Overview of Topics Covered.

Week 1

8/31 -Introduction and overview of the course.

9/2 - The "New" in New Media

9/4 - Discussion - Homework Assignment: 2-3 paragraphs on how new media has been integrated in your life.

Week 2

9/7-Labor Day

9/9 - Overview of Internet - See ARPA, Overview of Blogs - See Popularization of Blogs

9/11 -Homework - Research Blogs

Week 3

9/14 - Overview of Wiki - See What is a wiki, Essential features of a Wiki

9/16- Criticism of Wiki, and Online Collectivism

9/18 - Homework - Research Wikis and choose one.

Week 4

9/21 - Online Collectivism and Criticism of Wiki con't., Definition of Social Networking Sites

9/23 - Definition of SNS continued, shared features of Social Networking Sites, Overview of History.

9/25-Discussion

Week 5

9/28- Youth and SNS statistics See: Youth who do not participate in SNS

9/30- The role of the Networked public

10/2-Discussion

Week 6

10/5 - Teen, Privacy, and Online Social Networking - See PEW

10/7- Why teens flock to social network sites

10/9-Discussion

Week 7

10/12-Columbus Day

10/14-Trebor Scholz and "Community as Product"

10/16-Discussion, Labor and New Media, Community as Product, con't.

Week 8

10/19-Moral Panic and SNS sites, "Community as Product"

10/21- Review for Midterm

10/23-Midterm Exam

Week 9

10/26-Signals in social Supernet, Receiver cost

10/28-Supernets con't, Rosen's Assessments, Contrast between Historical and Contemporary Self-Portraits

10/30-Discussion

Week 10

11/2-Assessments of promises con't.

11/4-[| Adults on SNS]

11/6-Discussion

Week 11

11/9-Patterns of use and consequences of Baby boomers on social networking sites

11/11-Information Economy, Industrial economy vs information economy, Decentralized and individual action

11/13-Discussion

Week 12

11/16-Review of Information economy, "Net as a Plantation"

11/18-The Role of Youtube in the 2006 Congressional Elections, and the The Role of the Internet in Campaign 2008

11/20-Discussion

Week 13

11/23-Functions of the Traditional Press in a Democracy, Blogs as a form of political journalism, "The Fifth Estate"

11/25-Thanksgiving recess

11/27-Thanksgiving recess

Week 14

11/30-Blogs as a form of political journalism con't

12/2- Moldova and Iran Twitter Revolution

12/4 - Discussion

Week 15

12/7- Generative verses Tethered, Examples of Apple II and iPhone, Concept of "Walled Garden"

12/9-Conclusion, One laptop per child generativity

12/11-Overview of Final Exam Review Questions

Week 16

12/14-Review for Final Exam

12/16-Final Exam