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Week 1
January 15 and 17

Topic: What is Public Reasoning?
Readings: AlterNet Discussion: "Are There Alternative Media?"
Daily Lobo: Read Jan. 14's column and letters-to-editor on Professor Berthold--click on back issues
Bring an example of your own writing to class on Thursday.

Week 2
January 22 and 24

Topic: What is the critique of public discourse? What should public discourse look like?
Readings: George Lakoff, Judith Rodin, Edward Said (all on line), and Reynolds (handout)

Week 3
January 29 and 31

Topic: What do the different forums for public on -line discourse look like?
Readings: Sontag, Talbot, Ehrenreich, Responses to Ehrenreich, Schoch, Responses to Schoch.

Week 4
February 5 and 7

Topic: Closed Form Writing
Readings: Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing (on reserve), pp. 437-482 on closed forms

Week 5
February 12 and 14

Topic: Peer Review and Assembly of Sources and Documents

WRITING ASSIGNMENT ONE DUE

Week 6
February 19 and 21

Topic: Open Form Writing
Readings: Julian Dibbell (on line). Fritz Utzeri (handout). Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing (on reserve), pp. 483-508 on open forms.
Research: Students define areas of interest and issues.

Week 7
February 26 and 28

Topic: Invoking Authority
Readings: Tamim Ansary. Reuel Marc Gerecht. Handout on ethos, pathos, logos.

Week 8
March 5 and 7

Topic: Visuals as Public Discourse
Reading: International Cartoons, NYT, CNN, alternative media images

Week 9
SPRING BREAK

Draft your Essay.

Week 10
March 19 and 21

Topic: Peer Review and Assembly of Sources and Documents

WRITING ASSIGNMENT TWO DUE

Week 11
March 26 and 28

Topic: Interactive Writing
Reading: Porter, Internetworked Ethics, on reserve

Week 12
April 2 and 4

Topic: On-line forums
Reading: Intensive cataloguing, critiquing, and selection of on-line, internetworked discourse venues

Week 13
April 9 and 11

Topic: Interactive Writing
Writing: ParticipationBegins

Week 14
April 16 and 18

Topic: Interactive Writing
Writing: Participation Continues

Week 15
April 23 and 25

Topic: Assembly of Conversations and Contexts

Week 16
April 30 and May 2

WRITING ASSIGNMENT THREE DUE