Course Schedule

Week1 (Sep. 21)Introduction to the course and communication theory

Introduction to course and NCCU E-learning WM5 system.

Week2（Sep. 28）Media Effects

Readings：

Valkenburg, P. M., Peter, J., & Walther, J. B. (2016). Media effects: Theory and research. Annual review of psychology, 67, 315-338.

Thorson, K., & Wells, C. (2016). Curated flows: A framework for mapping media exposure in the digital age. Communication Theory, 26(3), 309-328.

Week3（Oct. 5） Media Logic

Readings:

Van Dijck, J., & Poell, T. (2013). Understanding social media logic. Media and Communication, 1(1), 2-14.

Klinger, U., & Svensson, J. (2015). The emergence of network media logic in political communication: A theoretical approach. New Media & Society, 17(8),1241-1257.

Week4（Oct. 12）News and Society

Readings:

Deuze, M., & Witschge, T. (2018). Beyond journalism: Theorizing the transformation of journalism. Journalism, 19(2),165-181.

Hanitzch, T., & Vos, T., (2018) Journalism beyond democracy: A new look into journalistic roles in political and everyday life.Journalism, 19(2),146-164

Week5（Oct. 19）News Framing Theory

Readings:

Cacciatore, M. A., Scheufele, D. A., & Iyengar, S. (2016). The End of Framing as we Know it… and the Future of Media Effects. Mass Communication and Society, 19(1), 7-23.

Britta C. Brugman, Christian Burgers & Gerard J. Steen (2017) Recategorizing political frames: a systematic review of metaphorical framing in experiments on political communication, Annals of the International Communication Association, 41:2, 181-197.

Week6（Oct. 26）Entertainment Media Use

Readings:

Bartsch, A., & Hartmann, T. (2017). The role of cognitive and affective challenge in entertainment experience. Communication Research, 44(1), 29-53.

Robin L. Nabi & Melanie C. Green (2015) The Role of a Narrative's Emotional Flow in Promoting Persuasive Outcomes, Media Psychology, 18:2, 137-162.

Week7（Nov. 2）Digital Stress

Readings:

Hefner, D., & Vorderer, P. (2017). Digital stress: Permanent connectedness and multitasking. In L. Reinecke & M. B. Oliver (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of media use and well-being: International perspectives on theory and research on positive media effects (pp. 237-249). New York, NY, US: Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group.

Reinecke, L., Aufenanger, S., Beutel, M. E., Dreier, M., Quiring, O., Stark, B., ... & Müller, K. W. (2017). Digital stress over the life span: the effects of communication load and internet multitasking on perceived stress and psychological health impairments in a German probability sample. Media Psychology, 20(1), 90-115.

Weeks 8 & 9 (Nov. 9 & 16) Discussion of the first draft of research paper (20% of the 65 points)

＊ Discussion may take 15-20 minutes.

＊ Your research plan with references must be posted on NCCU E-learning WM5 system 48 hours prior to our meeting (Wednesday 10:10 AM)..

Week 10（Nov. 23）Social Media

Readings:

van Deursen, A. J., & Van Dijk, J. A. (2014). The digital divide shifts to differences in usage. New Media & Society, 16(3), 507-526.

King, G., Pan, J., & Roberts, M. E. (2017). How the Chinese Government Fabricates Social Media Posts for Strategic Distraction, not Engaged Argument. American Political Science Association,111,3,484-501.

Week 11（Nov.30）Fake news

Readings:

Allcott, Hunt, and Matthew Gentzkow. 2017. “Social Media and Fake News in the 2016 Election.” Journal of Economic Perspectives 31 (2): 1–28.閱讀到219頁Real Data on Fake News標題前。

Larzer D, et al.,(2018) The science of fake news,Science 359(6380),1094-1096.

Week 12（Dec. 7）Fake news and Emotion

Readings:

Bakir, Vian and Andrew McStay. 2018. Fake news and the economy of emotions: problems, causes, solutions. Digital Journalism 6(2),154-175.

Vosoughi S. et al., (2018). The spread of true and false news online. Science 359(6380), 1146-1151.

Weeks 13 (Dec. 14)Fake News，Misinformation and Post-truth

Readings:

Corner, J. (2017). Fake news, post-truth, and media-political change. Media, Culture and Society, 39, 1100?1107. doi:10.1177/0163443717726743

Lewandowsky S, Ecker U K H and Cook J 2017 Beyond misinformation: understanding and coping with the post-truth era J. Appl. Res. Mem. Cogn. 6 353–69.

Weeks 14 & 15 (Dec. 21 & 28) Discussion of the second draft of research paper (20% of the 65 points)

＊ Discussion may take 15-20 minutes.

＊ Your research plan with references must be posted on NCCU E-learning WM5 system 48 hours prior to our meeting (Wednesday 10:10 AM).

Week 16 & 17（Jan. 4 &11）Research Presentation & Paper Critique

＊ Research Presentation in class (50% of the 65 points). Research paper must be posted on NCCU E-learning WM5 system 48 hours prior to your presentation (Wednesday 10:10 AM).

＊ Please use your paper for presentation (don’t use PowerPoint ).

＊ 10 to 15 minutes for each presentation.

＊ Paper Critique (5 points). You are required to critique one research paper and provide constructive comments. You critique should be limited within 3 to 5 minutes.

＊ You must attend these two weeks of presentation in order to learn from other students’ research.

Week 18 (Jan. 18) Final Paper

＊ Please post the final version of your research paper on NCCU e-learning WM5 system no late than Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, at 2:10 PM (30% of the 65 points).

＊ When you turning in the final paper, please send me your evaluation of your research partner by email (telsws@nccu.edu.tw). Please put your name on the title of the email, and write down the name and score you like to give to your research partner(10% of the 65 points).

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Class Presentation of Assigned Readings (20 points)

Class Participation (10 points)

Research Paper (65 points)

Paper Critique (5 points)

Journal Articles & Book Chapters