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
5 April - NU Lecture
No Class Meeting
7 April - Synthetic Worlds and Second Lives - Matt LaRowe
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



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