Keywords: Comparative Media Studies
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Documenting Culture, Spring 2004
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Abstract: How and why do people seek to capture everyday life on film? What can we learn from such films? This course challenges distinctions commonly made between documentary and ethnographic films to consider how human cultural life is portrayed in both. It considers the interests, which motivate such filmmakers ... More »
History of Media and Technology, Spring 2005
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Abstract: History of Media and Technology addresses the mutually influential histories of communications media and technological development, focusing on the shift from analog to digital cultures that began mid-century and continues to the present. The approach the series takes to the study of media and technology ... More »
Interactive and Non-Linear Narrative: Theory and Practice, Spring 2004
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Abstract: Techniques of creating narratives that take advantage of the flexibility of form offered by the computer. Study of the structural properties of book-based narratives that experiment with digression, multiple points of view, disruptions of time and of storyline. Analysis of the structure and evaluation ... More »
Introduction to Media Studies, Fall 2005
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Abstract: Introduction to Media Studies is designed for students who have grown up in a rapidly changing global multimedia environment and want to become more literate and critical consumers and producers of media. Through an interdisciplinary comparative and historical lens, the course defines "media" broadly ... More »
Media, Education, and the Marketplace, Fall 2001
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Abstract: Meets with 21F.034, but assignments differ. See description under subject 21F.034: Extensive reading and discussion of case studies on educational technology, with focus on three areas: effective media design, the relevant educational issues, and the existing and anticipated methods for distribution ... More »
Media Education and the Marketplace, Fall 2005
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Abstract: Extensive reading and discussion of case studies on educational technology that focuses on three areas: effective media design, relevant educational issues, and the existing and anticipated methods for distribution and the business concepts behind them. The primary case study is Star Festival, a multimedia ... More »
Media in Transition, Fall 2004
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Abstract: Centers on historical eras in which the form and function of media technologies were radically transformed. Includes consideration of the "Gutenberg Revolution," the rise of modern mass media, and the "digital revolution," among other case studies of media transformation and cultural change. Readings ... More »
Popular Narrative: Masterminds, Fall 2004
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Abstract: Examines the relationship between popular and high culture and the problem of evaluating texts that tell stories. Treats a range of narrative and dramatic works as well as films. May be repeated for credit, with permission of instructor. Topic for Fall: Masterminds. Topic for Spring: Popular Culture ... More »
Shakespeare, Film and Media, Fall 2002
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Abstract: Investigates relationships between the two media, including film adaptations as well as works linked by genre, topic, and style. Explores how artworks challenge and cross cultural, political, and aesthetic boundaries. Topic for Fall: Shakespeare, Film, and Media. Meets with CMS.840, but assignments differ. ... More »
Technologies of Humanism, Spring 2003
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Abstract: Studies the relations between literature (primarily of the Renaissance and Early Modern periods) and the technologies associated with its production and dissemination. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication. Topic for Spring: Hypertexts and Hyperrealities. This course explores the ... More »
Technologies of Word 1450-2000, Fall 2002
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Abstract: Explores the impact of the printing press upon European politics and culture during the first several centuries after Gutenberg and compares these changes with the possibilities and problems inherent in contemporary electronic technologies of the word. Assignments include formal essays and online projects. ... More »
Theory and Practice of Non-linear and Interactive Narrative, Spring 2003
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Abstract: Techniques of creating narratives that take advantage of the flexibility of form offered by the computer. Study of the structural properties of book-based narratives that experiment with digression, multiple points of view, disruptions of time and of storyline. Analysis of the structure and evaluation ... More »
Understanding Television, Spring 2003
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Abstract: A cultural approach to television's evolution as a technology and system of representation. Considers television as a system of storytelling and mythmaking, and as a cultural practice studied from anthropological, literary, and cinematic perspectives. Focuses on prime-time commercial broadcasting, the ... More »
Workshop I, Fall 2005
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Abstract: Provides an opportunity for a hands-on project development experience and emphasizes intellectual growth as well as the acquisition of technical skills. Students attend regular meetings to present and critique their work and discuss its implications. This course fulfills the first half of the Comparative ... More »