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The Penguin Press Presents: Together Alone
For those interested in hearing a conversation, the first of a new Penguin Salon series, about two seemingly competing ideas about connectivity in the digital age, Eric Klineberg and Clay Shirky will be speaking at 192 Books in Chelsea. RSVPs … Continue reading
Class 14: Open Source and the Commons
In today’s class, we discussed some of the open source projects, specifically Linux, Firefox, and Wikipedia. These examples illustrate the concept of collaborate working behind the open source movement and contribute to something Lievrouw calls “commons knowledge.” This level of … Continue reading
Posted in Lectures
Tagged cathedral and the bazaar, commons, commons knowledge, Firefox, Linux, open source
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Final Exam Available Now, Due Monday December 19, 6:00 PM
The final exam is now available. If you did not receive, or have lost, the handout with the instructions, you can download a PDF. Complete the exam on Blackboard. Navigate to the Assignments section of our course, then to Final … Continue reading
Class 13: Is This Surplus Just a Bunch of Noise?
Today, we celebrated the possibility of making communal and civic minded media when we covered the possibility of the cognitive surplus in our digital world. However, I still can’t get over the Lolcats. I understand Shirky’s point that once someone … Continue reading
Presentation at Critical Themes in Media Studies Conference at the New School
The Media Studies department at the New School is hosting Critical Themes in Media Studies, its annual student conference on the weekend of April 13-14. The conference is open to students outside of the New School and students of media, … Continue reading
Class 12: Get Unfiltered and Pop the Bubble
If I may make a connection between Pariser and Rushkoff, I’d say that the one of the main themes that our two readings share is that we have to be aware of how our digital experience is constructed and how … Continue reading
Posted in 11/28 The Filter Bubble (Pariser), Lectures
Tagged Disconnect, Filter Bubble, Pariser, Program or Be Programmed, Rushkoff
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Class 11: Many Inputs, Only One Possible Output
As I articulated in class, much of Douglas Rushkof’s argument in Program or Be Programmed relies on an ontology of the digital technology. He outlines the way that digital technology works and how it operates in different way from what … Continue reading
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Internet Security
It seems appropriate that we in a New Technologies course should practice safe computing. CUNY’s Internet Security Team recommends that all members of the university community take a brief online course. The stated aim is to protect the CUNY community … Continue reading
