I've found Gumpert and Cathcart's Media Grammars, Generations and Media Gaps (1985) indispensible as a very clear, well-grounded intro to the media-as-cultural idea in my media courses. Contact me off-list if you'd like a PDF - not the greatest dub, but certainly readable. -rob Robert MacDougall Associate Professor Communication/Media Studies Curry College 1071 Blue Hill Avenue Milton, MA 02186-2395 USA Office Ph: 617-333-2265 Skype: rhyperborean -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of natalya godbold Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 10:11 PM To: joseph.2011@reagle.org Cc: air-l@aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Thoughts on "New Media Culture" class? These might be useful boyd, d. (2010). Making Sense of Privacy and Publicity. SXSW. Austin, Texas. boyd, d. (2009). The Not-So-Hidden Politics of Class Online. Personal Democracy Forum (PDF). New York, NY. from http://www.danah.org/papers/ On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 11:54 PM, Joseph Reagle <joseph.2011@reagle.org>wrote:
Next semester I will be teaching an undergraduate course on "New Media Culture." While not necessary -- I can design the course as I wish -- I intend to be rather literal: focusing on the cultures of new media communities. This prompts three questions on which I welcome thoughts.
1. I still feel obliged to introduce new media in a historical and theoretical frame. ("New media" has been a topic of study longer than most students have lived.) That is, a concise introduction to the key periods, concepts, and figures. For example, in terms of periods, one can see the issue of hyper-textuality and narrative in the early 90s, questions of community and identity in the mid-90s, and more recently we have "social media." (Perhaps a small reference work (dictionary/encyclopedia) would be handy.) 2. What is an appropriate lens for exploring and comparing new media cultures? For example, values, identity (including anonymity), power, gender/race, boundaries, pro-sociology, language/jargon, and relation to other cultures (including the mainstream). In a related course, we encountered all these issues, but I was thinking it would be nice to have something up front. 3. What are some good cases and readings on new media cultures -- again focussing on the cultural aspects? (For example, the Well (historic), Anonymous, Facebook, Wikipedia, etc.). _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
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