WEEK 1
8/28: Introduction to the course
8/30: Introduction to Domain of One's Own
WEEK 2
NO CLASS--Labor Day
NO SCREENING--Labor Day
9/4: THE DIGITAL MEDIUM "Affordances of the Digital Medium" (Murray PDF)
9/6: WHAT IS NEW (DIGITAL) MEDIA? "What is New Media?" (Manovich, all of Ch. 1)
WEEK 3
9/9: Class canceled
Hackers (Iain Softley, 1995, 107 min.)
9/11: HISTORIES AND CULTURES OF THE INTERNET "The Internet and the World Wide Web" (Butler in NMB p. 40), "Phreaks, Hackers, and Trolls" (Coleman in SMR p. 99)
9/13: THE INTERFACE "The Interface" (Manovich, all of Ch. 2)
FRIDAY 9/13 at 11:59pm: Personal website is due
WEEK 4
9/16: WEB 2.0 "The People Formerly Known as the Audience" (Rosen in SMR p. 13), "What Is Web 2.0?" (O'Reilly in SMR p. 32), "The Long Tail" (Anderson in SMR p. 137), "Gin, Television, and Social Surplus" (Shirky in SMR p. 236)
Live-tweeting The Last Stand (Kim Jee-woon, 2013, 107 min.)
9/18: SOCIAL MEDIA "Social Network Sites" (boyd PDF), "Participating in the Always-On Lifestyle" (boyd in SMR p. 71)
9/20: Lecture by Korean director Kim Jee-woon [open lecture, White Hall 207]
SUNDAY 9/22 at 5pm: Essay #1 ("Digital Media Analysis") due
WEEK 5
9/23: DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP "From Indymedia to Demand Media" (Anderson in SMR p. 77), "Between Democracy and Spectacle" (Stalder in SMR p. 242)
The Social Network (David Fincher, 2010, 120 min.)
9/25: FACEBOOK "Spectacle 2.0" (Vejby and Wittkower PDF) "Facebook, Surveillance, and Power" (Doyle and Fraser PDF), and "Facebook as Playground and Factory" (Scholz PDF)
9/27: Guest lecture by Peter Corbett '03B, CEO iStrategy Labs
WEEK 6
9/30: DATABASE "The Database" (Manovich p. 218-243), "Assessing Wikipedia, Wiki Style"
Rip! A Remix Manifesto (Brett Gaylor, 2009, 80 min.)--WATCH ONLINE ON YOUR OWN
10/2: DIGITAL OWNERSHIP "REMIX" (Lessig in SMR p. 155)--READ OR WATCH HERE, "Innovation, Piracy, and the Ethos of New Media" (Thomas in NMB p. 82)
10/4: Discussion/lab time
SUNDAY 10/6 at 5pm: Creative Project #1 due
WEEK 7
10/7: DIGITAL COMMUNICATION "The Language of Internet Memes" (Davison in SMR p. 120), "Teleaction" (Manovich p. 161-175)
Ghost in the Shell (Mamoru Oshii, Japan, 1995, 83 min.)
10/9: DIGITAL IDENTITY "Self, Other and Electronic Media" (McPherson in NMB p. 183)
10/11: Discussion/lab time (note: this class is hereby un-canceled)
WEEK 8
10/14: NO CLASS--Fall Break
NO SCREENING--Fall Break
10/16: FANDOM "Interactive Audiences" (Jenkins in NMB p. 157), "Quentin Tarantino's Star Wars" (Jenkins in SMR p. 203)
10/18: Discussion/lab time
SUNDAY 10/20 at 5 pm: Essay #2 due
WEEK 9
10/21: COMPUTER GRAPHICS (Manovich, all of Ch. 4)
Tron (Steven Lisberger, 1982, 96 min.)
10/23: DIGITAL CINEMA (Manovich, all of Ch. 6)
10/25: Discussion/lab time
WEEK 10
10/28: COMPOSITING "Compositing" (Manovich p. 136-160), "Digital Filming and Special Effects" (Cubitt in NMB p. 17)
Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg, 1993, 127 min.)
10/30: DIGITAL VISUAL EFFECTS "Through the Looking Glass" (Prince PDF)
11/1: Discussion/lab time
SUNDAY 11/3 at 5 pm: Creative Project #2 due
WEEK 11
11/4: DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION "CD and DVD" (Friedberg in NMB p. 30), "Cable, Satellite and Digital Technologies" (Hilmes in NMB p. 3)
YouTube greatest hits
11/6: YOUTUBE TBA
11/8: Discussion/lab time
WEEK 12
11/11: TV PAST AND FUTURE "Old Media as New Media: Television" (Uricchio in NMB p. 219), "New Media as Old Media: Television" (Boddy in NMB p. 242)
The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl (webisodes)
11/13:TV ON THE INTERNET In Media Res articles
11/15: Discussion/lab time
SUNDAY 11/17 at 5 pm: Essay #3 due
WEEK 13
11/18: NAVIGATING VIDEO GAMES "Navigable Space" (Manovich p. 244-285), "Game Design as Narrative Architecture" (Jenkins)
Myst (1993 video game, iPad edition), NES games, Xbox 360 games
11/20: ONLINE GAMING "A Brave New Medium: Facebook versus World of Warcraft” by Michael Thomsen
11/22: Discussion/lab time; BRING ROUGH DRAFT OF FINAL PROJECT TO CLASS
WEEK 14
11/25: ALTERNATE REALITY GAMES Excerpts from Reality Is Broken by Jane McGonigal
World of Warcraft or Second Life
11/27: NO CLASS--Thanksgiving Break
11/29: NO CLASS--Thanksgiving Break
WEEK 15
12/2: ARGs II Continue discussing Reality is Broken
ARG?
12/4: Final projects
12/6: Final projects
WEEK 16
12/9: Last class
Last screening?
8/28: Introduction to the course
8/30: Introduction to Domain of One's Own
WEEK 2
NO CLASS--Labor Day
NO SCREENING--Labor Day
9/4: THE DIGITAL MEDIUM "Affordances of the Digital Medium" (Murray PDF)
9/6: WHAT IS NEW (DIGITAL) MEDIA? "What is New Media?" (Manovich, all of Ch. 1)
WEEK 3
9/9: Class canceled
Hackers (Iain Softley, 1995, 107 min.)
9/11: HISTORIES AND CULTURES OF THE INTERNET "The Internet and the World Wide Web" (Butler in NMB p. 40), "Phreaks, Hackers, and Trolls" (Coleman in SMR p. 99)
9/13: THE INTERFACE "The Interface" (Manovich, all of Ch. 2)
FRIDAY 9/13 at 11:59pm: Personal website is due
WEEK 4
9/16: WEB 2.0 "The People Formerly Known as the Audience" (Rosen in SMR p. 13), "What Is Web 2.0?" (O'Reilly in SMR p. 32), "The Long Tail" (Anderson in SMR p. 137), "Gin, Television, and Social Surplus" (Shirky in SMR p. 236)
Live-tweeting The Last Stand (Kim Jee-woon, 2013, 107 min.)
9/18: SOCIAL MEDIA "Social Network Sites" (boyd PDF), "Participating in the Always-On Lifestyle" (boyd in SMR p. 71)
9/20: Lecture by Korean director Kim Jee-woon [open lecture, White Hall 207]
SUNDAY 9/22 at 5pm: Essay #1 ("Digital Media Analysis") due
WEEK 5
9/23: DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP "From Indymedia to Demand Media" (Anderson in SMR p. 77), "Between Democracy and Spectacle" (Stalder in SMR p. 242)
The Social Network (David Fincher, 2010, 120 min.)
9/25: FACEBOOK "Spectacle 2.0" (Vejby and Wittkower PDF) "Facebook, Surveillance, and Power" (Doyle and Fraser PDF), and "Facebook as Playground and Factory" (Scholz PDF)
9/27: Guest lecture by Peter Corbett '03B, CEO iStrategy Labs
WEEK 6
9/30: DATABASE "The Database" (Manovich p. 218-243), "Assessing Wikipedia, Wiki Style"
Rip! A Remix Manifesto (Brett Gaylor, 2009, 80 min.)--WATCH ONLINE ON YOUR OWN
10/2: DIGITAL OWNERSHIP "REMIX" (Lessig in SMR p. 155)--READ OR WATCH HERE, "Innovation, Piracy, and the Ethos of New Media" (Thomas in NMB p. 82)
10/4: Discussion/lab time
SUNDAY 10/6 at 5pm: Creative Project #1 due
WEEK 7
10/7: DIGITAL COMMUNICATION "The Language of Internet Memes" (Davison in SMR p. 120), "Teleaction" (Manovich p. 161-175)
Ghost in the Shell (Mamoru Oshii, Japan, 1995, 83 min.)
10/9: DIGITAL IDENTITY "Self, Other and Electronic Media" (McPherson in NMB p. 183)
10/11: Discussion/lab time (note: this class is hereby un-canceled)
WEEK 8
10/14: NO CLASS--Fall Break
NO SCREENING--Fall Break
10/16: FANDOM "Interactive Audiences" (Jenkins in NMB p. 157), "Quentin Tarantino's Star Wars" (Jenkins in SMR p. 203)
10/18: Discussion/lab time
SUNDAY 10/20 at 5 pm: Essay #2 due
WEEK 9
10/21: COMPUTER GRAPHICS (Manovich, all of Ch. 4)
Tron (Steven Lisberger, 1982, 96 min.)
10/23: DIGITAL CINEMA (Manovich, all of Ch. 6)
10/25: Discussion/lab time
WEEK 10
10/28: COMPOSITING "Compositing" (Manovich p. 136-160), "Digital Filming and Special Effects" (Cubitt in NMB p. 17)
Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg, 1993, 127 min.)
10/30: DIGITAL VISUAL EFFECTS "Through the Looking Glass" (Prince PDF)
11/1: Discussion/lab time
SUNDAY 11/3 at 5 pm: Creative Project #2 due
WEEK 11
11/4: DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION "CD and DVD" (Friedberg in NMB p. 30), "Cable, Satellite and Digital Technologies" (Hilmes in NMB p. 3)
YouTube greatest hits
11/6: YOUTUBE TBA
11/8: Discussion/lab time
WEEK 12
11/11: TV PAST AND FUTURE "Old Media as New Media: Television" (Uricchio in NMB p. 219), "New Media as Old Media: Television" (Boddy in NMB p. 242)
The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl (webisodes)
11/13:TV ON THE INTERNET In Media Res articles
11/15: Discussion/lab time
SUNDAY 11/17 at 5 pm: Essay #3 due
WEEK 13
11/18: NAVIGATING VIDEO GAMES "Navigable Space" (Manovich p. 244-285), "Game Design as Narrative Architecture" (Jenkins)
Myst (1993 video game, iPad edition), NES games, Xbox 360 games
11/20: ONLINE GAMING "A Brave New Medium: Facebook versus World of Warcraft” by Michael Thomsen
11/22: Discussion/lab time; BRING ROUGH DRAFT OF FINAL PROJECT TO CLASS
WEEK 14
11/25: ALTERNATE REALITY GAMES Excerpts from Reality Is Broken by Jane McGonigal
World of Warcraft or Second Life
11/27: NO CLASS--Thanksgiving Break
11/29: NO CLASS--Thanksgiving Break
WEEK 15
12/2: ARGs II Continue discussing Reality is Broken
ARG?
12/4: Final projects
12/6: Final projects
WEEK 16
12/9: Last class
Last screening?
