Department of Communication

Courses in English, Autumn Term 2007

Internet as a visual and participatory medium, 5 credits, Course Code: 770032

! This course can be registered for degree students under the study unit 9f or S14.

Preregistration in Weboodi is required

Mode of Study: lectures, two written assignments

Structure:

1. Internet history and interface development (TM)
2. Imagining the Internet in popular culture (SP)
3. From home pages to social networks (SP)
4. Visual virtual communities and gaming (TM)
5. Intermedial visuality (SP)
6. Net cultures, net art (TM)
7. Mobile networks (TM)

Content: The course provides an introduction to the development of the Internet as a visual and participatory medium. It covers conceptual and technological histories, design practices, user cultures and research paradigms related to these developments while also providing analytical tools for studying information networks.

Moodle

Mode of assessment:

Assessment scale: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5