Category Archives: Intro to EMAC

And So It Begins

Posted on August 27, 2011 by dave

Classes begin this week. This blog is now dedicated to EMAC 6300: Introduction to Emerging Media. You can download the syllabus before class if you would like. See you on Tuesday.

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Final Class

Posted on April 28, 2011 by dave

Last Up: Zittrain, The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It. Note: Final Papers Due Monday May 9th at noon. You can email them to me as a .pdf or give me an analog copy.

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Monday the 25th

Posted on April 20, 2011 by dave

This Monday, the 25th, we will be talking about Lawrence Lessig’s Code 2.0. Read Chapters 1&2, and all of Part III (Chapters 9-13). Note: At this point I think I have emailed everyone feedback about his or her paper. If … Continue reading →

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Information Fuedalism

Posted on April 11, 2011 by dave

For Monday read Information Feudalism: Who Owns the Information Economy. Read chapters 1-3, 11-14. Kim Knight will be teaching class as I will be out of town.  

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Against the Network

Posted on March 29, 2011 by dave

Monday April 4th we will be talking about The Exploit by Thacker and Galloway. Note: April 15th Bernard Stiegler will be on campus giving a talk. He is one of the most prominent philosophers of technology. He will be talking … Continue reading →

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Networks

Posted on March 28, 2011 by dave

For Monday’s class read Connected by Christakis and Fowler. Also check out this short article by Manuel Castells.

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Internet and the Public

Posted on March 10, 2011 by dave

Monday after spring break we will talk about the internet’s effect on the public sphere. Read three articles: 1. Habermas on the public sphere. 2. Mark Poster, “Cyberdemocracy” 3. Pieter Boeder, “Habermas Heritage: the future of the Public Sphere in the Networked … Continue reading →

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Marx and Foucault

Posted on March 2, 2011 by dave

For March 7th we will be reading Marx and Foucault. For Marx, read Chapter 1 of The German Ideology. For Foucault read Discipline and Punish.

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The Work of ‘X’ in the Age of ‘Y.’

Posted on February 14, 2011 by dave

On Monday the 21st we will be talking about two essays. First read Walter Benjamin’s, “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reprodution,” next read Bill Nichols, “The Work of Culture in the Age of Cybernetic Systems.” Finally … Continue reading →

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The Printing Press

Posted on February 9, 2011 by dave

This week, Feb. 14th, we will be talking about Eisenstein’s The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe. With this book we will begin to look at specific technologies and how they have altered the way we understand media, communication, and … Continue reading →

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