Internet as a Visual and Participatory Medium 5 sp
Credits
ECTS credits: 5Teachers
Susanna Paasonen, Tapio MäkeläTime, location and registration
14.04.2009 - 23.04.2009WEEK 16
- TUE 14.04.2009 btw. 09:00 - 12:00hrs., U40 Room 14
- WED 15.04.2009 btw. 09:00 - 12:00hrs., U40 Room 14
- WED 15.04.2009 btw. 14:00 - 17:00hrs., Main Building Room 15
- FRI 17.04.2009 btw. 09:00 - 12:00hrs., U40 Room 13
WEEK 17
- TUE 21.04.2009 btw. 09:00 - 12:00hrs., U40 Room 13
- WED 22.04.2009 btw. 09:00 - 12:00hrs., U40 Room 14
- THU 23.04.2009 btw. 09:00 - 12:00hrs., U40 Room 13
The course can be registered for degree students under the study unit 9f or S14.
Preregistration in WebOodi (code 770032) is required: 19.-25.2.2009.
Content
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)
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.
Course work and forms of study
Mode of Study: lectures, two written assignments