COMM 3342 “Viral Media” Spring 2012 Schedule of Readings

January 8, 2012 · Posted in Teaching 

Week One

Wed, Jan 18: Introduction

Week Two: Biological Viruses

Wed, Jan 25

  • Reading

  • Due before class

    • Blog post due before class – A Bloggers

    • Create accounts on Pbworks, Twitter, WordPress, and QuizStar

Friday, Jan 27

  • Blog responses due – B & C bloggers

Week Three: Epidemiology

Wed, Feb 1

  • Reading

    • Johnson, The Ghost Map

  • Due before class

    • Blog post due before class – B Bloggers

  • Case study 1: Courtney

  • Case study 2: Thi

 

Friday, Feb 03

  • Blog responses due – A & C bloggers

 

Week Four: Computer Viruses

Wed, Feb 08

  • Reading

    • Parikka, Digital Contagions

      • Intro, Ch 1, Timeline of Computer Viruses

  • Due before class

    • Blog post due before class – C Bloggers

    • Identify 3 topics in which you are interested for the collaborative meme project

  • Case Study 1: Shana

  • Case Study 2: Nicole

 

Friday, Feb 10

  • Blog responses due – A & B bloggers

 

Week Five: Representations

Wed, Feb 15

 

Friday, Feb 17

  • Blog responses due – B & C bloggers

 

Unit Two: Toward a Theory of the Viral Structure

 

Week Six: Media Ecologies

Wed, Feb 22

  • Readings

  • Due before class

    • Blog post – B bloggers

    • Case study 1: Ben M.

    • Case study 2: Ayaz

Fri, Feb 24

  • Blog responses due – A & C bloggers

     

Week Seven: Representations

Wed, Feb 29

  • Readings

    • Kunzru, Transmission

  • Due before class

    • Blog post – C bloggers

  • Case Study 1: A.J.

  • Case Study 2: Alex

 

Friday, Mar 2

  • Blog responses due – A & B bloggers

 

Week Eight: Convergence Culture

Wed, Mar 7

 

Fri, Mar 9

  • Blog responses due – B & C bloggers

  • Meme project status updates due

 

Spring Break March 12 – 16

 

Week Nine: A Networked Self

Wed, Mar 21

 

Fri, Mar 23

  • Blog responses due – A & C bloggers

  • Meme project status updates due

     

Week Ten: Theory of the Viral Structure

Wed, Mar 28

  • Readings

  • Due before class

    • Blog post due – C bloggers

    • Research topic proposals due in course wiki

  • Case Study 1: Todd

  • Case Study 2:  Justin

 

Fri, Mar 30

  • blog responses due – A & B bloggers

  • Meme project status updates due

 

Week Eleven: Viral Structures in the Wild: Marketing and Entertainment

Wed, Apr 4

 

Friday, Apr 6

  • Blog responses due – B & C bloggers

  • Meme project status updates due

 

Week Twelve: Viral Structures in the Wild: Social Movements and Activism

Wed, Apr 11

 

Fri, Apr 13

  • Blog responses due – A & C bloggers

  • Meme project status updates due

 

Unit Three: Other Theories of Media Circulation

 

Week Thirteen: Meme Theory & Spreadable Media

Wed, Apr 18

 

  • Due by 11:59 pm

    • Meme project media objects should be online by 11:59 pm

 

Fri, Apr 20

  • Blog responses due – A & B bloggers

 

Week Fourteen: Popular Culture & Fan Fiction

Wed, Apr 25

 

Week Fifteen: Presentations

Wed, May 2

  • Due before class
    • meme project paper in your group’s folder in the wiki (create a new page for it)

 

May 9: Research paper due in wiki by 11:59 pm

  • upload to the wiki or create a google doc. Put a link to the file or google doc on your course participant page.

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