Week One: Digital Rhetoric
October 1
Introduction to
Digital Rhetoric
New Media Reader #47 -
J. David Bolter, "Seeing and Writing"
Manovich Ch. 1 Language
of New Media ("What is New Media?")
Bogost Ch.
1 Persuasive Games ("Procedural Rhetoric")Media Inventory Due
October 3
Where the Boys Are:
Early Social Media
The Memex and Xanadu
Required: New Media Reader #2 - Vannevar Bush, "As We May Think"
Recommended: New Media Reader #30 - Theodor H. Nelson, Literary Machines J.C.R. Licklider, "The Computer as a Communications Device"
Welcome from Judi Franz
Domain Name Thought Experiment Due
October 5
Extra Credit Event!
The Work of Course Authors Nick Montfort and Noah Waldrip Fruin on Display!
Beall Center
Symposium 1-5PM, Performances 6-8PM
