Monthly Archives: September 2009

Manovich for Tuesday

Tuesday we will be discussing Manovich’s The Language of New Media, you should focus your reading on the Intro, Chp. 1, Chp. 2, & Chp. 5, although I will probably talk about issues raised throughout the book as a whole. … Continue reading

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The Work of Art/Culture in . . .

This week we will be discussing Benjamin’s famous article, “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction,” and Nichols’s refiguring of the article, “The Work of Culture in the Age of Cybernetic Systems.” Both can be obtained via … Continue reading

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The Printing Press

Starting this week we will be turning to looking at theorists who have attempted to understand the way technology (as in specific technical artifacts) change media representation. First up is Eisenstein and the printing press. I will talk about the … Continue reading

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Remediation

Tuesday we will be discussing Bolter & Grusin’s book Remediation. You should read Part 1, and Part 3 as it is in these two parts that they lay out the central argument. In Part 2 they look at several different … Continue reading

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Ong & McLuhan

On Tuesday we will continue our discussion about media as representation by turning to Ong and McLuhan. You should read the “Introduction,” and “Chp 4: Writing Restructures Consciousness” (both on eReserve) You should also read two pieces by McLuhan, the … Continue reading

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All Your Blogs are Belong to Us

Okay, so I created a single RSS feed for all of your blogs. You can view each others blogs by going to this page and clicking the tab that says list. From there you can grab the RSS feed and … Continue reading

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