Introduction

14 January - Introduction Course Website

21 January - MLK Holiday No Class Meeting

28 January - Snow Day No Class Meeting

CMC & Internet Studies

4 February - Computers & the Internet History of Computing Brief History of the Internet Computer History Museum - The Web

6 February (5:30pm) - Robot Rights Book Lecture - NIU Library

11 February - Robot/AI Conference (Utrecht) No Class Meeting Research Paper Proposal Sample Proposals

18 February - Computer Mediated Communication Exercise #1 - Code Computer as Communication Device A Cultural Approach to Communication Critical Debates in Internet Studies Current Trends in CMC Due Date - Research Paper Proposal

Digital Lives & Virtual Worlds

25 February - Identity & Community Gaming the System - Intro, ch. 2 & 3 Dibbell - A Rape in Cyberspace

4 March - Social Issues & Other Problems Epstein - From Russia with Love Turkle - Connected, but Alone? (video) Gaming the System - ch. 4 & 5 Exercise #2 - Chatbot

Spring Break

11 March - Spring Break No Class Meeting

Digital Media & Remix

18 March - Remix Gaylor - Rip: A Remix Manifesto (video) Of Remixology - Intro & Premix Remix Exercise Resources

25 March - AAAI Conference (Stanford) No Class Meeting Exercise #3 - Remix

1 April - Remix Ferguson - Everything is a Remix (video) Of Remixology - Remix & Postmix

The Next New Media

8 April - Artificial Intelligence Intro to Communication & AI - ch.1-3 PBS - The Chinese Room (video) Steiner - Algorithms Are Taking Over (video)

15 April - NLP & Computational Creativity Intro to Communication & AI - ch.5-6 Amper & Taryn Southern - Break Free (videos) Sunspring (video)

22 April - Social Robots Intro to Communication & AI - ch.7 Jibo - Promotional Video Breazeal - Personal Robots (video) Exercise #4 - Social Robot

Conclusions & Projections

29 April - Course Conclusions Student Research Projects Course Evaluation Final Exam Study Guide

6 May (6pm) Final Examination