Introduction
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Topic |
Videos |
Readings due |
Presentations |
Assignments |
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Introduction
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Mon.
08.28
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Course overview .
The concept of interfaces. |
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no-class
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Mon. 09.04 |
no class: Labor Day |
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Sociability |
Mon. 09.11 |
Cell phones as social technologies |
Denise Calls Up |
Howard Rheingold, "Introduction" (pp. xi - xxii)
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Blog posts
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History |
Mon.
09.18 |
History of wireless and cell phones |
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Eric Abrahamson, "Hear Me Now".
Richard Ling, "Introduction" (pp. 11-17) |
visit from the library |
Blog posts
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Part I: Defining the mobile interface
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Defining the mobile interface
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Mon. 09.25 |
Ubiquitous and Wearable Computing
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Cyberman (+ articles about interface of the future) |
Mark Weiser, "Designing calm technology" AND "The world is not a desktop".
Howard Rheingold, "The era of sentient things" (pp. 83-112).
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Blog posts |
5
Defining the mobile interface |
Mon. 10.02 |
Location-awareness |
Blast Theory, “Can You See Me Now?”
Blast Theory, “Uncle Roy All Around You”
(+ articles on location-based services) |
Licoppe and Inada, "Emergent uses of a multiplayer location-aware mobile game" (pp. 39-61).
Benford et. al. "Uncle Roy All Around You" (pp. 1-10).
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Blog posts |
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Defining the mobile interface
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Mon. 10.09 |
SMS and camera-phones
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Richard Ling, "Texting and the Growth of Asynchronous Discourse" (pp. 145-167)
Fumitoshi Kato et. al., "Uses and possibilities of the ketai camera" (pp. 300-310)
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Presentation 01: RL chapter 07 - "Texting and the Growth of Asynchronous Discourse" (pp. 145-167), by Ray White and Will Joyner
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Blog posts
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7
Defining the mobile interface |
Mon. 10.16 |
Mobile Internet (WAP vs. I-mode). Cell phone generations
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Howard Rheingold
"Wireless Quilts" (pp. 133-156),
Kakuko Miyata et. al., "The mobile-izing Japanese" (pp. 143-164)
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Presentation 02: Howard Rheingold
"Wireless Quilts" (pp. 133-156), by Laren Georges and John Holt
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Blog posts
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mid-term
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Mon. 10.23 |
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-- final paper proposal due
-- mid-term exam |
Part II: Current issues on the mobile interface
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Current issues on the mobile interface |
Mon. 10.30 |
Micro- and macro-coordination
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Richard Ling, "The coordination of everyday life" ( pp. 57-82)
Howard Rheingold, "Smart Mobs: The power of the mobile many" (pp. 157-182)
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Presentation 03: RL chapter 4 - "The coordination of everyday life" ( pp. 57-82), by Lynden Price and Shanita Fulford
Presentation 04: Howard Rheingold, "Smart Mobs: The power of the mobile many" (pp. 157-182), by Lindsay Hite and Danielle Tibbetts
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Blog posts
-- paper sources due |
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Current issues on the mobile interface |
Mon. 11.06 |
Public / private
Safety / security |
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Richard Ling, “Safety and Security” (pp. 35-55)
Richard Ling, "The intrusive nature of mobile telephony" (pp. 123-144)"
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Presentation 05: RL chapter 03 - “Safety and Security” (pp. 35-55), by Shawn Downey and Ian McShane
Presentation 06: RL chapter 06 - "The intrusive nature of mobile telephony" (pp. 123-144), by Ryan Fedell and Lauren Kontos
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Blog posts
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Current issues on the mobile interface |
Mon. 11.13 |
Identity |
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Sadie Plant, "On the Mobile" (pp. 1-45)
Richard Ling, “The mobile phone and the teens” (pp. 83-122)
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Presentation 07: RL chapter 5: “The mobile phone and the teens” (pp. 83-122), by Mike O'Rourke and Ronny Nause
Presentation 08: Sadie Plant, "On the Mobile" (pp. 1-45), by Steven Fulton
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Blog posts
-- paper outline due
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Part III: Site-specific factors
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12
Site-specific factors |
Mon. 11.20 |
Japan and Asian countries |
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Howard Rheingold, "Shibuya Ephiphany" (pp. 1-28)
Misa Matsuda, “Discourses of Keitai in Japan” (pp. 19-40)
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Blog posts
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13
Site-specific factors |
Mon. 11.27 |
Developing World (Brazil, Latin America, Africa, India) |
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Leonardi, Leonardi & Hudson, "Culture, organization, and contradiction in the social construction of technology", (pp. 205-226)
Adriana de Souza e Silva, "Cell phones and places: The use of mobile technologies in Brazil"
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Blog posts
-- help with final paper |
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Mobile Art |
Mon. 12.04 |
Final presentations |
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-- final paper due
final presentations |
15
Finals Week
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Mon. 12.11 |
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