M/W September 12&14: Originality? Meet the Digital
- Urbanski, Introduction
- Lawrence Lessig, Free Culture, Introduction.
- Also check out: Randy Kennedy, “The Free Appropriation Writer.”
- Little Seagull Handbook, 2-13.
- Initial blog reflection: choose one piece of digital media culture that you love and/or one that you hate, and write about why they evoke strong responses to you. Consider why you think your chosen examples are important or worth considering. 250-500 words. Due by Tuesday night at midnight, so we can discuss them on Wednesday.
Screening: Wireside Chat with Lawrence Lessig: Fair Use, Politics, and Online Video
September 19&21 Creativity & Networked Publics
- Mizuko Ito, Networked Publics, “Introduction.”
- Melissa Terras “The Digital Wunderkammer: Flickr as a Platform for Amateur Cultural and Heritage Content.” Library Trends 59:4, 2011. 686-706. (Moodle)
- Little Seagull Handbook, 14-45
Screening: Danah Boyd on “Embracing a Culture of Connectivity”
September 26&28: Researching (in) the Digital Realm
- Melissa Ames, “The Inter(Active) Soap Opera Viewer: Fantastic Practices and Mediated Communities.” (Urbanski)
- Roberta Pearson. “‘Good Old Index’ or The Mystery of the Infinite Archive.” (Moodle)
- Little Seagull Handbook, 46-65.
Screening: Sherlock Episode 1
October 3&5 Blogging and New Modes of Authorship
- Michael R. Trice. “Going Deep: What Online Sports Culture Teaches Us About the Rhetorical Future of Social Networks.” (Urbanski)
- Little Seagull Handbook, 68-92.
Screening: selections on blogging
October 10&12: Class Collective Interests
- Reading/assignment: Begin your secondary research for U-Pick Creativity course. Choose two related readings to write distillations for. Come to class on Monday October 10th with worksheets or file cards with two main points from each reading (one point per file card) that you’d like to share with your classmates for discussion.
- (Adjustment!) October 11th at midnight: Distillations due (on your two secondary research choices)
- October 12th: come to class with two page brainstorm draft of your U-Pick essay and links to examples
Screening: U-Pick!
October 17&19: Uneven Transmedia Landscapes
- Marina Hassapopoulou, “Spoiling Heroes, Enhancing Our Viewing Pleasure: NBC’s Heroes and the Re-Shaping of the Televisual Landscape.” (Urbanski)
- ***Extra Credit/Optional: Karen Hellekson, “History, the Trace, and Fandom Wank .” (Urbanski)***
- October 19th: U Pick final version due
Screening: Heroes (episode 1 & webisodes)
October 24th: Midterm Recess, No Class. Blog responses due by class on Wednesday.
Blog reflection: flickr thoughts. Consider your flickr photos within the class flow. Do you see your photos as reflecting trends witin the class or within flickr as a whole? Other insights about flickr or digital photosharing from this class experience?
October 31 & November 2: Transmedia Experiences Boot Camp
- (Monday) Final Cut Training & Practice Exercise
- Wednesday: come having read the Transmedia 101 handout, ready to discuss transmedia and brainstorm your group projects
- Screening: Transmedia and ARGs selected overview:
- Henry Jenkins on Transmedia
- Heroes creator Tim Kring on Transmedia Storytelling
- The Dark Knight: A Case Study in Alternate Reality Gaming
- HBO True Blood Campaign Transmedia Marketing
- Welcome to a World Without Oil
- Twitter and Mad Men at the 140 Character Conference
November 7&9: Vidding and Remix
- Distillation due Sunday night: Lothian
- November 7th Group Discussion 1: Alexis Lothian, Living in a Den of Thieves: Fan Video and Digital Challenges to Ownership http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/cinema_journal/v048/48.4.lothian.html
- Screening: ’24/7 a DIY Video Summit’ on vidding and fanvid lineup
November 14&16: Remix as Transmedia Storytelling
- Distillation due Sunday night: Middleton
- November 14 Group Discussion 2: Middleton, Kim. “Alternate Universes on Video: Ficvid and the Future of Narrative.” (Urbanski)
- Screening : TBA
November 21:
- Distillation Due Sunday Night: Davis et. al (in Urbanski)
- November 21 Group Discussion 3: Andrea Davis, Suzanne Webb, Dundee Lackey, and Danielle Nicole Devoss. “Remix, Play, and Remediation: Undertheorized Composing Practices.” (Urbanski)
- November 22nd: Thanksgiving Break
November 28&30: DIY Creative Histories: What Might be Lost in the Shift to the Digital?
- Distillation due Sunday Night: Piepmeier
- Nov 30th Group Discussion 4: Alison Piepmeier, “Why Zines Matter: Materiality and the Creation of Embodied Community.” American Periodicals: A Journal of History, Criticism, and Bibliography 18.2 (2002). 213-238.
- Screening: Use this time to plan your transmedia experience!
December 5&7 Transmedia Experience Launch
Screening Tuesday December 6th: Rough drafts of your remixes. You’ll have the opportunity to make additional changes after this screening (and based on feedback from me and the class)
Transmedia Experience 3-5 page papers are due Monday December 12th. Please meet with Anna with a draft before submitting this essay. Please include the draft with Anna’s sign off when submitting the final version.
The final version of remix projects + blurb are due Wednesday December 14th.
Final Blog reflection due December 16th: flickr final thoughts. Respond to two favorite photos: one of yours and one of a classmate’s. Discuss how they fit in within the class flickr as a whole based on your understanding of flickr as a digital social network and space for individual and community creativity.