Part I: Concepts for the study of (New) Media
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Th.
01.08
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course overview |
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Tu. 01.13
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Introduction: What is New Media? |
Manovich, "What's new media?" (pp. 18-61)
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Blog post 01 |
Th.
01.15 |
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Discussion: What is New Media? + concepts |
talk about scholarly sources
choose working groups
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Tu. 01.20 |
Interface |
Manovich, "The Interface" (pp. 62-93) |
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- Xerox PARC |
Blog post 02 |
Th. 01.22
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Discussion:
- articles: interface of 21st century
- Jeff Hann demo
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Tu. 01.27 |
Databases |
Manovich, "The forms: The database" (pp. 218-243) |
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Blog post 03 |
Tu. 01.29 |
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Discussion: Memex |
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Tu. 02.03 |
Mobility / Speed
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Kellerman, "Technologies" (pp. 72-108) |
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Blog post 04 |
Th. 02.05 |
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Discussion
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Tu. 02.10 |
Augmented Spaces
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Manovich, "The poetics of augmented spaces" |
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Blog post 05 |
Th. 02.12 |
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Presentation 01:
1. Itinerant (Teri Rueb)
2. Amodal Suspension (Rafael Lozano-Hemmer)
3. Loopt
By Derrick Black, Sara Nussbacher, and Faeben Fulford |
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Give questions Mid-term |
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Tu. 02.17 |
Information / Materiality
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Mid-term due
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Th. 02.19 |
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Hayles, "The condition of virtuality" (pp. 68-94) |
Presentation 02:
1. Myst (Millers)
2. The ornament of grammar (Andre Kopra)
By Casey Popplin, and Steven Jenkins
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Blog post 06 |
Part II: "When old technologies were new"
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Tu. 02.24 |
Book / Print
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Hobart & Schiffman, "Printing and the rupture of classification" (pp. 87-111)
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Blog post 07
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Th. 02.26 |
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Presentation 03:
1. Dead Sea Scrolls (150 B.C. - 70 A.D)
2. The Book of Kells (795 - 806 A.D.)
3. 42-line Bible (Gutenberg)
By Matt Bowman, Nastassia Astrasheuskaya, and Gabrielle Bennett
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Discussion |
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8
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Tu. 03.03 |
No class - Spring Break |
Th. 03.05 |
No class - Spring Break |
9 |
Tu.
03.10 |
19th century technologies (train, telephone, telegraph) |
Carey, "Technology and ideology" (pp. 201-230) |
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Blog post 08 |
Th. 03.12
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Presentation 04:
1. The great train robbery (Edwin S. Porter)
2. The Lonedale Operator (D.W. Griffith)
By Jessica Highsmith, and Marie Basista
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Discussion |
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10 |
Tu. 03.17 |
The Age of Broadcasting (radio and TV) |
Briggs & Burke, "Information, Education, Entertainment" (pp. 216-233) |
Videos:
- Radio Days |
Discussion:
Radio articles
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Blog post 9
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Th. 03.19 |
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Briggs & Burke, "Information, Education, Entertainment" (pp. 233-266) |
Presentation 05:
1. The War of the Worlds (1938, H.G. Wells)
2. Beat the clock (CBS, 1950-1958)
3. Tonight (CBS, 1957)
By Beth Hopper, Lauren Lopez-Ibaniez, and Jessica Swanner
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Blog post 10 |
Part III: How to understand New Media as Media
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Tu. 03.24 |
E-text (Hypertext, Cybertext, Technotext)
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Aarseth, "Nolinearity and literary theory" (pp. 766-776) |
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Blog post 11 |
Th. 03.26 |
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Presentation 06:
1. Xanadu (Ted Nelson)
2. Afternoon, A Story (Michael Joyce)
3. Adventure (Crowther & Woods)
By Nicole Moering, Amanda Bergeron, and Julia Whelan
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Tu. 03.31 |
Internet
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Abbate, "Popularizing the Internet" (pp. 181-220)
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Blog post 12 |
Th. 04.02 |
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Presentation 07:
1. Usenet (Tom Truscott & Jim Ellis)
2. BBS (Ward Christensen)
3. Packet Switching
By Hubert Williams, Lauren Leslie, and Ryan Wood
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13
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Tu.
04.07 |
Web 2.0 |
O'Reilly, "What is web 2.0?" (pp. 17-37)
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Blog post 13 |
Th. 04.09 |
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Presentation 08:
1. Naspter
2. Open Diary (Brice Ableson)
3. Cyworld
By Josh Andrassy, Charlene Thomas, and Tara Wakeley
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Discussion
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14
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Tu. 04.14 |
Gaming
MUDs History chart
Games History table |
Jull, "Introduction" (pp. 1-22)
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Blog post 14 |
Th. 04.16 |
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Presentation 09:
1. Senet
2. Dungeons and Dragons (Gygax and Arneson)
3. SpaceWar!
4. Wolfenstein 3D
By Carter Neely, Liz Cervantes, and Will Lamb
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Discussion
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15
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Tu. 04.21 |
Mobile Media
History of cell phones table |
Farley, "Mobile telephone history" (pp. 22-34)
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Blog post 15
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Th. 04.23
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Final class discussion |
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Give questions final exam |
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Finals week |
Tu. 04.28 |
Finals week (no class) |
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Th. 04.30 |
Finals week (no class) |
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Final exam due |