MSTU4016 Fall 2007 Course Resources
Description and Requirements
Course Participants
Suggestions and Feedback
Class Bibliography
Schedule: Fall 2007 & Spring 2008
Wednesdays, 5:10 to 6:50 p.m.
308 Lewisohn Hall
9/5
Interrogation of the Present I: Introduction
Required Readings
- Ernest Hemingway, "Indian Camp"; (Handout)
- Johnson, Chalmers, Blowback, Sorrows of Empire, Nemesis
9/12
Interrogation of the Present II: Utopia or Dystopia
Required Readings
- Dyson, Freeman "Our Biotech Future"; Read;
- W.J.T. Mitchell, "Work of Art in an Age of Cybernetic Reproduction"; Read
- Gray, John, "The World is Round"; Read
- Friedman, Thomas, The World is Flat; Read
Questions and Discussion
9/19
Required Readings
- Cass Sunstein, Infotopia: How Many Minds Produce Knowledge, Ch.1-3; Read
- Eben Moglen, "The Dot Communist Manifesto"; Read
- Lanier, J., "Digital Maoism: The Hazards of the New Online Collectivism"; Read
Questions and Discussion
9/26
Required Readings
- Homer, The Iliad, Ch.1,9,22,24; Read
- Hesiod, Theogony, pp. 53-82; Read
- Havelock, Eric, Preface to Plato; (Handout).
Supplemental Readings
Questions and Discussion
10/3
Required Readings
- Aeschylus, Oresteia; [Buy]
- Sophocles, Electra; [Buy]
Supplemental Readings
Questions and Discussion
Tacit Knowledge Survey
Tacit Knowledge Survey due
10/10
Required Readings
- Euripides, Orestes; [Buy]
- Heraclitus, Fragmenta; Read
Supplemental Readings
Questions and Discussion
Tacit Knowledge Survey Results
10/17
Required Readings
- Plato, Republic, Book VII; Read
- Plato, Apology; Read
- Aristophanes, Clouds; Read
Supplemental Readings
Questions and Discussion
Discussion on China Articles
10/24
Required Readings
- Virgil, The Aeneid, Books I, II, VI, XII; Read
Supplemental Readings
Questions and Discussion
10/31
Required Readings
- Carey, James, "Harold Adams Innis and Marshall McLuhan"; Read
Supplemental Readings
Questions and Discussion
Book Report due
11/7
Required Readings'
- Johns, Adrian, Nature of the Book, Ch.1; Read
- Eisenstein, "Printing Press as an Agent of Change", pp.1-40; Read
Supplemental Readings
Questions and Discussion
11/14
Required Readings
- Anderson, Benedict, Imagined Communities, pp.1-46; Read
Supplemental Readings
Questions and Discussion
Related link: http://www.192021.org/
Important Info on Mediagraphy
Please read the description of the mediagraphy under "Course Requirements" here
11/28
Required Readings
- Carey, James, Technology and Ideology: The Case of the Telegraph, Ch.8; Read
- Carey Clip 1: What interested you in the telegraph? Watch
- Carey Clip 2: The telegraph reconfigures culture Watch
- Carey Clip 3: Time and the telegraph Watch
- Beninger, James, The Control Revolution, Introduction; Read
Supplemental Readings
Questions and Discussion
12/5
Required Readings
- DeLillo, Don, White Noise; [Buy]
- Gitlin, Todd, "Television Screens: Hegemony in Transition"; Read
- Putman, R, "Bowling Alone: America's Declining Social Capital"; Read
Supplemental Readings
Questions and Discussion
Mediaography due
12/12
Required Readings
Supplemental Readings
Questions and Discussion
12/19 Summary: Where are we?
Required Readings
- Jameson, Postmodernism & the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism; Read
- Birkerts, Sven, Gutenberg Elegies Ch.3,5; Read
- de Zengotita, Thomas, Gunfire Dialogues; Read
Supplemental Readings
Questions and Discussion
Deibert paper due
1/23
Required Readings
- Calhoun, C., & Spivak, G. "Conceptual Foundations and Changing Realities"; Watch
Supplemental Readings
Questions and Discussion
1/30
What is the Information Society?
Required Readings
- Dyson, E., Gilder, G., Keyworth, G., & Toffler, A. "Cyberspace and the American Dream",pp.31-41; Read
- Castells, M. "An Introduction to the Information Age",pp.138-149; Read
- Castells, M. "The Information City, The New Economy and The Network Society",pp.150-164; Read
Supplemental Readings
Questions and Discussion
2/6
Required Readings
- Keen, Andrew "Cult of the Amateur", pg.11-34; [Read]
- Surowiecki, James, "Wisdom of Crowds", Listen, Read
- Lanier, J. "Digital Maoism: The Hazards of the New Online Collectivism"; Read
Supplemental Readings
Questions and Discussion
2/13
Required Readings
- Dewey, John, "The Public and its Problems", [Read]
- Dos Passos, John, "The Big Money"; [Read]
- "Metropolis", Directed by Fritz Lang; [Watch]
Supplemental Readings
Questions and Discussion
2/20
Required Readings
Supplemental Readings
Questions and Discussion
2/27
Required Readings
- Schumpter, Joseph; [Read]
Supplemental Readings
Questions and Discussion
3/5
Required Readings
- Mills, C. Wright, "The Power Elite"; [Read]
Supplemental Readings
Questions and Discussion
3/12
Required Readings
- Marcuse, Herbert, "One Dimensional Man"; [Read]
Supplemental Readings
Questions and Discussion
3/26
Required Readings
- Barthes, Rolland, "Mythologies"; [Read]
Supplemental Readings
Questions and Discussion
4/2
Required Readings
- Foucault, M., "Panopticism", pp.302-312; Read
- Bourdieu, Pierre, "Reproduction"; [Read]
Supplemental Readings
Questions and Discussion
4/9
Required Readings
- Habermas, J., "The Public Sphere", pp.350-365; Read
- Papacharissi, Z., "The Virtual Sphere", pp.379-392; Read
- "Network", Director Sidney Lumet, [Watch]
Supplemental Readings
Questions and Discussion
4/16
Contemporary Exploration I
Required Readings
Supplemental Readings
Questions and Discussion
4/23
Contemporary Exploration II
Required Readings
Supplemental Readings
Questions and Discussion
4/30
Contemporary Exploration III
Required Readings
Supplemental Readings
Questions and Discussion
5/7
Summary
Required Readings
Supplemental Readings
Questions and Discussion
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Quick-look Syllabus
| Session | Date | Texts
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| 1 | 9/5 | Hemingway, Johnson
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| 2 | 9/12 | Dyson, Mitchell, Gray, Friedman
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| 3 | 9/19 | Sustein, Moglen, Lanier
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| 4 | 9/26 | Homer, Hesiod, Havelock
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| 5 | 10/3 | Aeschylus, Sophocles
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| 6 | 10/10 | Euripides, Heraclitus
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| 7 | 10/17 | Plato
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| 8 | 10/24 | Virgil
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| 9 | 10/31 | Carey (Innis+McLuhan)
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| 10 | 11/7 | Johns
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| 11 | 11/14 | Anderson
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| 12 | 11/28 | Carey (Telegraph), Beninger
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| 13 | 12/5 | DeLillo, Gitlin, Putman
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| 14 | 12/12 | Steger
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| 15 | 12/19 | Jameson, Sennett, Birkerts, de Zengotita
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| | | Reflect for Pleasure and Profit
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Quick-look Syllabus
| Session | Date | Texts
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| 16 | 1/23 | Calhoun
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| 17 | 1/30 | Harvey
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| 18 | 2/6 | Appadurai, Collier, Stern, Sachs
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| 19 | 2/13 | Dyson, Castells, Surowiecki, Lanier
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| 20 | 2/20 | Dewey, (movie:Metropolis)
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| 21 | 2/27 | Benjamin
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| 22 | 3/5 | Polanyi
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| 23 | 3/12 | Mills
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| 24 | 3/26 | Marcuse
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| 25 | 4/2 | Barthes
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| 26 | 4/9 | Foucault, Bourdieu
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| 27 | 4/16 | Habermas, Papacharissi, (Movie: Network)
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| 28 | 4/23 | Contemporary Exploration I
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| 29 | 4/30 | Contemporary Exploration II
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| 30 | 4/30 | Summary
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