Schedule of Assignments All assignments are due on the day indicated below All dates in green indicate days we will not meet in class Home

DATE	DISCUSSION TOPIC	READING/VIEWING/RESEARCH DUE	WRITING ASSIGNED/DUE
Week 1 August 31	Introduction/Overview		Go to My Comp Lab. Instructions on how to purchase access and join the class are here Review the Syllabus. It is available in Blackbloard as well as online here.
September 2	Blogging	Check out a few celebrity themed blogs PopWrap, Perez Hilton , TMZ and US Magazine. Read not only the entries, but the comments that readers have posted as well. Note what the conventions of each site are. What are the cues that let you know that? Compare these to In Media Res, Celebrity Gossip, Academic Style, Antenna and Confessions of an Aca-Fan. What are the conventions for these sites? Audience?	Blog Assignment After reading the assignment, post an introduction in the class blog. Tell everyone what you're a fan of (everyone is a fan of something) and why. Note: the blog is on Blackboard; go to your individual section site rather than the merged course.
September 3	Demo Day	Demonstrations of MyCompLab, RefWorks, Zotero and Delicious.
Week 2 September 7	Celebrity Studies /Effective summaries / Mapping Arguments	"Getting to Know Us: An Introduction to the Study of Popular Culture" Read On fame (follow this link) and A Journal in Celebrity Studies (on Blackboard, Electronic Reserves in Fame and Celebrity folder). Identify potenital issues raised by the authors that may bear on the study of celebrity culture. Note tone and potential audience.	Write a blog entry in which you discuss these issues. Post this entry both on the blog (Blackboard) and in My Comp Lab. (Further instructions are posted there.) Literature Review assigned.
September 9	Celebrity Studies /Effective summaries	Read "'Sometimes you wanna hate celebrities': tabloid readers and celebrity coverage" Read Chapter 2 of They Say, I Say.	Summarize the reading using the strategies suggested in They Say, I Say. Post this summary on the blog.
September 10	Celebrity Studies /Effective summaries	Read "Intimate Fame Everywhere"(Blackboard/Electronic Reserves/Framing Celebrity folder) Read "Coming to Terms" by Joseph Harris (Blackboard/Electronic Reserves/They Say, I Say folder )	Assess the reading according to the three moves Harris outlines (see p.15). Mark keywords and passages in the text. Bring copies (hard or electronic) to class.
Week 3 September 14	Desiring Fame		Blog entry in which you discuss your reseach experience to date - what types of projects you've worked on, what research resources you're familiar with and which you typically use most.
September 16	Beginning Research Meet in Gelman Library Room 301
September 17	Wiki	Read the definitions of "wiki" and "Cultural Studies" on Wikipedia. Explore the Lostpedia website. Find one additional wiki based on your own interests.	Create wiki account here. Instuctions on how to use the wiki are here. Wiki assignment here. Link to a previous wiki is here for reference purposes.
Week 4 September 21	Desiring Fame	"Identity Crisis" (on Blackboard in Fame and Celebrity/Illusions of Immortality folder) "The Quest for Fame" (on Blackboard in Fame and Celebrity/Illusions of Immortality folder)	Write one blog post on the intersection of these readings and the scenes from My Big Break shown in class. How do they inform one another? Literature Review Worksheet
September 23	Desiring Fame	"The Meaning of the Popular Music Celebrity" (on Blackboard in Fame and Celebrity folder) "Explaining Angelyne" (on Blackboard in Fame and Celebrity folder)
September 24	Wiki/Hybrid Day	Each group should "come to" online office hours today between 8:00 and 2:00. Be ready with updates on progress, questions about your wiki article. Online office hours are on Blackboard. In the mereged course, go to Chat and then click on "Join" (after "Office Hours"). You may have to download a plug-in for chat to work for you.
Week 5 September 28	Peer Review	Bring a copy of your Lit Review to class with you for peer editing. Identify at least two areas that you would like your editing group to address.	First draft of Literature Review due. Literature Review Peer Review Worksheet Proposal Assigned
September 30	Hollywood's meta-commentary on itself
October 1	Fame	Wiki/Hybrid Day	First Wiki article (Celebrity Studies) due
Week 6 October 5	Fan Culture	Read "Fandom as Pathology"
October 7	Fan Culture	Read "Why Study Fans"
October 8	Fan Culture	Wiki/Hybrid Day	Second draft of Literature Review due Revisions to first Wiki article due.
Week 7 October 12	Fan Culture		Pre-proposal research Annotated Bibliography assigned
October 14	Fan Culture	Read "Star Trek Rerun, Reread, Rewritten" ""In The End It's All Made Up': The Ethics of Fanfiction and Real Person Fiction"
October 15	Fan Culture	Wiki/Hybrid Day	Tag and cross reference wiki articles. For instructions on how to do this go to the Help page on our wiki.
Week 8 October 19	Fan Culture	Meet in Library Room 301	Complete this assignment abefore we meet in the library. Begin posting to Blog 2x per week; shift focus to your research.
October 21	Fan Culture	Read Women, Star Trek, and the early development of fannish vidding in the online Journal of Transformative Works.	Final Draft of Literature Review due
October 22	Fan Culture	Read Quentin Tarentino's Star Wars?" - in Fandom folder on Blackboard.	Second Wiki article(Fan Studies) due
Week 9 October 26	Proposal Workshops	Overview, Author Background and Competition
October 28	Proposal Workshops	Markets and Research Plan
October 29	Wiki		Revisions on second Wiki article due Read Chapter 7 of They Say, I Say on blackboard in Electronic Reserves.
Week 10 November 2			First draft of proposal due Instructions for Peer Review Assignment on My comp Lab
November 4
November 5	Wiki		Add category tags and links (both internal and external) to Fan Studies pages Peer Reviews due
Week 11 November 9	Research	Meet in Library Room 301
November 11	Research	Complete the Library Assignment and post the titles and call numbers of the three books you found in a blog post. Describe the process you went through to get the books.	Post an abstract (see handout from Thursday's class) on the blog. Identify the areas (research, your own argument, audience and venue, the "So what? Who cares?" questions)that you feel you still need to develop before the final proposal.
November 12	Research		Third Wiki article (Databases) due. Two Annotated Bibliography entries posted on Wiki
Week 12 November 16	Individual meetings	Sign up for a time on the Wiki (Course Resouorces - Make an Appointment) . Come to the meeting prepared to discuss your research to date and the development of your research paper.)	Post a revised abstract to the blog
November 18	Individual meetings	Sign up for a time on the Wiki (Course Resouorces - Make an Appointment). Come to the meeting prepared to discuss your research to date and the development of your research paper.)
November 19	Wiki		Revisions on third Wiki article due` Total of four Annotated bibliography entries due Post another revision of your abstract to the blog.
Week 13 November23	Writing to Your Audience	No class meeting - open office hours	Final draft of proposal due
November 25	Thanksgiving Break
November26	Thanksgiving Break		Total of Seven Annotated Bibliography entries posted
Week 14 November 30	Editing: Cutting for Clarity / Workshopping first drafts	Class meets as scheduled	First Drafts of papers posted to My Comp Lab by midnight November 30.
December 2	First drafts/Editing workshops	Read drafts from the others in your editing group.
December 3	First drafts/Editing workshops	Read drafts from the others in your editing group.
Week 15 December 7			Final drafts of Annotated Bibliography due.
Week 16 December9		Bring laptops to class.	Fill out course evaluations here
December 10	Last Day of Classes
December 13			Final drafts of research papers due. Final checklist is here.

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