Syllabus

On-line Readings:

     AREA Chicago Special Issue on the Legacy of 1968 in Chicago (source for Alyssa Vincent & Steve Macek articles on the underground press):

        "The Seed: Voice of a Community, Center of a Movement"

        " A Very Volatile Time: An Interview with Bernie Farber"

        "Messages in a Lovely Psychedelic Bottle: An Interview with Abe Peck"

       Future of Music Coalition, Executive Summary of "False Premises, False Promises: A Quantitative History of Ownership Consolidation in the Radio Industry"

       Pew Internet and American Life Project, “How the Internet has woven itself into American Life”

       Disney's 2009 Shareholders Report. Read the "Letter to Shareholders," "Studio Entertainment" and "Media Networks". DO NOT print out the entire   file.

Extra Credit Opportunities:

        Urban and Suburban Studies Events List 2010-2011. You can earn extra credit by attending either or both of the fall events listed here-- the talk by Mark Quinn and the film screening of "Worker's Republic" --and writing a short 1-page response. 

       Chicago History Author Series. Some of the presentations in this series being held in Lisle would be appropriate for extra credit in this class. The Dean Milano presentation on rock music scene in Chicago would fit as would the presentations by journalists Joni Blackman and Rick Kogan.