• Mediated Politics: Communication in the Future of Democracy – Chapter 8: Let Us Infotain You.
• Politics & Government: 1754-1783
• Democracy and New Media: Chapter 1
• Democracy and Data Dissemination
• The End of Secrecy
• The Electoral College on .gov
• Electoral College as Explained by Wikipedia

Note: These readings are for March 31st.

• 1. Spalding:“Poetic Museum” – Read Introduction, ch1
• 2. Walter Benjamin: The Work of Art in the age of Mechanical Reproduction
• 3. Cooper-Hewitt: Museum Design Lab: Museum Future Symposium (113 min.)
• 4. Institute of Museum and Library Services: The Future of Museums and Libraries
• 5. Jeff Gates: Confessions of a Long Tail Visionary:

The K-12 Group winds the award for most organized. To get their reading just visit this publicly shared google doc. Note:Don’t forget to take the survey as part of the reading.

Readings for Film, March 10th.

• James Monaco- How to Read a FIlm (CH1: Film As Art) HTR1.pdf
• James Monaco- How to Read a FIlm (CH4: The Shape of Film History read only pages 228-300) : HTR4.pdf
• JAY DAVID BOLTER- Transference and Transparency
• Lev Manovich-WHAT IS DIGITAL CINEMA?
• Wikipedia article: History of Film

P.S. The Monaco Chapters don’t have the images. If you want to see the images, download them here.

Readings for March 3rd—are below:

March 3rd Readings:

• Early American Press Ch 5
• Early American Press Ch 6
• Mass Markets and Mass Culture
• Mixed News
• Who is a Journalist Now
• Chps 1 & 12 From We The Media
• Bloggers vs. Journalists

On Wednesday I will make the copyleft argument, and then allow you all to tell me why I am wrong . . . okay just kidding . . . or at least partially kidding.

But seriously, in preparation for the “copyright discussion” watch Rip: A Remix Manifesto. Note that you can choose to pay what you want for this movie. Then read Lawrence Lessig’s Remix. I don’t suspect you will get thru the whole book, especially since there is also a film for class, but read as much as you have time for.

For next week read both the introduction to Everything is Miscellaneous and Glut: Managing Information Through the Ages. Then read the remainder of one of the two books, which ever one you were assigned. If you were not in class on Tuesday then you should read Everything is Miscellaneous. Post to your blog and come to class prepared to discuss.

Next week we will be discussing Bolter and Grusin’s Remediation. Read Part I, then select two chapters from Part II which apply to your project, and finally read Part III. Post to your respective project sites.

For Tuesday’s class, start by reading these two essays by Derrida. Next, read the introduction to The Future of the Book (Nunberg). Finally, select two essays from the book which you think will relate to your group’s project and read those. (If the above link for the Derrida essays does not work try this one.)

After you are done with the reading, post to your group’s site reflecting on the reading and connecting it to your developing thinking about the project. (Roughly 300 words should suffice, but feel free to use more.) Everyone should post individually to the group websites (i.e. 5 per site, not one post for the whole group).

For next Wednesday read the first three chapters of The Nature of the Book.

Update: You should have received an email from me indicating your group, and containing the email addresses of the others in your group. Coordinate setting up a website between now and next class. No need to post. The idea is just to get the site up.

Second email me by Friday at noon the following:

• Have the subject line be EMAC 6361.
• Your preferred email address. This will be the one I share with others in your group.
• Your Twitter ID. If you don’t have a Twitter account set one up. The hashtag for this class is #emac6361.
• Once you have joined Twitter follow, @therefore, @academicdave, @emacutd, @emacadvise.
• Your top three choices (in order of preference) for your group project. (See the list below.)
• Your skill set (i.e. video, animation, 3D modeling, 2D drawing, project management, writing, web design, etc.).
• Anything else I might need to know for placing you in a group.

Don’t email me this info though if you are planning on dropping the class. Joining a group commits you to the rest of the semester. Serious, your classmates count on you, and joining a group just to drop it in a few weeks is a serious a__hole move, that and if you join a group and drop leaving your classmates hanging I’ll take away your birthday (I know people).

Choose from three of the following. Note if you pick one of the topics that has a subcategory, in parenthesis, specify which subcategory, or just indicate that you would be interested in any subcateogy.

• Libraries
• Museums
• Government (Advocacy Groups, Political Groups, Government Services, Representative Democracy)
• Journalism
• Art/Enterntaiment (Film, Fine Art, Art Museums/Galleries, or something else?)
• Universities/Higher Education
• K-12 Education
• If you think of something else email me and I’ll add it to the list, but do it fast so others will join you.

Once you have done this I will create groups, and email you all notifying you of your group, from there you can get working. By the end of the weekend though you should set up your group’s URL, and post it to the comment section of this blog. No need to develop the site fully just the URL will do for now.