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Week 1. 1/14. Introduction to the Course
Week 2. 1/21. : Thinking about
Media Technology
READ: Joshua Meyrowitz, “Images of Media”
Henry Jenkins, “Confronting
the Challenges of Participatory Culture”
Week 3. 1/28. Foundations in Medium Studies READ: Marshall McLuhan, “The Medium is the Message” Joshua Meyrowitz, “Canonic Anti-Text”
Week 4. 2/4 Comics as Medium
READ: Scott McCloud, Understanding
Comics excerpt.
Matt Madden, Exercises in
Style
Greg Smith, “Shaping the Maxx”
Week 5. 2/11 Remix Culture READ: Henry Jenkins, Convergence Culture, Introduction, Chapters 1 & 4 Jonathan Lethem, “The Ecstasy of Influence”
Week 6. 2/18: YouTube and Online Video
READ: Burgess & Green, YouTube excerpt.
Week 7. 2/25 YouTube and Online Video READ: Burgess & Green, YouTube excerpt.
Week 8. 3/4 MIDTERM EXAM
Week 9. 3/11 Videogames
READ: Ian Bogost, Persuasive Games,
Week 10. 3/25 Videogames READ: Henry Jenkins, “Games, The New
Lively Art”, Jane McGonigal, "Why I Love Bees"Spring Break 3/15-3/19
Week 11. 4/1 Virtual Worlds READ: Cory Ondrejka, “Education Unleashed: Participatory Culture, Education, and Innovation in Second Life” Wikipedia article on Second Life
Week 12. 4/8: Media Convergence READ: Henry Jenkins, Convergence Culture, remainder of book
Week 13. 4/15: Social Software
READ: danah boyd & Nicole Ellison, “Social Network
Sites; danah boyd, Why Youth Love Social Network Sites; Nancy Scola “
This kid needs to lay off the roids!!! Obviously he has seen the first two and plans to watch the whole series because he knows enough about them, therefore he's donated to the cast's profit! This kid is a dork and a half!
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