Course Schedule
How To Read This Schedule: All readings will be completed before class on the date on which they are assigned. Anything in bold is work to be completed before class and brought with you on the day listed. Paper due dates, also in bold, indicate that the completed manuscript of your paper must be in the correct dropbox on eCampus before class starts on the day indicated.
Week 1 Introduction
Tue 01/16
Course OverviewIn-Class Reading (I’ll have copies):
Thu 01/18
- Course Overview
- In-Class Reading (I’ll have copies):
- “Learning How to Read Better” by Marie Hicks
- “The surprising thing Google learned about its employees — and what it means for today’s students” by Valerie Strauss
- “11 Reasons to Ignore the Haters and Major in the Humanities” by Max Nisen
“That ‘Useless’ Liberal Arts Degree Has Become Tech’s Hottest Ticket” by George Anders
Week 2
Tue 01/23
- “That ‘Useless’ Liberal Arts Degree Has Become Tech’s Hottest Ticket” by George Anders
- “Humorless Man Yells at English Major Jokes” by Ryan Cordell
- “Suggestions for a 21st-Century English Department” by Alan Liu
Thu 01/25
- “What Do We Think About When We Think About Computers?” by Sherry Turkle
- In-Class Reading:
Unit 1: Knowing w/ Interfaces
Week 3
Tue 01/30
“Foreward” and “Introduction: The Human Factor” from Sensemaking by Christian Madsbjerg- “A Spreadsheet Way of Knowledge” by Steven Levy
Thu 02/01
“Thick Data, Not Just Thin” from Sensemaking by Christian Madsbjerg- “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicholas Carr
Week 4
Tue 02/06
- “Introduction – Making, Critique: A Media Framework” by N. Katherine Hayles and Jessica Pressman from Comparative Textual Media
Thu 02/08
- BigDIVA & IDHMC Presentation
- Meeting in LAAH 433
Week 5
Tue 02/13
- “Bookrolls as Media” by William A. Johnson from Comparative Textual Media
- Also available as a PDF on eCampus
Thu 02/15
- “Ernest” by Geoff Manaugh
Week 6
Tue 02/20
- “Teens, Gender, and Self-Presentation in Social Media” by Susan C. Herring and Sanja Kapidzic
Thu 02/22
- Workshop Day
- Come to Class w/ 2 copies of at least 2 pages of writing
Unit 2: Identity w/ Online Personae
Week 7
Tue 02/27
- “The Explorers” from You Can Do Anything by George Anders
Thu 03/01
- “It’s 480 BC – You Have an Ax” from You Can Do Anything by George Anders
- Paper #1 Due Friday 3/2 by 11:59PM
Week 8
Tue 03/06
- “Computing Machinery and Intelligence” by Alan Turing
Thu 03/08
- “The Winter Market” by William Gibson
Week 9
Tue 03/13
No Class
Spring Break
Thu 03/15
No Class
Spring Break
Week 10
Tue 03/20
- “Introduction” from It’s Complicated by danah boyd
Thu 03/22
- “Project Chanology” from Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy by Gabriella Coleman
Week 11
Tue 03/27
- “A Networked Public” from Twitter and Tear Gas by Zeynep Tufekci
Thu 03/29
- Workshop Day
- Come to Class w/ 2 copies of at least 2 pages of writing
Unit 3: Aliveness w/ Digital Toys
Week 12
Tue 04/03
- “The Electronic Word” by Richard Lanham
Thu 04/05
- From “Seven Dada Manifestoes” by Tristan Tzara
- “The Cut-Up Method” by William S. Burroughs
- Paper #2 Due Friday 4/6 by 11:59PM
Week 13
Tue 04/10
- “The FlirtBot Condition” by Marie Vibbert
Thu 04/12
- “The Rhetoric of Video Games” by Ian Bogost
Week 15
Tue 04/24
- Workshop Day
- Come to Class w/ 2 copies of at least 2 pages of writing
Thu 04/26
- What Have We Learned?
- Paper #3 Due Friday 5/4 by 11:59PM
Week 16
Tue 05/01
No Class
Redefined Day (Go To Friday Classes)
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