Introduction

23 January - Syllabus Distribution

No class meeting

Read online syllabus

Computers

30 January - Computer Basics

Course Introduction

LaBerta, ch. 1 - Computers & You

Pfaffenberger - History of Computing

Lecture Slides

6 February - Computer Hardware

LaBerta, ch. 2 - Inside the System Unit

LaBerta, ch. 3 - Input/Output and Storage.

13 February - Computer Software

LaBerta, ch. 4 - System Software

LaBerta, ch. 11 - Programming Languages and Program Development.

Networks

20 February - Computer Networks

LaBerta, ch. 8 - Wired and Wireless Communications

LaBerta, ch. 7 - Networks: Communicating and Sharing Resources

LaBerta, ch. 6 - The Internet & the World Wide Web

Todd Campbell, The First E-mail Message

27 February - The Web, Broadband & Next Gen Technology

Tim Berners-Lee, The World Wide Web: Past, Present & Future

Wired Magazine, The Web is Dead

Tim O'Reilly, What is Web 2.0?

Steven N. Goldstein, Overview of Emerging Network Technologies

Cisco Systems, The Importance of Broadband Policy

Mid-Term Examination

5 March September

Mid-Term Examination

Mid-Term Exam Study Guide

12 March - Spring Recess

No Class Meeting

Issues in Computer-Mediated Communication

19 March - Communication & Community

James W. Carey, A Cultural Approach to Communication (course reader)

David J. Gunkel, ch 3 - Second Thoughts (pp. 64-81)

Olu Oguibe, Forsaken Geographies

Mizuko Ito, Personal, Portable, Pedestrian

26 March - Old Media / New Media

David J. Gunkel, ch. 2 - What's The Matter With Books? (pp. 44-63)

Lev Manovich, What is Digital Cinema?

Mark Amerika, FILMTEXT 2.0

2 April - Digital Remix & Intellectual Property

Dan Hunter & Gregory Lastowka, Amateur-to-Amateur

Brett Gaylor, Rip: A Remix Manifesto (introduction)

John Perry Barlow, The Economy of Ideas

David J. Gunkel, Rethinking the Mashup

9 April - Avatars, Identity & Deception

A. R. Stone, "In Novel Conditions" (course reader)

Julian Dibbell, A Rape in Cyberspace (course reader)

David Gunkel, The Real Problem

16 April - Virtual Worlds, Real Life & Gaming

Edward Castronova, Virtual Worlds

Jesse Schell, Design Outside the Box - Dice 2010

David J. Gunkel, ch. 5 - Virtual Dialectic (pp. 103-119)

23 April - Cyborgs, Robots & AI

David J. Gunkel, "Ecce Cyborg" (course reader)

David J. Gunkel, ch. 6 - The Machine Question (pp. 120-150)

Course Conclusions

30 April - Course Conclusion

Course Evaluation

Final Exam Preparation

7 May - Final Examination

DU 218; 3:00-4:50pm

© 2007 - David J. Gunkel