Introduction
- 11 January - Introduction
- Course Overview
- Website & Syllabus
Computers
- 13 January - Computer Basics
- Daley, ch. 1 - Computers & You
- Pfaffenberger - History of Computing
- Lecture Slides
- 18 January - Martin Luther King Day
- No Class Meeting
- 20 January - Computer Hardware
- Daley, ch. 6 - Inside the System Unit
- Lecture Slides
- 25 January - Computer Hardware
- Daley, ch. 7 - Input/Output and Storage.
- Lecture Slides
- 27 January - Computer Software
- Daley, ch. 4 - System Software
- Daley, ch. 11 - Programming Languages and Program Development.
- Lecture Slides
Networks
- 1 February - Computer Networks
- Daley, ch. 3 - Wired and Wireless Communications
- Daley, ch. 8 - Networks: Communicating and Sharing Resources
- Lecture Slides
- 3 February - The Internet
- Daley , ch. 2 - The Internet & the World Wide Web
- Todd Campbell, The First E-mail Message
- Lecture Slides
- 8 February - Broadband & Next Generation Technologies
- Steven N. Goldstein, Overview of Emerging Network Technologies
- Cisco Systems, The Importance of Broadband Policy
- Lecture Slides
- 10 February - The Digital Divide
- Olu Oguibe, Forsaken Geographies
- David J. Gunkel, ch 3 - Second Thoughts (pp. 64-81)
- Lecture Slides
- 15 February - Conference/Lecture
- No Class Meeting
Mid-Term Examination
- 17 February
- Mid-Term Examination Preparation
- Mid-Term Exam Study Guide
- Lecture Slides
- 22 February
- Mid-Term Examination
World Wide Web & Hypertext
- 24 February - WWW & HTML
- Tim Berners-Lee, The World Wide Web: Past, Present & Future
- NCSA, A Beginner's Guide to HTML
- Lecture Slides
- 1 March - Next Generation Web Technology
- Antony Mayfield, What is Social Media?
- Tim O'Reilly, What is Web 2.0?
- Lecture Slides
- 3 March - The Web, Books, & the Future of Information
- David J. Gunkel, ch. 2 - What's The Matter With Books? (pp. 44-63)
- Mark Amerika, FILMTEXT 2.0
- Lecture Slides
- 8 March - Spring Break
- No Class Meeting
- 10 March - Spring Break
- No Class Meeting
Digital Media & Intellectual Property
- 15 March - Digital Technology and Copyright Law
- Dan Hunter & Gregory Lastowka, Amateur-to-Amateur
- Lecture Slides
- 17 March - Rip, Mashup & Remix
- John Perry Barlow, The Economy of Ideas
- David J. Gunkel, Rethinking the Mashup
- Lecture Slides
- 22 March - Boston University Lecture
- No Class Meeting
Virtual Communities
- 24 March - Communication & Community
- James W. Carey, A Cultural Approach to Communication (course reader)
- Lecture Slides
- 29 March - Identity, Avatars & Annonymity
- A. R. Stone, "In Novel Conditions" (course reader)
- Julian Dibbell, A Rape in Cyberspace (course reader)
- Lecture Slides
- 31 March - Sick Day
- No Class Meeting
7 April - Synthetic Worlds and Second Lives - Matt LaRowe
- 5 April - NU Lecture
- No Class Meeting
Edward Castronova, Virtual Worlds Leo Berkeley, Situating Machinima in the New Mediascape Second Life Lecture Slides
Computer Generated Imagery & Virtual Reality
- 12 April - Computer Graphics & CGI - Brad Taylor
- Frédo Durand, A Short Introduction to Computer Graphics
- Lev Manovich, What is Digital Cinema?
- Lecture Slides
- 14 April - VR Systems & Technology - John Hopkins
- Wayne Carlson, A Brief History of Virtual Reality
- Michael Heim, "VR 101" (course reader)
- Lecture Slides
- 19 April - Virtual vs. Real - Dan Jovicevic
- David J. Gunkel, ch. 5 - Virtual Dialectic (pp. 103-119)
- Lecture Slides
Cyborgs, Robots & AI
- 21 April - Cyborgs & Post-humans - Brian Kiburg
- David J. Gunkel, "Ecce Cyborg" (course reader)
- Lecture Slides
- 26 April - AI, Communication & Ethics - Adam Domagala
- David J. Gunkel, ch. 6 - The Machine Question (pp. 120-150)
- Lecture Slides
Course Conclusions
- 28 April - Course Conclusion
- Final Exam Preparation
- Final Exam Study Guide
- Course Evaluation
- Lecture Slides
- 3 May - Final Examination
- DU 218; 2:00-3:50pm
© 2007 - David J. Gunkel
