt
9/27
Reading: Finish Ender's game
In class: Discuss reading, respond to in-class writing prompt
9/29
Reading: Response paper workshop
10/1
Ender's Game Response paper due by 5:00pm
10/4
Reading: 1/2 Little Brother and annotate passage in Hypothesis
In class: Discuss reading and annotations, introduction to Twine
10/6
- No Class - Prof. Brown at a Conference
Reading: 3/4 Little Brother
10/11
Reading: Finish Little Brother
In class: Discuss reading, Twine workshop
10/13
Twine workshop
10/18
Twine Workshop and Learning Record Discussion
10/19
Twine Game Due by 5:00pm
Studies in Rhetrickery
10/20
Trip to the Philadelphia Museum of Art to see "Martine Syms: Neural Swamp / The Future Fields Commission"
10/22
Midterm Learning Record Due by 5:00pm
10/25
Reading and Annotation: "Digital Propaganda: The Power of Influencers"
In class: Discuss reading and annotations
10/27
Reading and Annotation: "Art Museum employees return to work with a union contract. But bad blood still lingers for some."
In class: Guest Speaker - Philly Museum Worker
11/1
Film screening
Feels Good Man
11/3
Reading and Annotation: "Lexicon of Lies"
In class: Discuss reading
11/8
Reading and Annotation: "Exposing Russia’s Effort to Sow Discord Online: The Internet Research Agency and Advertisements"
In class: Discuss reading and evidence linked in the report
11/10
Reading and Annotation: "Media Forensics and DeepFakes: An Overview"
In class: Discuss reading and experiment with DALL-E
11/15
"Well Played" session of Headliner
Using Rhetrickery for Good?
11/17
In class: Lorenz, "Birds Aren’t Real, or Are They? Inside a Gen Z Conspiracy Theory"
Listen and Watch NYTimes Podcast - The Daily: "A Movement to Fight Misinformation...With Misinformation", Birds Aren't Real YouTube Channel: "THE TRUTH REPORT EP 1: EXPOSING TAYLOR LORENZ"
In class: Discuss and analyze "Birds Aren't Real"
11/22
In class: No class meeting, "Birds Aren't Real" response paper due by 5:00pm
11/24
Holiday - No class meeting
11/29
Reading and Annotation: "A.I. Is Mastering Language. Should We Trust What It Says?"
In class: Discuss reading, experiment with GPT-3
12/1
In class: Final Project Workshop
12/6
In class: Final Project Workshop
12/8
Final Project Presentations
12/13
Learning Record Workshop
12/22
Final Learning Record Due by 11:00am
