Instructors
Instructor: Dr. Forrest Gilmour, Dr. Robert Bergland
email address: gilmour@missouriwestern.edu, bergland@missouriwestern.edu
Office: Potter 114, Eder221a Phone: 271-4421, 271-4446
Course blog: http://aim500.blogspot.com
Required Materials
Manovich,
Lev. The Language of New Media, The MIT Press, 2001.
Chion, Michel. Film, A Sound Art, Columbia University Press, 2009.
Other readings
as assigned.
Course Goals
The course is designed to give you
¥ An overview of the history of the development of media
¥ An awareness of the terminology dealing with each media
¥
An introduction to the
key concepts involved in the
various media
¥ An understanding of how new technologies are integrating old media
¥ A familiarity with some of the best examples of new media creation
¥ An ability to analyze and criticize commercial media products
Groundrules
¥ Attendance. This is a graduate class, and you are expected to not only attend but to contribute to the discussion during every class period. Absences, especially without a valid excuse, will significantly affect your class participation grade.
¥ Plagiarism: An act of plagiarism or other academic dishonesty in unacceptable especially at the graduate school level and usually results in an F for the course.
¥ Disabilities: Students with disabilities that may affect their performance in this class should contact the instructors individually as soon as possible.
Planned Workload
Integrated media analysis 1 (4-5 pages) 100 pts
Integrated media analysis 2 (8-10 pages) 200 pts
Essay Final Exam 200 pts
Weekly blog entries 200 pts
Weekly analysis/wiki entry/presentation 200 pts
Class Participation 100
pts
Total 1000 pts
Grading Scale : 90/80/70/60
Preliminary Schedule
Week Class activity Due
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Week 1 |
Intros, overview |
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Week 2 |
History of Media |
Manovich Intro and Prolog Chion/Murch Preface, Benjamin |
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Week 3 |
History, discussion of readings |
Manovich Ch 1, Chion Ch. 1, McLuhan |
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Week 4 |
Manovich readings, discussion |
Manovich Ch 2, Chion |
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Week 5 |
Video—guest speaker, Kelly Wittenberg |
Manovich Ch 3, Chion |
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Week 6 |
Image—guest speaker, Geo Sipp |
Manovich Ch 4, Chion |
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Week 7 |
Text |
Bolter handout, Landow handout, |
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Week 8 |
Sound |
Manovich Ch 5, Chion |
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Week 9 |
Integrated Media and the Web |
Manovich Ch. 6 |
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Week 10 |
Design process and storyboarding—Alan A. |
Assigned readings |
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Week 11 |
Guest speaker: Hallmark |
Due: Media Analysis 1 |
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Week 12 |
Discussion of readings |
Assigned readings |
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Week 13 |
Discussion of readings |
Assigned readings |
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Week 14 |
Discussion of readings |
Media Analysis 2 |
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Week 15 |
Review |
Essay exam finals week |