Spreadable Media
Unit 2: Identity in Participatory Culture
Project: Class Wiki
→ first task, Annotated Bibliography (16-Oct)
Week 7
M 10/05 Discuss: Beer (2013), Popular Culture & New Media Chapter 6:
“Bodies and Interfaces: The Corporeal Circulations of Popular Culture” via Library access (or D2L PDF)
- focus: developing approach to writing about culture, new concepts/terms
→ Inventory (Collaborative Doc)
- discuss: examples from observations — culture forms in areas of interest for project → share in comments
W 10/07 hybrid work — read & Discuss:
- Jenkins, “If It Doesn’t Spread, It’s Dead (Part Two): Sticky and Spreadable — Two Paradigms” (February 13, 2009)
plus Choose One - “(Part Five): Communities of Users” (February 20, 2009)
“(Part Six): Spreadable Content” (February 23, 2009)
“(Part Seven): Aesthetic and Structural Strategies” (February 25, 2009)
“(Part Eight): The Value of Spreadable Media” (February 27, 2009)
* Reminder: discussion prompts here
» Blog Entry 3:
- 200 words, on your blog, due class-time Friday
- discuss culture form selected with specific example, using terms/concepts from recent readings (especially the Jenkins post you chose Wednesday)
10/09 Discuss: key ideas from Beer and Jenkins
- preparation: read this overview page and watch two videos
→ also have notes ready, for creating collaborative Inventory doc 2 - focus: continue recognizing and (re)defining “culture” in networked age and participatory forms
— using readings from this week and y/our examples → preparation toward project
- looking ahead: Annotated Bibliography and Wiki Editing (week 8)