IT University of CopenhagenDigital Media and Design program
BMMS::Mobile Media and Social IT
Instructor: Dr. Adriana de Souza e Silva
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Th. 02.09 L |
Course overview |
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Th. 02.09 E
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Discussion posters
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Th. 09.09 L | Castells et. al.,"Communication and mobility in everyday life" (pp. 77-126) in MCS
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Th. 09.09 E
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Field exercise
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 3History |
Th. 16.09 L | Farley, "Mobile telephone history" (pp. 22-34) Goggin, "Making voice portable: The early history of the cell phone" (pp. 19-40)
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Th. 16.09 E
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Topic Handout I | Project reading: Kato, "Japanese youth and the imagining of keitai" (p. 103-119) |
Text discussion Show student work Choose groups for final video project Work in groups to plan project proposal
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Th. 23.09 L | Cellular generations | Rheingold (TED)
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Goggin, "Next gen mobile: 3G, 4G, and the return of location" (pp. 187-204). Javaid, Rasheed, Meddour, Ahmed, & Prasad, "E novel dimension of cooperation in 4G" (pp. 29-40) |
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Th. 23.09 E
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Visit from the library ( Mia Nyma & Thomas Hoffman) Instructions on academic paper Proposal presentation
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Video project proposal due | ||||
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Th. 30.09 L | Location-based services and location-based social networks
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- CYSMN |
de Souza e Silva & Frith, "Locative mobile social networks" Perusco & Michael, "Control, trust, privacy and security" (pp. 4-16)
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Eric Gordon's lecture (15:00-15:45) |
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Th. 30.09 E
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Group Discussion Class evaluation Work in groups to plan storyboard
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Final written project proposal due | ||||
| 6 Technology |
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07.10 L | Ubicomp / Pervasive computing | Hiroshii Ishi Pattie Maes (TED) |
Greenfield, "Section1: What's everyware" (pp. 9-34) Greenfield, "Section2: How is everyware different from what we're used to?" (pp. 35-88)
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Th. 07.10 E
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Steve Mann | Video Discussion Present storyboard
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Storyboard due | |||
| 7 Social uses
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Th. 14.10 L
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Mobile phones as educational tools | - Environmental Detectives - Frequency 1550 - Savannah |
Campbell, "Perceptions of mobile phones in college classrooms" (pp. 280-294) Delacruz, Chung, & Baker, "Finding E place" (pp. 251-268) in DC
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Instructions on outline
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Video fieldwork
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Th. 28.10 L
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Micro-coordination and macro-coordination |
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Castells et. al. "The mobile civil society" (pp. 185-214) in MCS Ling & Yttri, "Nobody sits at home and waits for the telephone to ring" (pp. 1-27)
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Rich Ling's lecture (13:00-14:00)
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Th. 28.10 E
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Video editing
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Outline for final writen project due + initial bibliography | ||||
| 9 Social uses
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Th. 04.11 L | Castells et. al., "The mobile youth culture" (pp. 127-170) in MCSKatz & Sugyiama, "Mobile phones as fashion statements" (pp. 321-337)
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Gitte Stald's lecture (13:00-14:00)
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04.11
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Preview presentation Questions about final project
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Preview due | ||||
| 10 Case studies / Global South |
Th. 11.11 L | South America | Iqbal Quadir TED talk |
de Souza e Silva, et. al., "Mobile phone appropriation in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil" Castells, et. al., Wireless communication and global development" (pp. 215-244) in MCS |
Sandra Rubia's lecture (14:30 - 15:30)
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Final video fieldwork | |||||
(NCA)
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Th. 18.11 L | Africa |
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James & Versteeg, "Mobile phones in Africa" (pp. 117-126
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Jonathan Donner's podcast |
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Th. 18.11 E
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Final video editing | |||||
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Th. 25.11 L | Groups 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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Th. 25.11 E
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Groups 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 | |||||
| 13 Supervision |
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02.12 L | no class / work on final exam | ||||
| Th. 02.12 E | no class / work on final exam | |||||
| 14 Supervision |
Th. 02.12 L | no class / work on final exam | ||||
| Th. 02.12 E | no class / work on final exam | |||||
| 15 Final exam |
Wed. 15.12 | Final exam due | ||||