Tentative Schedule:      

Sept. 23:  Welcome to class!  What is a theory?  What is a medium?  The shift from Oral to Print to Mass Media to the Internet

Sept 30:  Plato and Gutenberg:  From Oral to Writing to Printing

Oct. 7:  The Rise of the Television and the Internet:  from Mass Media to New Media

Oct. 14:  Cultivation Theory:  From Television to Video Games

Oct. 21:  The Rise of Facebook:  The Social Network Part 1

Oct. 28:  The Social Network Part 2

Nov. 4:  NO CLASS

Nov. 11:  The Social Network Part 3 AND SNS and Social Awkwardness

Nov.  18:  Twitter and information flow

Nov. 25:  NO CLASS 

Dec. 2:  Memes:  What are they and why do they work?

Dec. 9:  More memes

Dec. 16: SNS and activism

Dec. 23:  The power of collaboration

Dec. 30:  NO CLASS

Jan. 6:  Information Overload

Jan. 13:  Coming of Age Day, NO CLASS

Jan. 20:  The future:  Transhumanism and cyborgs

Class Rules:

1.  This is a big class, so it might be hard to pay attention!  To help everyone pay attention:

--No cell phones unless I tell you it's okay to use them.  If I see you using a cell phone, I            will take it away until class is done.  

--If you are talking too much to friends, I will have to mark your grade for the day down.

2.  Every week (including this week) we will have a very small (two questions!) quiz!

3.  Readings, links, handouts and presentations will be put on mediajen.blogspot.com.  Please go there every week to check and see what's there!

3.  My email address is mcgeejen@gmail.com.  Feel free to email me!