Schedule

Week by week course schedule:

Jan 28 - Introduction

Hello, world!

Feb 04 - Will the future be numb?

FRAMING THE FUTURE

Analog Nokia
Complete DIY Instructions

Bert is Evil
http://www.bertisevil.tv/

BRIEF HISTORY OF THE INTERNET

lecture notes:
Before Paris: a brief history of the internet

readings:

Thomas de Zengotita, "The Numbing of the American Mind" from Harper's Magazine

Henry Jenkins, "'Worship at the Altar of Convergence:' A New Paradigm for Understanding Media Change."

William Gibson, excerpt from Neuromancer

Attachment	Size
Thomas-de-Zengotita_Numbing-American-Mind.pdf	1.44 MB
Henry-Jenkins_Worship-at-the-Altar-of-Convergence.pdf	1.4 MB
William-Gibson_Neuromancer-Ch4.pdf	1.24 MB

Feb 11 - Can we ever leave Plato's cave?

lecture notes:
Walter Benjamin

readings:
Walter Benjamin, "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction"
Susan Sontag, "Plato's Cave" from On Photography

Attachment	Size
Walter-Benjamin_Art-in-Age-Mechanical-Reproduction.pdf	1.77 MB
Susan-Sontag_Platos-Cave.pdf	1.28 MB

Feb 25 - Who stole my reputation?

DUE: Research Proposal

Discuss research methods

New Economies > The Long Tail, Reputation and Attention

presentation:
Brittany, Alex, Kara

readings:
Chris Anderson, "The Long Tail" - Chapters 2 & 3 [pdf]

Daniel J. Solove, "The Future of Reputation" - Chapters 2 & 5 [handout]

optional:
Chris Anderson responds to Lee Gomes [read link]

Attachment	Size
Chris-Anderson_Long-Tail-Ch2.pdf	750.25 KB
Chris-Anderson_Long-Tail-Ch3.pdf	574.07 KB

Mar 03 - Can I sue your avatar?

DUE: Peer Reviews

Workshop Research Proposals

Online Identity and the Law

presentation:
Sean, Roland

Beth Simone Noveck's blog
eBay's reputation system
Station Exchange

readings:
Beth Simone Noveck, "Trademark Law and the Social Construction of Trust: Creating the Legal Framework for Online Identity" [pdf]

Attachment	Size
Beth-Noveck_Legal-Framework-for-Online-Identity.pdf	368.5 KB

Mar 10 - Who am we?

Identity > Online >> Political >>> Cyborg

presentation:
Kaitlin, Jaime, Sasia

readings:

Sherry Turkle, ‚ÄúAlways-on/Always-on-you: The Tethered Self‚Äù

danah boyd, "Why Youth (Heart) Social Network Sites: The Role of Networked Publics in Teenage Social Life."

A Cyborg Manifesto (comic)

Attachment	Size
danah-boyd_Why-Youth-Heart.pdf	1.29 MB
Sherry-Turkle_The-Tethered-Self.pdf	206.47 KB

Mar 24 - Why participate?

DUE: Literature Review

Discuss Interview Methods

Politics and Participation

notes on digital media and politics

presentation:
Katherine, Mark

DeanSpace, MoveOn.org, Blogosphere, Meetups vs. The Daily Me

readings:
"Photoshop for Democracy" by Henry Jenkins [pdf]

"The Daily Me" from Republic.com by Cass Sunstein [pdf]

"How the Internet invented Howard Dean" from Wired Magazine by Gary Wolf [pdf]

"The New Road to the White House" from Wired Magazine by Lawrence Lessig [pdf]

Attachment	Size
Cass-Sunstein_Republic-com-Ch1.pdf	187.26 KB
Gary-Wolf_How-the-Internet-Invented-Howard-Dean.pdf	124.52 KB
Lawrence-Lessig_The-New-Road-to-the-White-House.pdf	209.84 KB
Henry-Jenkins_Photoshop-for-Democracy.pdf	1.78 MB