T552--Cognitive Approaches to Media

Second Semester, 2007-2008
Section 25065

Professor       
Dr. Robert F. Potter

Email                
rfpotter [at] indiana {dot} edu

Phone               
856-2546

Meeting Time/Place
M & W 11:15-12:30
RTV 169

Office Hours (RTV 305)
By appointment. If you want to meet with me, I'm happy to. Just send me an email listing three days/times that are available for you to meet. I'll choose one and email you back.
My office is in RTV 305.

Description
The purpose of this course is to introduce you to major concepts in cognitive psychology and then see how those concepts have been applied to questions concerning the processing of mediated messages. Concepts to be addressed include: Attention, Emotion, Memory, Priming, Social Reality and Dynamic Processing. Readings will come from both the psychology and media literatures.

Required Readings
There is a textbook for this course.

Eysenck, Michael (2007). Fundamentals of Cognition. Psychology Press.

Other required readings will be excerpts from books or articles from academic journals. The required readings will be placed on E-Reserve through the IU library system. The password is:
I will expect you to have the readings completed by class time.

Academic Integrity
Students are expected to adhere to the highest ethical standards in all their course work and research, and to be familiar with the contents of the document entitled Integrity in Graduate Study. Copies may be obtained from departmental offices or from the office of the University Graduate School.

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