Network Media Studio I
Instructor: Diane Ludin
Email: dianeludin@gmail.com
Wednesdays 11-1:00 pm
Course Description:
This studio-based course will introduce students to a range of art making possibilities using network media. The primary focus will begin with graphic design applications to outline concept prototypes for network media proposals. We will start by appropriating popular Web 2.0 social networking platforms. Students will be introduced to the basics of preparing graphic imagery, photos, video and audio for web browsers and Web 2.0 Applications. Additional media topics will include some conceptual basics of authoring photo essays, video and audio clips through the iTools suite on Mac OSX. Readings, presentations and discussions of the major themes currently being explored by network media artists will be used to stimulate and inspire individual student work and thinking. In short I am structuring an artful use of Internet based, Web 2.0 applications.
Course Goal:
Course assignments are designed to create documentation of your working through course topics. Although some class time will be given for technical introductions and problems encountered while implementing practical aspects of the course work, this is not meant to be a technical course. The emphasis will be on your ability to expand expressing yourself with network based, media forms. In short I am structuring an artful use of Internet-based, Web 2.0 applications and ubiquitous computing and communication devices.
Course Assignments:
A written summary of the student’s understanding of each course topic. This will be kept on an html page that will be dated and available over the Internet through your student web account. These entries, on-time class attendance and participation will determine 25% of your grade.
One network media artist project presentation, in class (10-15 minutes, including time for class Q&A). Timely completion and presentation will determine 25% of your grade. These presentations will begin in the third quarter of the class, starting with week 9.
Timely, completion of weekly media assignments are 50% of your grade. These assignments begin with in week 2.
Each class will focus on a different topic concerning networked art. Attendance will be recorded for each class. The following syllabus is subject to change. Field trips and guest speakers may be added.
Weekly Outline
Diagrams for outlining the role of first person Avatars. Plan for an html page with some images text and links that approach the idea of a media character you are interested in summarizing/visually representing. It can be a cartoon, media personality, game character, scientist, designer or artist. Your page content should reflect the idea you have about the person you choose to visually interpret. Due week 3.
Design (on paper) and build a profile page for the media character you have chosen for a series of photos exploring the first person avatar you want to explore representing. Be prepared to include a reason for the layout you have created. First draft due week 4.
First series of your avatar photo essay, complete with statement idea and or intention behind the photos you are combining. Think about simple creative ways to place your media personality, character in an environment, if you don’t have another topic to explore in a series of photographs due class 5
Story board for YouTube video series sequence due week 7
Outline for sound source for YouTube video, content outline and the reasoning behind what you are collecting due week 8.
Facebook Page complete with media and links to media posted on weekly reading responses, flickr, YouTube, and an audio networking site completed week 12.
MySpace page profile complete with media and links. Due week 14.
Weekly Writing Assignment Questions
- How does this reading connect with what we've already read or discussed in class?
- What do you agree with in the reading? What do you disagree with?
- What provokes a response and or a reaction from you?
- What differences do you see in your own beliefs and those informing the researcher's?
- Is there anything that you don't understand?
- What in this reading/project can you relate to your own work/interests?
- What new insights did you gain through the reading or presentation?
Network Media Art Practice Topic/themes/categories are as follows:
Artistic Media Play
Expressive Documentation
Media Appropriation and Visual Identity (some Tactical Media)
Data Visualization and Conceptual Engineering
Diane Ludin's student classwork examples
These pages contain selected students work from classes I have taught.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Syllabus - NYU - Fundamentals of Interactive Multimedia
New York University - School of Continuing and Professional Studies
Fundamentals of Interactive Multimedia
Fall 2005 Y10.3000.002
Thursdays 6:20pm - 8:50pm
Professor: Diane Ludin
Email: dl84@nyu.edu
(Note: when emailing me please type nyu student in the subject heading of your email)
This course offers an introduction to historical, cultural, creative, and practical perspectives of interactivity and multimedia. Designed as an overview, addressing ideas rather than techniques, this class examines the concepts that drive interactive multimedia, by focusing on media convergence, hypertext/media, information architecture, and user experience. Through presentations, readings, Internet projects and guest speakers, this class explores the fundamentals of interactive multimedia and offers enrolled students the opportunity to experiment with their own ideas through hands-on prototype projects developed for the Web. Students will learn about the development of interactive multimedia throughout history and how to apply basic concepts inherent in interactive multimedia to their own projects, which will be presented in class and/or online at the end of the semester.
Grading Policies
Final Grade Evaluation:
25% Assignments - Notebook & 2 Presentations/Essays
25% Attendance and Participation
25% Midterm Exam - Take home essay
25% Final Project
Attendance:
You will be expected to attend every class. If you have more than 2 unexcused absences, your final grade will drop 1/2 a letter. Two unexcused latenesses will be considered the same as an absence from class.
Required technical skills before taking this course:
- Familiarity with the Internet
- Use of email and basic web browsing
- Rudimentary web design and/or digital image manipulation
Reading List
Several articles will be assigned according to the class schedule, for details see the Blackboard for the class. Each student is also required to read 3 books for this class.
Wardip-Fruin, Noah and Harrigan, Pat. First Person, New Media as Story, Performance and Game.
(MIT Press, 2004)
Garrett, Jesse James. The Elements of User Experience. (Indianapolis: New Riders Publishing, 2002)
Wodtke, Christina. Information Architecture. (Indianapolis: New Riders Publishing, 2002)
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Course Schedule (subject to change)
Week One:
09/08 Introduction and Overview
Week Two:
09/15 Interactive History The computer and the Avant-Garde, the intersection. I will be collecting Assignment One.
Week Three:
09/22 Hypertext and Media Materiality - Interactivity and Multimedia, the Foundations
Week Four:
09/29 The Internet as mass medium and Virtual Reality.
Submit a topic for your Presentation #1. A complete submission is a topic and an outline of what points within the topic you will be addressing. Additionally this will include a Bibliography of source material you intend to use.
Week Five:
10/06 Identity, Computers, the Internet, and Convergence
Submit a topic for your Presentation #1. A complete submission is a topic and an outline of what points within the topic you will be addressing. Additionally this will include a Bibliography of source material you intend to use.
Week Six:
10/13 User Design, Information Architecture, Way finding and the organizing of information on the Internet. What forms of narrative do the Internet and Interactive media devices make possible?
Week Seven:
10/20 Interactivity and Game Design
Presentation #1 Part I the class will have chosen a technology or topic to present to the class. Your presentation should be at least 10 minutes. Be prepared to hand in your bibliography and topic presentation outline. I will be handing out the take home mid-term exam.
Week Eight:
10/27 Emergent mediums: Blogging, mobile computing devices, pod casting.
Presentation #1 Part II the remainder of the class will have chosen a technology or topic to present to the class. Your presentation should be at least ten minutes. Be prepared to hand in your bibliography and topic presentation outline. Mid-term notebook entries will be collected. I will also be collecting the mid-term exams.
Week Nine:
11/03 Guest Speaker TBA
Handing back mid-term notebook work and exam.
Week Ten:
11/10 Guest Speaker TBA
Proposals for Final Projects DUE TODAY IN CLASS
Handing back mid-term notebook work and exam.
Week Eleven:
11/17 Guest Speaker TBA
Week Twelve:
12/01 In class Lab time - Working on final project web pages.
Week Thirteen:
12/08 In class Lab time - Working on final project web pages.
Week Fourteen:
12/15 Final Projects, Presentation #2 - Part I
Week Fifteen:
12/22 Final Projects, Presentation #2 - Part II
Assignments
1) NOTEBOOKS - You will be required to keep a notebook for the entire semester. Each entry must have at least a 1/2 page summary (1 page limit) of each week’s assigned reading OR a summary of an article related to the assigned weekly reading that you have discovered outside of class (be sure to include author and publication). Each notebook entry should also include your own thoughts and ideas on the subject. If you find an article from outside the class, please explain how the article relates to the assigned weekly reading. You will be required to turn in entries midway through the semester Due Week 8, October 27th: and the completed notebook at the end of the semester Due Week 13, December 8th.
2) 2 Presentations - You must present two assignments in class. A fully completed presentation includes submitting a bibliography and an outline. Alternate option to one of your presentations: Write a 4-page essay to be handed in to me with a complete outline and bibliography.
Presentation #1 - Due Week 7 & 8, October 20 & 27:
Analyze any type of media content that relates to terms discussed in class like "Interactivity" "New Media" "Virtual Reality", the "Internet", "Multimedia." Some examples of the types of media to analyze are Sci-fi films, fiction/non-fiction books, or science/technology documentaries and websites. Refer to class readings and your notebook to support your analysis in addition to any of your own outside research.
OR
Choose a new technology you wish to learn more about. Explain it's technical physiology, it's historical roots, and theorize how you think this technology will affect our culture. Use class readings to support your essay in addition to any of your own outside research. Some examples of technologies to write about are robotics, video games, websites or other Internet media, nanotechnology and surveillance technologies.
Presentation Proposal Due Week 10, November 17:
This includes your topic outlined, how you are going to approach the topic and some sources you are planning to use to build your presentation.
Final Project Proposal - Creative Option: Due Week 12, December 01:
Think of an idea that you have for an existing technology and how you would change it. Come up with sketches or pictures that would illustrate your idea. These illustrations will be images and text for a series of web pages that outline your proposed idea. Think about who would benefit from the technological revision you propose, and what changes it would help realize in the existing limitations of the technological project you are revising.
Examples of this process would be Vannevar Bush's Memex machine, Ted Nelson's hypertext and Tim Berners Lee's project proposal for what became the World Wide Web. These proposals must be approved by the Instructor.
Presentation #2 - Final Presentation Due Week 14 & 15, December 15 & 22: To be approved by the instructor in consultation with the student. These proposals must be approved by the 10th week of class.
Fundamentals of Interactive Multimedia
Fall 2005 Y10.3000.002
Thursdays 6:20pm - 8:50pm
Professor: Diane Ludin
Email: dl84@nyu.edu
(Note: when emailing me please type nyu student in the subject heading of your email)
This course offers an introduction to historical, cultural, creative, and practical perspectives of interactivity and multimedia. Designed as an overview, addressing ideas rather than techniques, this class examines the concepts that drive interactive multimedia, by focusing on media convergence, hypertext/media, information architecture, and user experience. Through presentations, readings, Internet projects and guest speakers, this class explores the fundamentals of interactive multimedia and offers enrolled students the opportunity to experiment with their own ideas through hands-on prototype projects developed for the Web. Students will learn about the development of interactive multimedia throughout history and how to apply basic concepts inherent in interactive multimedia to their own projects, which will be presented in class and/or online at the end of the semester.
Grading Policies
Final Grade Evaluation:
25% Assignments - Notebook & 2 Presentations/Essays
25% Attendance and Participation
25% Midterm Exam - Take home essay
25% Final Project
Attendance:
You will be expected to attend every class. If you have more than 2 unexcused absences, your final grade will drop 1/2 a letter. Two unexcused latenesses will be considered the same as an absence from class.
Required technical skills before taking this course:
- Familiarity with the Internet
- Use of email and basic web browsing
- Rudimentary web design and/or digital image manipulation
Reading List
Several articles will be assigned according to the class schedule, for details see the Blackboard for the class. Each student is also required to read 3 books for this class.
Wardip-Fruin, Noah and Harrigan, Pat. First Person, New Media as Story, Performance and Game.
(MIT Press, 2004)
Garrett, Jesse James. The Elements of User Experience. (Indianapolis: New Riders Publishing, 2002)
Wodtke, Christina. Information Architecture. (Indianapolis: New Riders Publishing, 2002)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Course Schedule (subject to change)
Week One:
09/08 Introduction and Overview
Week Two:
09/15 Interactive History The computer and the Avant-Garde, the intersection. I will be collecting Assignment One.
Week Three:
09/22 Hypertext and Media Materiality - Interactivity and Multimedia, the Foundations
Week Four:
09/29 The Internet as mass medium and Virtual Reality.
Submit a topic for your Presentation #1. A complete submission is a topic and an outline of what points within the topic you will be addressing. Additionally this will include a Bibliography of source material you intend to use.
Week Five:
10/06 Identity, Computers, the Internet, and Convergence
Submit a topic for your Presentation #1. A complete submission is a topic and an outline of what points within the topic you will be addressing. Additionally this will include a Bibliography of source material you intend to use.
Week Six:
10/13 User Design, Information Architecture, Way finding and the organizing of information on the Internet. What forms of narrative do the Internet and Interactive media devices make possible?
Week Seven:
10/20 Interactivity and Game Design
Presentation #1 Part I the class will have chosen a technology or topic to present to the class. Your presentation should be at least 10 minutes. Be prepared to hand in your bibliography and topic presentation outline. I will be handing out the take home mid-term exam.
Week Eight:
10/27 Emergent mediums: Blogging, mobile computing devices, pod casting.
Presentation #1 Part II the remainder of the class will have chosen a technology or topic to present to the class. Your presentation should be at least ten minutes. Be prepared to hand in your bibliography and topic presentation outline. Mid-term notebook entries will be collected. I will also be collecting the mid-term exams.
Week Nine:
11/03 Guest Speaker TBA
Handing back mid-term notebook work and exam.
Week Ten:
11/10 Guest Speaker TBA
Proposals for Final Projects DUE TODAY IN CLASS
Handing back mid-term notebook work and exam.
Week Eleven:
11/17 Guest Speaker TBA
Week Twelve:
12/01 In class Lab time - Working on final project web pages.
Week Thirteen:
12/08 In class Lab time - Working on final project web pages.
Week Fourteen:
12/15 Final Projects, Presentation #2 - Part I
Week Fifteen:
12/22 Final Projects, Presentation #2 - Part II
Assignments
1) NOTEBOOKS - You will be required to keep a notebook for the entire semester. Each entry must have at least a 1/2 page summary (1 page limit) of each week’s assigned reading OR a summary of an article related to the assigned weekly reading that you have discovered outside of class (be sure to include author and publication). Each notebook entry should also include your own thoughts and ideas on the subject. If you find an article from outside the class, please explain how the article relates to the assigned weekly reading. You will be required to turn in entries midway through the semester Due Week 8, October 27th: and the completed notebook at the end of the semester Due Week 13, December 8th.
2) 2 Presentations - You must present two assignments in class. A fully completed presentation includes submitting a bibliography and an outline. Alternate option to one of your presentations: Write a 4-page essay to be handed in to me with a complete outline and bibliography.
Presentation #1 - Due Week 7 & 8, October 20 & 27:
Analyze any type of media content that relates to terms discussed in class like "Interactivity" "New Media" "Virtual Reality", the "Internet", "Multimedia." Some examples of the types of media to analyze are Sci-fi films, fiction/non-fiction books, or science/technology documentaries and websites. Refer to class readings and your notebook to support your analysis in addition to any of your own outside research.
OR
Choose a new technology you wish to learn more about. Explain it's technical physiology, it's historical roots, and theorize how you think this technology will affect our culture. Use class readings to support your essay in addition to any of your own outside research. Some examples of technologies to write about are robotics, video games, websites or other Internet media, nanotechnology and surveillance technologies.
Presentation Proposal Due Week 10, November 17:
This includes your topic outlined, how you are going to approach the topic and some sources you are planning to use to build your presentation.
Final Project Proposal - Creative Option: Due Week 12, December 01:
Think of an idea that you have for an existing technology and how you would change it. Come up with sketches or pictures that would illustrate your idea. These illustrations will be images and text for a series of web pages that outline your proposed idea. Think about who would benefit from the technological revision you propose, and what changes it would help realize in the existing limitations of the technological project you are revising.
Examples of this process would be Vannevar Bush's Memex machine, Ted Nelson's hypertext and Tim Berners Lee's project proposal for what became the World Wide Web. These proposals must be approved by the Instructor.
Presentation #2 - Final Presentation Due Week 14 & 15, December 15 & 22: To be approved by the instructor in consultation with the student. These proposals must be approved by the 10th week of class.
Syllabus - NYU - New Information Technologies
New York University - School of Continuing and Professional Studies
New Information Technologies
Fall 2004 – Y26.6074.001
Tuesdays 10:00am - 12:30pm
Professor: Diane Ludin
Email: duras@thing.net
(note: when emailing me please type nyu student in the subject heading of your email)
This course covers a diverse selection of readings and Internet media that provide new ways of thinking about the advent of new information technologies like computers, the Internet, and new media. The goal of this class is to understand how these technologies affect our culture. We will also discuss current controversies about information technologies regarding intellectual property, privacy policies, social software, and issues regarding freedom of speech.
Grading Policies
Final Grade Evaluation:
25% Assignments – notebook & 2 Presentations/Essays 25% Attendance and Participation
25% Midterm Exam - Take home essay 25% Final Exam - Take home essay
Attendance:
You will be expected to attend every class. If you have more than 2 unexcused absences, your final grade will drop 1/2 a letter for every additional unexcused absence. Two unexcused lateness will be considered an absence.
Required technical skills before taking this course:
- Familiarity with the Internet
- Use of email and basic web browsing
Reading List
Each student is required to read 4 books for this class.
The first three books will be read by the whole class.
Burnett, Robert and P.David Marshall. Web Theory: An Introduction, (New York: Routledge, 2003)
Lessig, Laurence. The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World. (New York: Random House, 2001)
Rheingold, Howard. Smart Mobs: Transforming Culture and Communities in the Age of Instant Access. (Cambridge, MA: Perseus Publishing, 2002)
The fourth book can be any one of the following books, chosen by each student in consultation with the instructor:
Recommended reading for research projects focused on Unit B:
Gitelman, Lisa. New Media, 1740-1915. (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003)
Hayles, N. Katherine. Writing Machines. (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2002)
Rodzvilla, John. We've Got Blog: How Weblogs Are Changing Our Culture. (Perseus 2002).
Recommended reading for research projects focused on Unit C:
Isenberg, Doug. GigaLaw Guide to Internet Law. (NY: Random House, 2002)
Klein, Alec. Stealing Time: Steve Case, Jerry Levin, and the Collapse of AOL Time Warner. (Simon & Schuster 2003)
Lessig, Laurence. Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace (Basic Books, 2000)
Recommended reading for research projects focused on Unit D:
Mitnick, Kevin. The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security. (NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2002)
Meikle, Graham. Future Active: Media Activism and the Internet. (New York: Routledge, 2002)
McCaughey, Martha and Michael D. Ayers. Cyberactivism. (New York: Routledge, 2003)
Oram, Andy. Peer-to-Peer: Harnessing the Power of Disruptive Technologies. (O'Reilly & Associates, 2001)
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Course Schedule (subject to change)
UNIT A: Introduction & Overview
09/07 Introduction to New IT
09/14 New IT and the Key Issues
09/21 Issues Grouping/Grouping Issues
UNIT B: New IT Key Issues
09/28 Convergence and Confluence
10/05 Broadband & Always-on Internet Access
10/12 Self: Remediate/Virtual/Networked
10/19 Mid-term Report and Proposals for Final Projects
UNIT C: New IT + Law/Politics/Commerce
10/26 New IT and the Law I : Code
11/02 New IT and the Law II : Antitrust
11/09 New IT and the Law III : Privacy
11/16 New IT and the Law III : Privacy
UNIT D: Technologies of Cooperation
11/23 Digital Rights I : Peer-to-Peer File Sharing
11/30 Digital Rights II : Digital Rights Management
12/07 Digital Rights III: Security
UNIT E: Final Projects and Presentations
12/14 Final Projects I
12/21 Final Projects II
Assignments
1) NOTEBOOKS - You will be required to keep a notebook for the entire semester. Each entry must have at least a 1/2 page summary (1 page limit) of each weeks assigned reading OR a summary of an article related to the assigned weekly reading that you have discovered outside of class (be sure to include author and publication). Each notebook entry should also include your own thoughts and ideas on the subject. If you find an article from outside the class, please explain how the article relates to the assigned weekly reading. You will be required to turn in entries midway through the semester 10/26 and the completed logbook at the end of the semester 12/21.
2) 2 Presentations - You must present two assignments in class. Please include a bibliography. Also hand in an outline of your presentation (include bibliography). Alternate option to the presentation: Write a 4 page essay to be handed in to me with a complete bibliography.
Presentation 1 - Due Week 8 – October 26*: Analyze any type of media content that relates to terms discussed in class like “technology”, “cyberspace”, “virtual reality”, the “Internet”, “multimedia”, “new media” or the “Future”. Some examples of the types of media to analyze are Sci-fi films, fiction/non-fiction books, or science/technology documentaries and websites. Refer to class readings and your notebook to aid you in your analysis in addition to any of your own outside research.
OR
Choose a new technology you wish to learn more about. Explain its’ technical physiology, its’ historical roots, and theorize how you think this technology will affect our culture. Use class readings to support your essay in addition to any of your own outside research. Some examples of technologies to write about are robotics, video games, websites or other internet media nanotechnologies, and surveillance technologies.
Presentation #2 Due Week 14 - December 14 & 21*: Choose a specific case from the Electronic Frontiers Foundation (www.eff.org) that relates to intellectual property, privacy policies, children and the Internet, or freedom of speech issues. Present the details of the cases’ history, the laws that govern the issue, and how its’ legal outcomes can affect the IT world culturally and economically.
New Information Technologies
Fall 2004 – Y26.6074.001
Tuesdays 10:00am - 12:30pm
Professor: Diane Ludin
Email: duras@thing.net
(note: when emailing me please type nyu student in the subject heading of your email)
This course covers a diverse selection of readings and Internet media that provide new ways of thinking about the advent of new information technologies like computers, the Internet, and new media. The goal of this class is to understand how these technologies affect our culture. We will also discuss current controversies about information technologies regarding intellectual property, privacy policies, social software, and issues regarding freedom of speech.
Grading Policies
Final Grade Evaluation:
25% Assignments – notebook & 2 Presentations/Essays 25% Attendance and Participation
25% Midterm Exam - Take home essay 25% Final Exam - Take home essay
Attendance:
You will be expected to attend every class. If you have more than 2 unexcused absences, your final grade will drop 1/2 a letter for every additional unexcused absence. Two unexcused lateness will be considered an absence.
Required technical skills before taking this course:
- Familiarity with the Internet
- Use of email and basic web browsing
Reading List
Each student is required to read 4 books for this class.
The first three books will be read by the whole class.
Burnett, Robert and P.David Marshall. Web Theory: An Introduction, (New York: Routledge, 2003)
Lessig, Laurence. The Future of Ideas: The Fate of the Commons in a Connected World. (New York: Random House, 2001)
Rheingold, Howard. Smart Mobs: Transforming Culture and Communities in the Age of Instant Access. (Cambridge, MA: Perseus Publishing, 2002)
The fourth book can be any one of the following books, chosen by each student in consultation with the instructor:
Recommended reading for research projects focused on Unit B:
Gitelman, Lisa. New Media, 1740-1915. (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2003)
Hayles, N. Katherine. Writing Machines. (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2002)
Rodzvilla, John. We've Got Blog: How Weblogs Are Changing Our Culture. (Perseus 2002).
Recommended reading for research projects focused on Unit C:
Isenberg, Doug. GigaLaw Guide to Internet Law. (NY: Random House, 2002)
Klein, Alec. Stealing Time: Steve Case, Jerry Levin, and the Collapse of AOL Time Warner. (Simon & Schuster 2003)
Lessig, Laurence. Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace (Basic Books, 2000)
Recommended reading for research projects focused on Unit D:
Mitnick, Kevin. The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security. (NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2002)
Meikle, Graham. Future Active: Media Activism and the Internet. (New York: Routledge, 2002)
McCaughey, Martha and Michael D. Ayers. Cyberactivism. (New York: Routledge, 2003)
Oram, Andy. Peer-to-Peer: Harnessing the Power of Disruptive Technologies. (O'Reilly & Associates, 2001)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Course Schedule (subject to change)
UNIT A: Introduction & Overview
09/07 Introduction to New IT
09/14 New IT and the Key Issues
09/21 Issues Grouping/Grouping Issues
UNIT B: New IT Key Issues
09/28 Convergence and Confluence
10/05 Broadband & Always-on Internet Access
10/12 Self: Remediate/Virtual/Networked
10/19 Mid-term Report and Proposals for Final Projects
UNIT C: New IT + Law/Politics/Commerce
10/26 New IT and the Law I : Code
11/02 New IT and the Law II : Antitrust
11/09 New IT and the Law III : Privacy
11/16 New IT and the Law III : Privacy
UNIT D: Technologies of Cooperation
11/23 Digital Rights I : Peer-to-Peer File Sharing
11/30 Digital Rights II : Digital Rights Management
12/07 Digital Rights III: Security
UNIT E: Final Projects and Presentations
12/14 Final Projects I
12/21 Final Projects II
Assignments
1) NOTEBOOKS - You will be required to keep a notebook for the entire semester. Each entry must have at least a 1/2 page summary (1 page limit) of each weeks assigned reading OR a summary of an article related to the assigned weekly reading that you have discovered outside of class (be sure to include author and publication). Each notebook entry should also include your own thoughts and ideas on the subject. If you find an article from outside the class, please explain how the article relates to the assigned weekly reading. You will be required to turn in entries midway through the semester 10/26 and the completed logbook at the end of the semester 12/21.
2) 2 Presentations - You must present two assignments in class. Please include a bibliography. Also hand in an outline of your presentation (include bibliography). Alternate option to the presentation: Write a 4 page essay to be handed in to me with a complete bibliography.
Presentation 1 - Due Week 8 – October 26*: Analyze any type of media content that relates to terms discussed in class like “technology”, “cyberspace”, “virtual reality”, the “Internet”, “multimedia”, “new media” or the “Future”. Some examples of the types of media to analyze are Sci-fi films, fiction/non-fiction books, or science/technology documentaries and websites. Refer to class readings and your notebook to aid you in your analysis in addition to any of your own outside research.
OR
Choose a new technology you wish to learn more about. Explain its’ technical physiology, its’ historical roots, and theorize how you think this technology will affect our culture. Use class readings to support your essay in addition to any of your own outside research. Some examples of technologies to write about are robotics, video games, websites or other internet media nanotechnologies, and surveillance technologies.
Presentation #2 Due Week 14 - December 14 & 21*: Choose a specific case from the Electronic Frontiers Foundation (www.eff.org) that relates to intellectual property, privacy policies, children and the Internet, or freedom of speech issues. Present the details of the cases’ history, the laws that govern the issue, and how its’ legal outcomes can affect the IT world culturally and economically.
Class and School Index
SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS – MFA Computer Art Department
Classes: Network Media Studio. [syllabi]
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY – Paul McGhee Division & Steinhardt
Classes: Fundamentals of Interactive Multi-Media, New Information Technologies, Programming for Interactivity, Information Systems. [syllabi]
NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY – Department of Media Arts
Classes: Graduate Multi-Media Tools I, Undergraduate Digital Imaging. [syllabi]
ADELPHI UNIVERSITY – Department of Art & Art History
Classes: Macintosh for Artists, Graduate Advanced Illustration, Web Design. [syllabi]
Classes: Network Media Studio. [syllabi]
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY – Paul McGhee Division & Steinhardt
Classes: Fundamentals of Interactive Multi-Media, New Information Technologies, Programming for Interactivity, Information Systems. [syllabi]
NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY – Department of Media Arts
Classes: Graduate Multi-Media Tools I, Undergraduate Digital Imaging. [syllabi]
ADELPHI UNIVERSITY – Department of Art & Art History
Classes: Macintosh for Artists, Graduate Advanced Illustration, Web Design. [syllabi]
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