Department of Communication Studies
College of Arts, Media, and Communication
California State University, Northridge

Christie Logan, Ph.D.

Communication Studies 454
Communication and Technology

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Spring 2006 Course Schedule

** check this online schedule weekly -- readings may be changed
revised 4/6/2006

Course Introduction & Overview
1/31

fundamentals, principles, premises of the course

2/2

meet in lab: MZ 363 - tour of web site & course materials

Required Reading:

Assignment:   By class time, post a response to my question in the "Main" section of the course newsgroup

Perspectives on Communication Technology
2/7

Required Reading:

2/9

Required Reading:

Current Issues for Communication Research
2/14

**Class meets in Oviatt Library lab C - first floor, west wing.
for demonstration of resources and research training by Kathy Dabbour

Required Reading:

2/16

*new assignment based on Tuesday's library training session

Required Reading:

  • Scott Harris, "Freedom Fighters of the Digital World," LA Times, January 13, 2002
  • EFF on The USA Patriot Act - *new -- scan these pages and read at least one of the articles (your choice). Be prepared to report on what you read in class.
  • *new -- Find one article related to the class research topic - (e.g. online privacy, electronic surveillance, civil liberties online, or other keywords generated in the research session on Tuesday) from one of the Oviatt databases. Be prepared to cite and report in class.

Hypertext Environments: Interface as Worldview / Fundamentals of Web Design

2/21

 

readings revised [1 added; 1 cut] on 2/17/06

class meets in COMS Lab -- MZ 363

Required Reading:

2/23

class meets in COMS Lab -- MZ 363

Required Readings:

Medium and Message/Massage: Technological Determinism

2/28

Required Reading:

Recommended Reading:

3/2

Web Page Critique Due

Required Reading:

Internet History & Culture
3/7

Required Reading:

  • Castells, "Opening: The Network is the Message," and Chapters 1 & 2 [1-63]

3/9

Required Reading:
Useful Links:
The Network Society: The Challenge of the Social

3/14

Required Reading:

3/16

Required Reading:
  • Castells, Chapter 3 (64 - 115)
Technology, Sociality, and the Public Sphere

3/21

Required Reading:

3/23

Required Reading:

Recommended Reading:

Public Discourse and the Blogosphere
3/28

Web Page Due

Required Reading:

3/30
Required Reading:

check out these blogs:

The Ideology of Information

4/4

Required Reading:

4/6

 

Required Reading:

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~     Spring Break: 4/11 & 13    ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

*revised - unit moved to this week*
Privacy, (in)Security in Cyberspace

4/18

Required Reading:

Useful Links:

4/20

Required Reading:

*revised - unit moved to this week*
Ideology of Information cont'd: Intellectual Property
4/25
Required Reading:
Recommended Sources:

Recommended Reading:

4/27

Required Reading:

Recommended Reading:

Useful Sites:

Critical Issues in Communication & Technology
5/2
 Review for exam
5/4
Exam

5/9

Groups workday

5/11 Class Presentations of Research Projects
5/16
Class Presentations of Research Projects
5/18

Class Presentations of Research Projects

Hard copies of Projects due

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