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This is the weekly schedule for Computer Mediated Communications. Follow the links to external readings and to PDF documents. All the readings are in the course text unless noted otherwise.

Contents

WEEK 1

Mon 8/27

  1. Introductions

For next time:

  1. Read: Gaby Wood, “Unreasonable Game” PDF
  2. Begin reading Cory Doctorow’s “Down and Out in the Magic Kindom”


Early Days: Age of Enlightenment and Automata

Automata Key Terms

Thur 8/30

  1. Discuss readings

WEEK 2

Mon 9/3 (No Class – Labor Day) For next time:

  1. Read: Cortoda, “Before the Computer” excerpts PDF; Rheingold, “Visionaries and Convergences” PDF; IEEE Computing Timeline PDF


Early Days: Industrialism into Technology

Industrial/Technology Key Terms

Thur 9/6

  1. Discuss readings
  2. Cover the logistical and technical details of the semester-long Wiki Project

For next time:

  1. Read: Jay Bolter “The Computer as a Defining Technology” PDF; Tapscott “The Net Generation” PDF; Gleick, “In Real Time”, “Lost in Time”, “On Internet Time” PDF

WEEK 3

The Digital Perspective

The Digital Perspective key terms

Mon 9/10

  1. Discuss readings
  2. Electronic Gadgets Project due

For next time:

  1. Read: Rutsky “Technology Fetishism and the Techno-Cultural Unconscious” PDF; Visit http://project.cyberpunk.ru/ and http://www.wired.com/

Birth of Techno-Fetish

Birth of Techno-Fetish key terms

Thur 9/13

  1. Discuss readings, Wired Magazine, Cyberpunk, CMC and mainstream media

For next time:

  1. Read: http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/gui.ars/ (8pg.); “Instant Messaging in Teen Life” PDF
  2. Setup AIM account if you haven’t already done so!)

WEEK 4

Human / Computer Interfaces

Mon 9/17

  1. AIM Classroom – No physical meeting

AIM Names

Conversation log for Kristine's group

Conversation log for Kirk's group


For next time:

  1. Read: Barabasi “Linked” PDF

The Geography of a Community

Geography/Community key terms

Thur 9/20

  1. Discuss readings, map the internet
  2. Discuss Assignment: Virtual Community Project (Due 10/11)

For next time:

  1. Bell, Ch. 5 “Community and CyberCulture” PDF, Ch. 8 “CyberSubcultures” PDF; CNN.com, “Craigslist Founder: Internet Proves People are OK” PDF; Norris “The Bridging and Bonding Role of Online Communities…” PDF

WEEK 5

Virtual Communities

VC key terms

Mon 9/24

  1. Discuss readings, Telegarden

For next time:

  1. Read: Kollock, “The Economies of Online Cooperation” PDF; Resnick & Zeckhauser "Trust Among Strangers in Internet Transactions: Empirical Analysis of eBay's Reputation System." PDF; Barnes “Language and the Internet” PDF and “Disruptive Online Behavior” PDF

Virtual Communities: Rules and Dynamics

VC Rules/Dynamics key terms

Thur 9/27

  1. Discuss readings, browse communities with developed rule structures

For next time:

  1. Read: Bell “Identities in CyberCulture” PDF; Barnes “Presenting Oneself Online” PDF; O’Brien, “Writing in the Body” PDF

WEEK 6

Redifining Identity, Signifiers: Gender and Sex

Identity Signifiers key terms

Mon 10/1

  1. Discuss readings, the cyberporn debate

For next time:

  1. Read: Nakamura, “Where Do You Want to Go Today?” PDF; Warschauer “Language, Identity and the Internet” PDF; PIP “China’s Online Population Explosion” PDF

Redifining Identity, Signifiers: Race and Class

Thur 10/4

  1. Discuss readings, view “Game Over: Gender, Race and Violence in Video Games”?
  2. “Down and Out in the Magic Kindom” reading due, discussion & short quiz

WEEK 7

Mon 10/8 (No Class – Midterm Break) For next time:

  1. Finish up Virtual Community Projects

Thur 10/11

  1. Virtual Community Projects due, discuss results
  2. Discuss Assignment: Multiplayer Gaming Project (Due 11/5)

For next time:

  1. Read: Boyd & Heer, “Profiles as conversation: Networked identity performance on Friendster” PDF; PIP “Social Networking” PDF; BusinessWeek “MySpace Generation” PDF

WEEK 8

Communal Acts: Blogs, Myspace and Facebook

Social Networking key terms

Mon 10/15

  1. Discuss readings, visit sites

For next time:

  1. Read: Rainie & Madden. “Romance in America” PDF; Chan & Cheng, “A Comparison of Offline and Online Friendship Qualities at Different Stages of Relationship Development” PDF; PIP “Online Dating” PDF

Communal Acts: Online Dating

Online Dating key terms

Thur 10/18

  1. Discuss readings, visit sites

For next time:

  1. Read: Dessauer, “New Media, Internet News, and the News Habit” PDF; Schneider & Foot, “Crisis Communication and New Media: The Web after September 11” PDF; visit www.eff.org & www.moveon.org sites

WEEK 9

Communal Acts: Political Activitism

Political Activitism key terms

Mon 10/22

  1. Discuss readings, MoveOn.org, EFF, Howard Dean

For next time:

  1. Read: Synthetic Worlds Ch. 2 & 3

Communal Acts: Gaming and MMORPGs

Thur 10/25

  1. View “Gamer Revolution” part 1

For next time:

  1. Read: Synthetic Worlds Ch. 4; “Designing for Sociability” PDF

WEEK 10

Mon 10/29

  1. View “Gamer Revolution” part 2

For next time:

  1. Read: Synthetic Worlds Ch. 6 & 9

Thur 11/1

  1. Discuss readings, gaming environments - Demo Wii gaming system in class!

For next time:

  1. Read: “Alone Together” PDF
  2. Visit and read / listen to: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=13897858

WEEK 11

Mon 11/5

  1. Multiplayer Gaming Project Due
  2. Discuss Assignment: YouTube Project (Due 11/26) - Gateway to YouTube project

For next time:

  1. Read: Rheingold, Ch. 1 “Shibuya Epiphany”, Ch. 2 “Technologies of Cooperation”


Into the Physical: Technologies of Cooperation

Thur 11/8

  1. Discuss readings

For next time:

  1. Read: Rheingold, Ch. 3 “Computation Nations and Swarms of Supercomputers”, Ch. 5 “The Evolution of Reputation”
  2. Arrange cell phone info for Text Messaging

WEEK 12

Into the Physical: SmartMobs

Mon 11/12

  1. Text Messaging In-Class Assignment

For next time:

  1. Read: Rheingold, Ch. 7 “Smart Mobs: The Power of the Mobile Many”, Ch. 8 “Always-On Panopticon”

Thur 11/15

  1. Discuss readings
  2. Smart Mobs Reaction Paper due

For next time:

  1. Read: Lessig, pg. 17-79 “Piracy”; PIP “Web 2.0” PDF

WEEK 13

The Flow and Control of Content: Piracy

Mon 11/19

  1. Discuss readings

Thur 11/22 (No Class – Thanksgiving Break)

For next time:

  1. Read: Lessig, pg. 81-173 “Property”

WEEK 14

The Flow and Control of Content: Property

Mon 11/26

  1. Discuss readings

For next time:

  1. Read: Lessig, pg. 209-271 “Balances” and “Conclusions”

Thur 11/29

  1. YouTube projects Due - view examples in class
  2. Piracy/Property Reaction Paper due

WEEK 15

Presentations Schedule

Mon 12/03

  1. Final paper presentation day 1

Thur 12/06

  1. Final paper presentation day 2

WEEK 16

Mon 12/10

  1. Final paper presentation day 3
  2. All final papers due
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