Course ScheduleWinter 2005 (Fall 2004) |
January 7: Term overview MODULE 4: TECHNOLOGICAL DEVICES AND SOCIO-CULTURAL RELATIONSJanuary 14: The Culture of Spectacle-- Kellner, Douglas. "Media Culture and the Triumph of the Spectacle." In Media Spectacle. London: Routledge, 2003. -- Grindstaff, Laura. "Talk as Show (a Show of Emotion)." In The Money Shot: Trash, Class, and the Making of TV Talk Shows. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002. Pp. 115-147. January 21: Communications on the Go -- Gergen, Kenneth J. "The Challenge of Absent Presence." In James E. Katz & Mark A. Aakhus, eds. Perpetual Contact: Mobile Communication, Private Talk, Public Talk, Public Performance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Pp 227-241. -- Nafus, Dawn and Karina Tracey. "Mobile Phone Consumption and Concepts of Personhood." In James E. Katz & Mark A. Aakhus, eds. Perpetual Contact: Mobile Communication, Private Talk, Public Talk, Public Performance. 2002, Cambridge University Press, pp 206-221. -- Lovink, Geert. "Art in the Age of the Mobile Phone: Text Messages from Finland: An Interview with Marita Liulia." In Uncanny Networks. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2004. Pp. 204-213. January 28: The Un-Intended Use of IT -- Packer, Jeremy. "Mobile Communications and Governing the Mobile: CBs and Truckers." The Communication Reviiew, Vol. 5. 2002, pp. 39-57. -- Rafael, Vicente L. "The Cell Phone and the Crowd: Messianic Politics in the Contemporary Philippines." In Public Culture, Vol 15, No 3, Fall 2003. Pp. 399-425. MODULE 5: PUBLIC SPHERE, SOCIAL SPACES, POLITICS AND ITFebruary 4: Virtuality and Public Sphere-- Habermas, Jurgen. "The Public Sphere." In Jurgen Habermas on Society and Politics: A Reader. Beacon Press, 1989. Pp 231-236. -- Poster, Mark. "CyberDemocracy: Internet as a Public Sphere?" In What's the Matter with the Internet? Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2001. Pp 171-188. -- Interrogate the Internet. "Contradictions in Cyberspace: Collective Response." In Rob Chields, ed. Culture of the Internet Virtual Space, Real Histories, Living Bodies. 1996: Sage Pulications. Pp 125-132. February 11: Internet and Democracy -- Sunstein, Cass. "Social Glue and Spreading Information" and "Citizens." In republic.com. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2002. Pp 87-123. Fruchter, Peter. "Democracy and Internet Evolution." Download DOC. February 18: Reading week. No lecture. February 25: Social Spaces -- Deutsche, Rosalyn. "Agoraphobia." In Evictions: Art and Spatial Politics. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1998. Pp. 267-327. -- Lovink, Geert. "Gated Communities, Themeparks, Youth Revolts: An Interview with Mike Davis." In Uncanny Networks. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2004. Pp. 196-202. * Annotated bibliography due at the beginning of lecture * March 4: Surveillance -- Foucault, Michel. "Panopticism." Excerpts from Discipline and Punish. New York: Vintage Books, 2nd edition, 1995. Pp 200-228. -- Douglas, Thomas. "Technology and Punishment: The Juridical Construction of the Hacker." In Hacker Culture. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2002. Pp 177-219. MODULE 6: META/PHYSICS OF TECHNOLOGYMarch 11: Utopias and Dystopias-- Jordan, Tim. "The Virtual Imaginary." In Cyberpower: The Culture and Politics of Cyberspace and the Internet. New York: Routledge, 1999. Pp 179-207, 226-228. -- Kroker, Arthur and Marilouise Kroker. "The Nanotech Future: A Digital Conversation with BC Crandall." In Kroker, Arthur and Marilouise Kroker, eds. Digital Delirium. Montreal: New World Perspectives, 1997. Pp 168-173. * Module Response (on module 5) due at the beginning of lecture * March 18: Psychology and Technology -- Healy, David. "Market Force." In Let Them Eat Prozac. Toronto: James Lorimer & Company Ltd, 2003. Pp 169- 199. March 25: Holiday. No lecture. April 1: Spirituality and Technology -- Wilson, Louise. "Cyberwar, God and Television: An interview with Paul Virilio." In Kroker, Arthur and Marilouise Kroker, eds. Digital Delirium. Montreal: New World Perspectives, 1997. Pp 41-48. -- Additional reading TBA. Check the course website for update. April 4: The Self in the Media-Saturated World -- De Zengotita, Thomas. "Attack of the Superzeros. Why Washington, Einstein and Madonna can't compete with you." In Harper's Magazine. New York, New York: Harper's Magazine Foundation. Vol. 309, no. 1855, December 2004. Pp35-42. -- Term review. * Research Essay due at the beginning of lecture * Final exam date TBA. |
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