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 Aaron Chen, Lana Layton, and Rebecca Katowitz
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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. Universal Turing Machine (Roman Verostko)
3. The ornament of grammar (Andre Kopra)
By Kaysee Campbell, Vicky Warren, and Chelsea Cottonaro
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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)
4. Movable type printing 10.29)
By Katie Barber, Megan Forman, Caitlin Rich, and Kelsey Coxe
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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)
3. Art by Telephone (1969, Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago)
By Sydney Shields, Britt Brown, and Marie Brockenbrough
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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 Zhara Al-Nadaf, Andrea Thomson, and Taylor Craven
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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 and Cybertext)
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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 James Hall, Brittany Banks, and Grace Averett
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12
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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 Chris Tripplet, Tyler Cope, and Chelsea Shue
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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 Nicole Murphy, Kristina Kidd, and Elizabeth Lee
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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. Dungeons and Dragons (Gygax and Arneson)
2. SpaceWar!
3. Wolfenstein 3D
By Devin Bobbit, Sam Kim, and Lee Guthrie
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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 |