Schedule

Week 1

Jan. 5 Introduction: The Social Web—what is it and where did it come from?

Jan. 7 Place
Reading: Networked Publics Intro and Chapter 1

Please find at least 3 blogs you like and 3 blogs you don’t like and be
prepared to discuss why.

Week 2

Jan 12 Culture
Reading: Networked Publics Chapter 2

Jan 15 Politics
Reading: Networked Publics Chapter 3
Digital Media and Democracy Chapter 4
How Obama REALLY did it, by David Talbot, MIT tech review, to be posted on the blog.

Week 3

Jan 19 Infrastructure: open networks and their constraints
Reading: Networked Publics Chapter 4 and Conclusion; Digital Media and Democracy Chapter 5

Paper Topic Due: Please post on the blog 1 paragraph explaining the topic and thesis of your paper.

Jan 21 The revitalization of the public sphere?
Reading: Digital Media and Democracy Intro., Chapter 1, Chapter 3; Convergence Culture Intro and Chapter 1

Week 4

Jan 26 New Journalisms
Reading: Digital Media and Democracy Chapters 6, 7, 8, 9

Jan 28 New Journalisms
Reading: Digital Media and Democracy Chapter 10, 11, 12

Week 5

Feb 2 Tactical Media
Reading: Digital Media and Democracy Ch 2, Ch 13-15,17-19

Annotated bibliography due: Please hand in a list and brief description of each of the references you will be using to inform your paper.

Feb 4 Parody
Reading: Digital Media and Democracy Chapter 16

Week 6

Feb 9 NO CLASS

Feb 11 NO CLASS

Week 7

Feb 16 Convergence
Reading: Convergence Culture Chapter 2, 3, 4

Feb 18 Convergence
Reading: Convergence Culture Chapter 5, 6, 7

Week 8

Feb 23 Remix Cultures: read vs read/write and the culture of the future
Reading: Remix, intro and 1-5

Feb 25 Remix Economies and Enabling the Future
Reading: Remix Chapters 6-10 and conclusion

Lit Review Due: Please hand in your lit review that should consist of the integrated discussion of at least 12 different scholarly sources related to your paper topic.

Week 9

Mar 2 Youth culture: anxiety and hope in the digital age
Reading: Digital Youth Research Report
Please download and read the white paper “Living and Learning with digital media: summary of findings from the digital youth project.”

Mar 4 Presentations

Week 10

Mar 9 Presentations