CURRENT CONCEPTS IN MEDIA
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| COM 335 Spring 2008 | Hugh McCarney mccarneyh@wcsu.edu B 213 837-8254
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| Web pages | Stories | ERes Discussion |
Lost Frog |
| Materials: | A USB flash drive is recommended. A Zip disk may serve You may also want a blank CD |
| 1/22 | Read Time articles in ERes In Class: Orientation to the eClass Discussion of Project 1 |
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| 1/29 | Read Smith, "Introduction" and "Command of the Page." (pp. viii-20). In Class: Orientation to tools (FTP, servers, etc.) Set up homepage | |
| 2/5 |
Read Smith, "Space of the Written Word" (pp. 21-60) In Class: Introduction to HTML | |
| 2/12 |
Read Smith, "Itineraries Through a Book." (pp. 61-109) In Class: Conference on project 1 and Storyspace, part 2 |
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| 2/19 | Read George Landow, Table of Contents for Chapter One. Hypertext and Critical Theory In Class: Workshop |
***Project 1 due*** |
| 2/26 | Read As We May Think by Vannevar Bush In Class: Storyspace workshop: chunking the text for project 2 |
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| 3/4 | Read Michael Joyce, The Sonatas of Saint Francis. In Class: Hypertext: Linking the texts for project 2 |
***Project 2 due*** |
| 3/11 | Read Hayles, Chapter 1, "Media and Materiality, and Chapter 2, "Material Metaphors, Technotexts, and Media Specific Analysis. " In Class: Conference on Project 3 |
3/17-21 | Spring Break |
| 3/25 | Read Hayles, Chapter 3, "Entering the Electronic Environment." In Class: Workshop |
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| 4/1 | Read Hayles, Chapter 4, Electronic Literature as Technotext: Lexia to Perplexia."
In Class: Project 2 Workshop |
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| 4/8 | Read Hayles, Chapter 5, "Experiencing Artist Books." In Class: Final touches on Project 2 |
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| 4/15 | Read Hayles, Chapter 6, "A Humument as Technotext: Layered Topographies." Workshop |
***Project 3 due*** |
| 4/22 | Read Hayles, Chapter 7, "Embodiments of Material Metaphors." Workshop |
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| 4/29 | Read Hayles, Chapter 8, "Inhabiting House of Leaves." Workshop | ***Project 4 due*** |
| 5/6 | Loose Ends, course evaluation |