Week One
August 20
Class Introduction
The Central Debate: Evolution, Revolution, or De-evolution?
Week Two
August 25
Marshall McLuhan, "The Medium is the Message" (Course Reserve)
Tim O' Reilly, "What is Web 2.0: Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next Generation"
Lev Grossman, "Time's Person of the Year: You."
"History of the Internet" (video)
August 27
Nicholas Carr, "Is Google Making Us Stupid"
Jamais Cascio, "Get Smarter"
Week Three
September 1
Andrew Keen, "The Great Seduction" from The Cult of the Amateur (Course Reserve)
Nicholas Carr, "The amorality of Web 2.0"
"The Good, the Bad, and the Web 2.0" Wall Street Journal Online
September 3
David Weinberger, "The New Order of Order" & "The Work of Knowledge" from Everything is Miscellaneous (Course Reserve)
"Social Bookmarking in Plain English" The Common Craft Show
Changing Networks and Community
Week Four
September 8
Manuel Castellas, "Why Networks Matter"
Douglas Watts, "Six Degrees" (Course Reserve)
September 10
Howard Rheingold, "Network Literacy" (Videos 1 and 2)
Week Five
September 15
Garrett Hardin, "Tragedy of the Commons"
Howard Rheingold, TED talk on Collaboration
Clay Shirky "How Social Media Can Make History," & Web 2.0 Expo Keynote
September 17
Pieter Boeder, "Habermas Heritage: the future of the Public Sphere in the Networked Society"
Evgeny Morozov, "Texting Toward Utopia"
Changing Ethics
Week Six
September 22
Howard Rheingold, "Always on Panopticon or Cooperation Amplifier" from Smart Mobs (Course Reserve)
September 24
"Understanding Net Neutrality" (video)
Johnathan Zittrain, "The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It" (video)
Week Seven
September 29
This article on Internet Piracy.
October 1
Remix (full length feature documentary)
Mark Helprin, "A Great Idea Lives Forever. Shouldn't its Copyright?"
Changing Art
Week Eight
October 6
Chris Anderson, "Free! Why $0.00 is the Future of Business"
Malcom Gladwell, "Priced to Sell. Is free the future?"
October 8
Bolter & Grusin, "Remediation" (Course Reserve)
The Object(s) of Analysis
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Week Nine: Twitter
October 13
October 15
Week Ten: Wikipedia
October 20
October 22
Week Eleven: YouTube
October 27
October 29
Week Twelve: Facebook
November 3
November 5
Week Thirteen: Journalism
November 10
November 12
Week Fourteen: Entertainment
November 17
November 19
Week Fifteen: TBA
November 24
Week Sixteen: Mobile
December 1
December 3
Final Projects Due December 11th.
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