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[edit] WEEK 1

[edit] Introductions

Mon 1/14 (CLASS CANCELED – WEATHER)

Thur 1/17

  1. Course introductions and goals, introduce readings
  2. A brief history of media timelines, technologies, and uses

[edit] WEEK 2

Mon 1/21 (NO CLASS – MLK DAY)

[edit] Photographic Representations

Thur 1/24

  1. Readings due: Crary, “Techniques of the Observer” PDF, Sontag “On Photography: In Plato's Cave" PDF‎ , Starenko's “Sontag on Photography at 20”, Photography timeline
  2. Discuss: memory/evidence, view photographs: Weegee, Arbus, Hine, WPA, Gursky

[edit] WEEK 3

[edit] Cinematic Origins

Mon 1/28

  1. Readings Due: Gormon/McLean “The Development of the Film Industry” PDF, Lubar “InfoCulture: Movies” PDF
  2. Discuss: Lumiere and other early films
  3. Introduce Reproductions/Simulations project

Thur 1/31 (NO CLASS – KIRK OUT OF TOWN!)

[edit] WEEK 4

[edit] Cinematic Representations

Mon 2/4

  1. Readings Due: Messaris ”The Interpretation of Film and Television” PDF, Dick "Anatomy of Film: Film Genres" PDF
  2. Discuss: Contemporary film examples, simulations project

[edit] Reproductions and Simulations

Thur 2/7

  1. Readings Due: Benjamin “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” PDF, Baudrillard, “Simulacra and Simulations” PDF, reading companion questions
  2. Discuss: Bauhaus, Futurism, Dada, Chuck Close, Sherrie Levine, Hitchcock’s “Rear Window”
  3. DUE: Reproductions/Simulations project

[edit] WEEK 5

[edit] Medium As Message

Mon 2/11

  1. Readings Due: McLuhan “Understanding Media: Medium is the Message” PDF, reading companion questions
  2. Introduce News Story Analysis project

[edit] Television: Broadcast Image

Thur 2/14

  1. Readings Due: Lubar “InfoCulture: Television” PDF, Spigel “Make Room for TV” Ch.2 PDF
  2. Dicuss: early television examples

[edit] WEEK 6

[edit] Television: The Ubiquitous Medium

Mon 2/18

  1. Readings Due: Siegel, “Double Vision: Large Screen Video Display…” PDF, Bjarkman “To Have and To Hold: The Video Collector’s Relationship…” PDF
  2. Discuss: The McCoys
  3. Introduce Midterm Paper assignment
  4. Due: News Story Analysis projects

[edit] Birmingham School, Situationist Theory

Thur 2/21

  1. Readings Due: “Encoding/Decoding” at: www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/S4B/sem08c.html, Hebdige “The Function of Subculture” PDF
  2. Discuss: The Daily Show, Family Guy

[edit] WEEK 7

[edit] Situationist Theory and Viral Media

Mon 2/25

  1. Readings Due: Debord, “Society of the Spectacle” (Read sections: Preface, Separation Perfected, The Commodity as Spectacle) PDF, reading companion questions, Kellner “Media Culture and the Triumph of the Spectacle” PDF
  2. Disucss: The Interventionists, Barbie/GIJoe project
  3. Begin reading Gibson’s “Pattern Recognition”

[edit] Frankfurt School and the Culture Industry

Thur 2/28

  1. Readings Due: Horkheimer and Adorno “The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception” PDF, Williams, “Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society” PDF, reading companion questions
  2. Discuss: Japanese Manga, Barbara Kruger, Kinkade
  3. Introduce Advertising project
  4. Due: Midterm paper

[edit] WEEK 8

Mon 3/3 & Thur 3/6 (NO CLASSES – SPRING BREAK)

[edit] WEEK 9

[edit] Icons and Celebrity

Mon 3/10

  1. Readings Due: Harris “Coolness” PDF and “Glamorousness” PDF
  2. Discuss: Warhol, Lichtenstein, Koons, Takashi Murakami

[edit] Advertising - A Test of Theory

Thur 3/13

  1. Readings Due: Hebdige, “Object as Image: The Italian Scooter Cycle” PDF, Goldman/Papson “Advertising in the Age of Accelerated Meaning” PDF, also visit: www.adbusters.org and www.adage.com/century/timeline/index.html
  2. Discuss: John Heartfield, advertisements
  3. Due: Advertising projects

[edit] WEEK 10

[edit] Truth, Propaganda and the Kitsch

Mon 3/17

  1. Readings Due: Johnston “Screened Out” Ch.1 PDF, Mitchell “Orientalism and the Exhibitionary Order” PDF, Greenberg “Avant Garde and Kitch” PDF
  2. Discuss: Apple’s 1984 ad, The Yes Men, Damien Hirst, kitch art, Murakami & Kaikai Kiki Co.
  3. Introduce Museum/Mall project

[edit] Panopticon and Surveillance

Thur 3/20

  1. Readings Due: Paul Virilio “The Visual Crash” PDF, Jeremy Bentham “The Penitentiary Panopticon” PDF, Winfried Pauleit "Video Surveillence and Postmodern Subjects" PDF
  2. Discuss: Sophie Calle, Sherman, Winnogrand, Edward Curtis, Arbus, Nolan’s “Following”

[edit] WEEK 11

[edit] On Display: Museums and Malls

Mon 3/24

  1. Readings Due: Reynolds “Visual Stories” PDF, Friedberg “Les Flaneuse Du Mall” PDF
  2. Discuss: Kahn & Selesnick, O’Reilly
  3. Due: Museum/Mall projects

[edit] New Media: Digital Ecologies and Artifacts

Thur 3/27

  1. Readings Due: Manovich “Post-media Aesthetic” PDF, Nichols, "The Work of Culture in the Age of Cybernetic Systems” PDF

[edit] WEEK 12

[edit] New Media: Fabricated Environments

Mon 3/31

  1. Readings Due: Smith “No Medium is an Island”, Burnett, “Computer Games and Aesthetics of Human and Nonhuman Interaction” PDF
  2. Due: Gibson’s “Pattern Recognition” reading, readings analysis quiz
  3. Discuss: computer gaming environments, Gibson's worlds & Blade Runner
  4. Introduce Final Project details

[edit] New Media: The Culture of the Rhizome

Thur 4/3

  1. Readings Due: Wark, “Hacker Manifesto” PDF, Deleuze/Guattari “A Thousand Plateaus” PDF, reading companion questions
  2. Discuss: Creative Commons, hacktivism, digg.com, indymedia, YouTube

[edit] WEEK 13

[edit] Media Convergence Pt.1

Mon 4/7

  1. Readings Due: Jenkins “Convergence Culture” Introduction
  2. Due: Final paper/project proposals

Thur 4/10

  1. Readings Due: Jenkins “Convergence Culture” Ch. 1 & 2
  2. Discuss: Survivor, American Idol
  3. Final Project proposals returned

[edit] WEEK 14

[edit] Media Convergence Pt.2

Mon 4/14

  1. Readings Due: Jenkins “Convergence Culture” Ch. 3 & 4
  2. Discuss: The Matrix and Star Wars culture examples

Thur 4/17

  1. Readings Due: Jenkins “Convergence Culture” Ch. 6 & Conclusions
  2. Discuss: Janet Jackson, Howard Dean, Cutup previews: The Shining, etc.
  3. (Course evaluations)

[edit] WEEK 15

Mon 4/21

  1. Final paper/project presentations

Thur 4/24

  1. Final paper/project presentations

[edit] WEEK 16

Mon 4/28

  1. Final paper/project presentations
  2. Due: All final papers/projects
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