course schedule

SCHEDULE
WEEK 1
T 9/9 | intro

TH 9/11 | where old and new intersect
Reading:
1. Jenkins intro.
Please find at least 3 blogs you like and 3 blogs you don’t like and be
prepared to discuss why.

WEEK 2
T 9/16 | what is the social web and where did it come from?
Reading:
1. Kelly, Kevin. Wired 13.08: We Are the Web. Wired News. 1 Jan 2005.

2. O’Reilly, Tim. What is Web 2.0

TH 9/18 | what is the social web and what can we do with it?
Reading:
1.List of social networking websites - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
2. Bruns, Axel, Introduction, Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life and Beyond: From Production to Produsage

WEEK 3
T 9/23 | who controls the internet: amateurs and code
Reading:
1. Jenkins ch 1
2. Lessig, Lawrence. Code is Law

TH 9/25 | who controls the internet: corporations (or what is net neutrality?)
Reading:
1. Manjoo, Farhad. The corporate toll on the Internet, Salon

2.Net-neutrality
3. NetNeutrality (what would happen)
4. Ask Ninja

WEEK 4
T 9/30 | who controls the internet: governments
Reading:
1.PBS Frontline: The Struggle to Control Information
2.OpenNet Initiative
About Filtering
Country Profiles
Filtering Map
3. Electronic Frontier Foundation resources:
The Patriot Act
Chilling Effects of Anti-Terrorism

TH 10/2 | who controls the internet: governments and corporations
Reading:
Lessig, Free Culture, introduction

WEEK 5
T 10/7| Exam

TH 10/9| kids: digital natives and helpless victims
Reading:
1. Jenkins 5
2. Livingston Intro (handout)

WEEK 6
T 10/14 | social networking and the meaning of friendship
Reading:
1. Boyd, Danah. Why Youth Heart Social Networks
2.Pew Internet and American Life project. Social Networking Websites and Teens: An Overview Jan. 7, 2007.
3. Pew Internet and American Life project. Teens, Privacy, and online social networks. April 18, 2007.

TH 10/16 | politics: new and old tools and practices
Reading/viewing:
1. New Media, Old Politics? MIT Communication Forum.
(in class)
2. Tryon, Chuck. ‘Why 2008 Won’t Be Like 1984’: Viral Videos and Presidential Politics. Flow.
3. Heffner, Alexander. YouTube Debates. CJR.



Sites to check out:

Rock the Vote
MoveOn
Campaign Ads
Meetup
Obama
McCain

WEEK 7
T 10/21 | pop and politics
Reading:
1) Jenkins 4
2) Jenkins 6

Sites to check out:
McCain Blogette
Political Remix
The Yes Men

TH 10/23 | transformation of cultural industries
Reading:
1. Jenkins 2
2. Jenkins 3

WEEK 8
T 10/28 | future of entertainment
Reading:
Anderson, Chris. The Long Tail
Quarterlife
Webtv
Watch an episode

TH 10/30 | news
Reading:
1. Jenkins Conclusion
2. Rosen, Jay. PressThink: The People Formerly Known as the Audience. Department of Journalism at New York University. 27 Jun 2006.
3.Diggnation

WEEK 9
T 11/4 |wikipedia debates
Reading:
1.Daniel Terdiman. Wikipedia Faces Growing Pains. Wired.
2.Chris Anderson. Jimmy Wales. Time. April 30, 2006
3.“Will Wikipedia Mean the End Of Traditional Encyclopedias?The Wall Street Journal Online invited Mr. Wales to discuss the topic with Dale Hoiberg, editor-in-chief of
Britannica. Sept 12 2006.


TH 11/6| future of the social web
Reading:
1. Cascio, Jamais. WorldChanging: Tools, Models and Ideas for Building a Bright Green Future: The Rise of the Participatory Panopticon. 4 May 2005.
2. Googlezone
3. Anderson, Chris. Free

WEEK 10
T 11/11 | Review

TH 11/13 | Exam