T101 Schedule -- Summer Session 1 2011
Class meets daily 10:20-11:35 in RTV 245

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

 

 

May-10

-Introduction

-Semester Summary

-Media Life Perspective

-Survey

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May-11

-Media Life Perspective

Readings: Deuze, M. (Forthcoming). Media Life Book Manuscript. Chapter 1. Polity Press and The Atlantic's Situation Room Meme Article

slides

May-12

-Convergence Culture

Readings: Jenkins, H. & Deuze, M. (2008). Editorial. Convergence Culture. 14(1), pp. 5-12

slides

May-13

-Convergence Culture

Readings: Watch Henry Jenkins talk on Convergence Culture

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May-16

-Participation Gap - Guest Lecturer: Lelia Samson

Readings: PEW Internet and American Life Survey- NOTE: Read only Summary of Findings and Van Dijke's "From Digital Divide to Social Opportunities"

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May-17

-Gender & Technology

Readings: Watch Johanna Blakley's TED talk first and then read this blog response. and if you have time: New York Times Food & Techies

slides

May-18

-Globalization-- Networked Individualism

Readings: Wellman, B. "Little Boxes, Glocalization, and Networked Individualism"

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May-19

-Globalization-- Mobility

Readings: iPhone tracks your location through GPS technology

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May-20

-The Changing Nature of Work - Guest Lecturer: Peter Blank

Readings: The Economist, "Pushing a Different Sort of Button"

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May-23

Assignment 1 Due

-Creative Class

-Special Guest: Siyabonga Africa to talk about media life and work.

Readings: "The Rise of the Creative Class" by Richard Florida

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May-24

-Creative Industries

Readings: The Economist, "What is a Media Company?"

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May-25

-Creative Cities - Guest Lecturer: Katie Birge

Readings: The Atlantic Monthly, Creative Cities by Richard Florida

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May-26

-Midterm Exam Review

-Facebook and Evolutionary Psychology - Guest Lecturer: Matt Kobach

Readings: None/Study for Exam

 

May-27

Midterm Exam

review slides

May-30

NO CLASS!

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!

May-31

-Music & Music Industry - Guest Lecturer: Matt Falk

Readings: Some thoughts on the music business (4/21/11 post) and David Byrne on the current state of the music industry in Wired magazine.

slides

June-1

Video Games- Guest Lecturer: Nic Matthews

 

Readings: none

slides

June-2

-Love, Sex & Death Part 1

Readings: Quality Time Redefined -- NYT Article and Breaking Up in a Digital Fishbowl -- NYT Article and Digital Legacy: The Fate of your Online Soul and Wired Magazine-- "Online Dating Meets Cyber-Sex" and Wired Magazine -- "Online Dating Lacks Dimension"

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June-3

-Love, Sex & Death Part 2- Guest Lecturer: Daphna Yeshua-Katz on Pro-Anarexia online communities

Readings: Pro-Ana Website Review and Tyler Clemeni Story - Cyberbullying and Social Media

slides

June-6

-Social Media & Social Change Part 1

Readings: Malcom Gladwell's piece in the New Yorker, "Why the Revolution will not be Tweeted" and watch Clay Shirky interview on Wall Street Journal

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June-7

-Social Media & Social Change Part 2 - Guest Lecturer: David Nemer

Readings: Listen to PRI podcast on Egypt & Internet, "Egyptians Make Their Voices Heard Online"

Facebook vs. Orkut slides

Chilean Earthquake slides

June-8

-Sports and Social Media - Guest Lecturer: Nicky Lewis

Readings(please skim): social media use and Americans using social media and TV together and social media or time wasting and fantasy sports- addiction?

slides

June-9

-The Amish-

Readings: Student Blog University of Illinois and Wired Magazine -- "Look Who's Talking" by Howard Rheingold

slides

June-10

-Reality-- Panopticon & The Matrix

Readings: Jean Baudrillard on the Matrix and watch the Matrix or read its Wikipedia entry

The Matrix trailer

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June-13

Assignment 2 Due

-Reality - Wikiality - Guest Lecturer: Mark Bell

Readings: Listen to PRI podcast on Wikipedia's 10th birthday (Start a little more than half way through the podcast)

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June-14

-Reality - Truman Show/Truman Show Delusion

Readings: The Truman Show Delusion -- Newsweek Articleand watch the Truman Show or read its Wikipedia entry

The Truman Show trailer

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June-15

-Evaluations

-Wrap-up

-Final Exam Prep w/ Special Guest Mark Deuze!

Readings: None

 

June-16

Final Exam

 

review slides