Class Schedule

24 Aug (Mon):

Introduction   [Lecture]
Please try to login to the online readings. Problems? get password help.   [Note]
No discussion sections this week!   [Note]

26 Aug (Wed):

Part I: FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS   [Major Section Begins]
What is comm tech and where does it come from?   [Lecture]
C&T Introduction   [Textbook]
C&T Ch. 1: Progress   [Textbook]
C&T Ch. 8: Defining Technology   [Textbook]

31 Aug (Mon):

Who cares about old technologies?   [Lecture]
Case study: Collins -- Solresol   [Moodle Reading]

2 Sep (Wed):

Do we really need CTs?   [Lecture]
C&T Ch. 2: Convenience   [Textbook]
C&T Ch. 3: Determinism   [Textbook]

3 Sep (Thurs):

Discussion sections begin this week.   [Note]

7 Sep (Mon):

No Lecture Today - Labor Day Holiday   [Lecture]

9 Sep (Wed):

How do comm techs shape society ?   [Lecture]
Case Study: Postman -- The Judgment of Thamus   [Moodle Reading]
Berkun -- Myth: We Understand the History of Innovation   [Moodle Reading]
Berkun -- Myth: People Love New Ideas   [Moodle Reading]
Writing Requirements and Expectations   [Help/Handout]

14 Sep (Mon):

How do comm. techs affect society? (part 2)   [Lecture]
C&T Ch. 4: Control   [Textbook]
Star and Bowker -- How to Infrastructure   [Moodle Reading]

16 Sep (Wed):

What is infrastructure and why is it important?   [Lecture]
C&T Ch. 15: Politics   [Textbook]

17 Sep (Thurs):

BLOG POST #1 DUE: Infrastructure Treasure Hunt   [Assignment]

21 Sep (Mon):

How does comm tech effect time and space?   [Lecture]
C&T Ch. 12: Space   [Textbook]

23 Sep (Wed):

Who gets what technology?   [Lecture]
C&T Ch. 16: Globalization   [Textbook]
Wilson -- The Information Revolution and the Global Digital Divide   [Moodle Reading]

24 Sep (Thurs):

BLOG POST #2 Due: The Misguided Archaeologist   [Assignment]

28 Sep (Mon):

What's special about Digital Media? (part I)   [Lecture]
Manovich -- Numerical Representation   [Moodle Reading]
Brain, Marshall. "How Analog and Digital Recording Works." April 2000. HowStuffWorks.com. accessed September 22, 2009 at: http://communication.howstuffworks.com/analog-digital.htm   [Web resource]

30 Sep (Wed):

What's special about digital media? (Part II)   [Lecture]
No new readings for today. Please review Monday's readings and begin studying for the Midterm Exam.
Midterm Review Sheet   [Help/Handout]

5 Oct (Mon):

Review of Unit One   [Lecture]
BLOG POST #3 DUE: Do-it-yourself Digitization   [Assignment]
How to submit blogs for grading   [Help/Handout]

7 Oct (Wed):

MIDTERM EXAM

8 Oct (Thurs):

Turn in TWO of the three blog assignments for grading by 12 noon today.   [Deadline]

12 Oct (Mon):

How does CT make us who we are?   [Lecture]
Dyer -- Making 'White' People White   [Moodle Reading]
C&T Ch. 13: Identity   [Textbook]
C&T Ch. 14: Challenging Identity   [Textbook]

14 Oct (Wed):

You use it to get a date (relationships)   [Lecture]
Case Study: Standage -- Love Over the Wires   [Moodle Reading]
Review: Bargh and McKenna -- The Internet and Social Life.   [Moodle Reading]

15 Oct (Thurs):

BLOG POST #4 DUE: The Norm Experiment   [Assignment]

19 Oct (Mon):

You live in an interconnected world (globalization)   [Lecture]
Case Study: Cox -- War, Murder, Rape... All for Your Cell Phone   [Moodle Reading]
Please review: C&T Ch. 16: Globalization   [Textbook]

21 Oct (Wed):

You're supposed to buy the latest thing (obsolescence)   [Lecture]
Slade -- Made to Break   [Moodle Reading]

22 Oct (Thurs):

BLOG POST #5 DUE: Energy, Toxics, Waste, and Slavery   [Assignment]

26 Oct (Mon):

It helped you grow up (childhood)   [Lecture]
Seiter -- Practicing at Home: Computers and Cultural Capital   [Moodle Reading]

28 Oct (Wed):

You make choices about it (appropriation)   [Lecture]
C&T Ch. 5: Luddism   [Textbook]
C&T Ch. 6: Appropriate Technology   [Textbook]

29 Oct (Thurs):

BLOG POST #6 DUE: Dear Diary, My Capital Inventory   [Assignment]

2 Nov (Mon):

You watch a lot of screens (psychological processes)   [Lecture]
Reeves -- Image Size, Motion, Scene Changes, and Subliminal Messages   [Moodle Reading]

4 Nov (Wed):

You use it to find information (search)   [Lecture]
Bartelle -- The Search   [Moodle Reading]

5 Nov (Thurs):

BLOG POST #7 DUE: Search The Search Engine   [Assignment]

9 Nov (Mon):

You use it to make other things (innovation)   [Lecture]
Zittrain -- The Future of the Internet / The Generative Pattern   [Moodle Reading]

11 Nov (Wed):

You use it to make new things (part 2)   [Lecture]

12 Nov (Thurs):

BLOG POST #8 DUE: The State of Generativity   [Assignment]

16 Nov (Mon):

No Lecture   [Lecture]
Professor Sandvig's Notes   [Note]
Emily's Lecture Slides   [Note]
1984 -- part one, sections 1-4   [Textbook]

18 Nov (Wed):

It is sold to you (advertising)   [Lecture]
1984 -- part one, sections 5-8   [Textbook]

19 Nov (Thurs):

BLOG POST #9 DUE: Diffusion and Configured Users   [Assignment]

20 Nov (Friday):

DUE DATE: Please submit 4 out of the 6 blogs completed from the Midterm until now for final grading. That is, please select 4 out of the 6 blog posts from Blog Post #4 - The Norm Experiment through Blog Post #9 - Diffusion and Configured Users. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS THE END OF THE DAY (11:59 PM).   [Assignment]

23 Nov (Mon):

NO LECTURE - Thanksgiving Break
1984 -- part two, sections 1-5   [Textbook]

25 Nov (Mon):

NO LECTURE - Thanksgiving Break

30 Nov (Mon):

Part III: THE BIG PICTURE   [Major Section Begins]
Technological Utopias and Dystopias   [Lecture]
1984 -- part two, sections 6-10   [Textbook]

2 Dec (Wed):

Surveillance and comm tech   [Lecture]
1984 -- part three   [Textbook]

7 Dec (Mon):

Language and CT   [Lecture]
1984 -- appendix   [Textbook]

9 Dec (Wed):

Review   [Lecture]
Final Exam Review Sheet   [Note]

15 Dec (Tues):

DEADLINE: Submit 2 out of the last 3 blog posts (Blog Post #10-#12), and any Extra Credit Blog Posts by 6pm (one hour before the Final Exam)   [Assignment]

FINAL EXAM, 7-10 p.m.
151 Everitt Lab (lecture room)