Schedule
Week by week course schedule:
Feb 01 - Introduction
Introduction to the course.
Discuss Research Paper
Research Proposal is due on February 22
10 Things
Feb 08 - 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
Feb 22 - How do I look?
DUE: Research Proposal (3 copies)
- Discuss lit review
- Discuss research methods
- In-class peer review
SURVEILLANCE > DATAVEILLANCE
presentation:
lecture notes:
Visibility is a trap.
readings:
Christian Parenti, The Soft Cage Ch 6
Christian Parenti, The Soft Cage Ch 10
Mar 01 - Long Tails and Short Attentions
New Economies > The Long Tail, Reputation and Attention
presentation:
readings:
Chris Anderson, "The Long Tail" - Chapter 2 & Chapter 3
Daniel J. Solove, "The Future of Reputation" - Chapter 2
optional:
Chris Anderson responds to Lee Gomes [read link]
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Mar 08 - Can I sue your avatar?
Note - No class next week
DUE: Literature Review - March 18th
Must be in my mailbox by 12pm March 18th
Online Identity and the Law
presentation:
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"
Mar 22 - Who am we?
Discuss Interview Methods
Identity > Online >> Political >>> Cyborg
presentation:
readings:
Sherry Turkle, "Always-on/Always-on-you: The Tethered Self"
danah boyd, "Why Youth (Heart) Social Network Sites: The Role of Networked Publics in Teenage Social Life."
Apr 05 - Why participate?
Politics and Participation
notes on digital media and politics
presentation:
- DeanSpace, MoveOn.org, Blogosphere, Meetups vs. The Daily Me
- Tribes
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]
Apr 12 - Why share?
DUE: Rough Draft with Interview
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY > OWNING
presentation:
lecture notes:
Sing it, Swing it.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY > SHARING
readings:
Courtney Love, "Courtney Love does the math." [pdf]
John Snyder and Ben Snyder, "Embrace file-sharing, or die." [web]
Lawrence Lessig, "Why Wilco is the Future of Music" [web]
Lawrence Lessig, "Some Like It Hot" [web]
Apr 19 - Individual Conferences
No Class
Make sure to sign up for an individual meeting.
Apr 26 - Where is everywhere?
MOBILE and UBIQUITOUS MEDIA
presentation:
readings:
Howard Reinghold, Smart Mobs - Chapter 7: The Power of the Mobile Many
Adam Greenfield, Everyware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing - Introduction