week 1 - wed 4 january
Introduction - What are "New Media"?
- Class introductions
- Review syllabus, course requirements
- Office Hours : Tuesday, 11.50 - 12.50 and by appointment
- Office : 251B Communications Building
- lecture - powerpoint file
- Peer Groups ; Peer Group - Catalyst Link
- In Class Lab:
- Complete: Catalyst webQ (counts towards participation grade)
- Create: Student Blogs using Blogger ; e-mail blog URL (link) to instructor and classmates using the course mailing list (requires that you send an e-mail using your UW Net ID account). Be sure to turn on SPAM filters!
assignments for next week
(1) Chapter 4, "Technologies of the Third Mediamorphosis" from Mediamorphosis: Understanding New Media by Roger Fidler (1997) and (2) "Social Aspects of New Media Technologies" from Media Effects: Advances in Theory and Research by J. Bryant and D. Zillman (eds) (1994) (both on eReserve)
- Readings reflection due by 11.30 am Mon : Two "ah-ha's" from these readings. [ 1 post ]