Tentative Course Calendar (Weeks 1-6)
WEEK 1
Mon., Aug. 27: Introductions, class overview
Wed., Aug. 29: Blog intro; Mcluhan & Fiore, The Medium is the Massage
WEEK 2
Mon., Sep. 3: Labor Day – No Class
Wed., Sep. 5: McLuhan & Fiore, cont.; McLuhan, “Selected . . . “; “Raymond Williams, “The Technology and the Society
WEEK 3
Mon., Sep. 10: DUE: Response paper: significance statement #1 (~2pp). Assignment will be posted to class blog by Monday 9/3; begin, Manovich, “What is New Media?” from The Language of New Media
Wed., Sep. 12: Manovich, cont.
WEEK 4
Mon., Sep. 17: No Class
Wed., Sep. 19: Gallaugher, Chap. 7 (available online); Web Squared: Web 2.0 Five Years On, Web 2.0 Summit, 2009
WEEK 5
Mon., Sep. 24: Gallaugher, con’t.
Wed., Sep. 26: No Class
Week 6
Mon., October 1: Shirky, chaps. 1-2;
Wed., October 3: Continue Shirky, chaps. 3-4
Week 7
Mon., October 8: Columbus Day, College Closed
Wed., October 10: Shirky, Chap. 3
Week 8
Mon., October 15: Shirky, Chap. 4-5
Wed., October 17: Shirky, Chap. 6
Week 9
Mon., October 22: O’Reilly, “What is Web 2.0?,” Social Media Reader, p. 99: Gallaugher, Chap. 7 (online)
Wed., October 24: Midterm Exam
Week 10
Mon., October 29: Gallaugher, Chapter 8 (online)
Wed., October 31: Rosen, “The People Formerly Known as the Audience, ” Social Media Reader, p. 32; Presentation: Social Networks and Networking
Week 11
Mon., November 5: Shirky, “Gin, Television, and Social Surplus,” Social Media Reader, p. 236; Gallaugher, Chapter 6; DUE: Response Paper 2
Wed., November 7: Gallaugher, con’t; Presentation: Web 2.0 /Peer Production
Week 12
Mon., November 12: Davison, “The Language of Internet Memes,” Social Media Reader, p. 120; DUE: Final Project Proposals
Wed., November 14: Coleman, “Phreaks, Hackers and Trolls,” Social Media Reader, p. 99; Presentation: The Culture of the Internet
Week 13
Mon., November 19: Lessig, “REMIX: How Creativity Is Being Strangled by the Law,” Social Media Reader, p. 155
Wed., November 21: Mandiberg, “Giving Things Away is Hard Work,” Social Media Reader, p. 187; Presentation: Intellectual Property/Remix
Week 14
Mon., November 26: Dixon and Weber, “Playspaces, Childhood and Videogames” (handout); DUE: Response Paper 3
Wed., November 28: Bogost, selections from How to Do Things With Games (handout); Presentation: Games and Gaming
Week 15
Mon., December 3: Taylor, “Gaming Lifeworlds” (handout)
Wed., December 5: Johnson, selections from Everything Bad is Good For You. (handout)
Week 16
Mon., December 10: Johnson, con’t.
Wed, December 12: Last Class, Semester in Review; DUE: Final Projects
Week 17
Finals Week