Fall 2017  |  GER 3014 Section 001: German Media (17155)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/05/2017 - 12/13/2017
Wed 04:40PM - 07:10PM
UMTC, East Bank
Folwell Hall 106
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Introduction to German language media. German language newspaper/magazine articles. The Internet. Radio/TV broadcasts. Structure/style of journalistic prose. prereq: 3011
Class Notes:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?ooste003+GER3014+Fall2017
Class Description:
From the propaganda of the Nazi era, to the iconic student movements of the 1960's, to the dominance and pervasiveness of youth culture today, Media and the Press have battled for the minds of German youth in ways that are similar to the American Experience but uniquely German in nature. This course will explore the German Media War as it moves from Hitler youth, "Stunde Null", through the major events and movements of the Cold War: Berlin Airlift, Communist Pioneers, the '68 Student movements, Baader-Meinhof, International Friendship Movements, Kirchentage, "Amis Raus", and the unprecedented integration of a foreign and alienated East German youth into the Wonderworld of freedom and chaos of Berlin at the close of the 20th century. With fringe movements in American politics calling each other "nazis" on the left and right it will be important to explore what that actually implies and how meaningless it has become.
Grading:
50% Reports/Papers
20% In-class Presentations
30% Class Participation
Class Format:
20% Lecture
30% Film/Video
30% Discussion
10% Small Group Activities
10% Student Presentations
Workload:
50 Pages Reading Per Week
12-15 Pages Writing Per Term
6 Paper(s)
2 Presentation(s)
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/17155/1179
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
8 July 2016

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