Internet as a Visual and Participatory Medium 5 sp

Credits

ECTS credits: 5

Teachers

Susanna Paasonen, Tapio Mäkelä

Time, location and registration

14.04.2009 - 23.04.2009

WEEK 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.

Registration time in webOodi 19.02.2009 - 25.02.2009

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

Website http://www.valt.helsinki.fi/comm/fi/english/studies/courses08-09/Internet09.htm
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