Mac309 Intro to the module

New Media – The Web -

SocietyMAC309

robert.jewitt@sunderland.ac.uk

10 credit module

1 x 1 hour lecture per week

1 x 1 hour seminar per week

Assessment

1 x 2500 word essay

Essay questions issued in Week 6

Students can come up with own questions, subject to approval

Must be agreed by week 9

Due date: 17th May 2012

Media’s role in society?

Themes

New media monopolies (Google) Networks & regulation (SOPA) Networked journalism Privacy in the digital age The ‘cult’ of Apple The cost of ‘free’ Competing with piracy Viral media to gamification Games and digital photography Navigation and digital space The future of the internet?

Reading List

The module guide contains a number of useful sources

Also on WebCT (see Module Info folder)

Wider reading is encouraged

Sharing ideas is encouraged!

Journals

New Media & Society

Convergence - the Journal of Research into New Media Technologies

First Monday http://firstmonday.org/

Culture Machine http://www.culturemachine.net/

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication http://jcmc.indiana.edu/

Fibreculture http://journal.fibreculture.org/

M/C Journal http://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal

News sources

Wired News http://www.wired.com/

Guardian Technology http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology

Ars Technica http://arstechnica.com/

Tech Crunch http://www.techcrunch.com/

Tech Dirt http://www.techdirt.com/

All Things D http://allthingsd.com/

Mashable http://mashable.com/

TorrentFreak http://torrentfreak.com/

Zero Paid http://www.zeropaid.com/

Organise! RSS Feed Reader

1. Google Reader (Web-based)

2. Netvibes (Web-based)

3. NetNewsWire (Mac)

4. Feed Demon (Windows)

5. Sage (Firefox)

Pro-tips

1. Get yourself 2GB of free cloud-based file backups with Dropbox

2. Get 5GB of free cloud storage with Box

3. Try Evernote – snip bits of the internet for later!

4. Get free software and install it on your USB stick with PortableApps.com

5. Use social bookmarking tools like Delicious or Diigo – never forget a link again!