EMAC 6372 “Viral Media” Spring 2012 Schedule of Readings

January 8, 2012 · Posted in Teaching 

Academic Calendar

(DRAFT: Always check the course website for up-to-date assignments)

 

Unit One: Origins of the Metaphor

Week One: Introduction

Tue, Jan 17: Introduction

Week Two: Biological Viruses

Tue, Jan 24

  • Reading
    • Oldstone, Viruses, Plagues and History
      •  Part One, Ch 4, 8, 17
  • Due before class
    • Blog post – A Bloggers
    • Create accounts on Pbworks, Twitter, and WordPress
  • Case Study: Karla

Friday, Jan 27

  • Blog responses due – B & C bloggers

 

Week Three: Epidemiology

Tue, Jan 31

  • Reading
    • Johnson, The Ghost Map (all of it)
  •  Due before class
    • Blog post – B Bloggers
  • Case study 1: Terri
  • Case study 2: Luiz

 

Friday, Feb 03

• Blog responses due – A & C bloggers

 

Week Four: Computer Viruses

Tue, Feb 07

  • Reading
    • Parikka, Digital Contagions
      •  Intro, Ch 1, Ch 2
  • Due before class
    • Blog post  – C Bloggers
  • Case study: John

 

Friday, Feb 10

  • Blog responses due – A & B bloggers

 

Week Five: Representations

Tue, Feb 14

  • Reading
  • Due before class
    • Blog post  – A Bloggers
  • Case study 1: Sarah
  • Case study 2: Lauren

Friday, Feb 17

  • Blog responses due – B & C bloggers

 

Unit Two: Toward a Theory of the Viral Structure

 

Week Six: Media Ecologies

Tue, Feb 21

  • Readings
    • Fuller, Media Ecologies
      •   Intro, Ch 1, Ch 3, Inventory
  • Due before class
    • Blog post – B bloggers
  • Case study: Tricia

Fri, Feb 24

  • Blog responses due – A & C bloggers

Week Seven: Representations

Tue, Feb 28

  • Readings
    • Kunzru, Transmission
  •  Due before class
    • Blog post – C bloggers
  • Case study 1: Deepti
  • Case study 2: Hanh

Friday, Mar 2

  • Blog responses due – A & B bloggers

Week Eight: Convergence Culture

Tue, Mar 6

Fri, Mar 9

  • Blog responses due – B & C bloggers
  • Meme project status updates

 

Spring Break March 12 – 16

 

Week Nine: A Networked Self

Tue, Mar 20

  • Readings
    • Papacharissi, ed. The Networked Self
      •  Intro, Ch 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 13, Conclusion
  • Due before class
    • Blog post due – B bloggers
  • Case study 1: Andy
  • Case study 2: Matt

 

Fri, Mar 23

  • Blog responses due – A & C bloggers
  • Meme project status updates

 

Week Ten: Theory of the Viral Structure

Tue, Mar 27

 

Fri, Mar 30

  • blog responses due – A & B bloggers
  • Meme project status updates

 

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

Tue, Apr 3

 

Friday, Apr 6

  • Blog responses due – B & C bloggers
  • Meme project status updates

 

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

Tue, Apr 10

 

Fri, Apr 13

  • Blog responses due – A & C bloggers
  • Meme project status updates

 

Unit Three: Other Theories of Media Circulation

 

Week Thirteen: Meme Theory & Spreadable Media

Tue, Apr 17

  • Readings
  • Due before class
    • Blog post due – C bloggers
  • Case Study: Sara
  • Due at 11:59pm
    • Meme project media objects should be online. Add a link to your project plan and tweet the link with the class hashtag.

Fri, Apr 20

  • Blog responses due – A & B bloggers

 

Week Fourteen: Popular Culture & Fan Fiction

Tue, Apr 24

  • Readings
    • Hills, Fan Cultures
      •  Ch 5, 6
    • Strinati, An Introduction to Theories of Popular Culture
      •  Ch 1, Ch 2, and one chapter assigned in class on April 17
  • Due before class
    • Annotated bibliography copied and pasted into course wiki.
  • Case Study: Alan

 

Week Fifteen: Presentations

Tue, May 1

  • Meme project reflection papers due in the wiki before class.
  • In-class presentations

Fri, May 11

  • Research Paper uploaded to google docs or the course wiki.
    • add a link to the paper to your course participant page

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