About this course Syllabus Paper topics Course links Student links Add a link Raves & rants		Week 1 Links 3/25 Course Introduction World's Fairs and Railroads: 19th Century Communication Tech Reading: Lubar, pp. 1-49; Williams, Smith, Marvin, Williams, Kihlstedt (Xerox reader) Screening: From Information to Wisdom (Smithsonian, 1991) 60m. 3/26 Screening: The World of Tomorrow (Johnson and Bird, 1985) 83m. 3/27 Guest Lecture: Sarah Horton on course web-page, history via the web Reading: Lubar, pp. 50-71; Carr, pp. 3-35; Schivelbush, pp. 33-69, 124-197(recommended) Nye, Lastra, Assendorf, Gunning, Kirby (Xerox reader) Screening: silent films (world's fair, railroad, telephone, etc.) Week 2 Links 4/1 Telegraphs and Telephones Reading: Lubar, pp. 72-163; Carr, pp. 36-69 Marvin, Carey, Fischer (Xerox reader); Postman chpts. 1,2,5 (Baker lib) 4/2 Screening: The Telephone (Simon and Goodman, 1997) 4/3 Screening: Western Union (Lang, 1941) 94m. Week 3 Links 4/8 Phonographs and Radios (I) Reading: Lubar, pp. 164-197, 212-241; Carr, pp. 70-143 Douglas, Boddy (Xerox reader) Screening: Empire of the Air (Burns, 1991) [1st 60m.] 4/9 Class Presentation 4/10 Screening: Empire of the Air (Burns, 1991) [2nd 60m.] Week 4 Links 4/15 Phonographs and Radios (II) Reading: Carr, pp. 144-209 Assendorf, Marvin, Knight, Cartwright (Xerox reader) Guest Lecture: Mike Murray report on NAB Convention 4/16 Class Presentation 4/17 Reading: Schwarz, Gunning (Xerox reader); Stephenson Screening: The Devil Commands (Dmytryk, 1941) 65m. Week 5 Links 4/22 Movies and Television (I) Reading: Lubar, pp. 198-211, 242-281; Allen, Balio, Belton, Silverman (Xerox reader) Screening: MGM Parade 4/23 Class Presentation 4/24 Screening: It's Always Fair Weather (Kelly and Donen, 1955) 102m. **Class today in Loew Auditorium** Week 6 Links 4/29 Movies and Television (II) Reading: Boal in Brook/Boal; Boddy, Vianello, Feuer (Xerox reader) Screening: docs introducing television; early reality shows Guest Lecture: Megan Mullen on cable TV history 4/30 Class Presentation 5/1 Screening: A Face in the Crowd (Kazan, 1957) 125m. Week 7 Links 5/6 Computers (I) Reading: Lubar, pp. 283-375; Miller, Besser, Harris, in Brook/Boal Cerruzi, Lyon (Xerox reader) Screening: See It Now "Automation"; tech on film clips 5/5 Class Presentation 5/8 Screening: Desk Set (Lang, 1957) 103m. **Class today in Loew Auditorium** Week 8 Links 5/13 Computers (II) Reading: Lubar, pp. 376-400; Carlson, Lakoff, Tippett in Brook/Boal; Biocca, Bukatman, Huhtamo (Xerox reader) Guest Lecture: Peter Cosgrove on computer games 5/14 Class Presentation 5/15 Screening: Twister (de Bont, 1996) 113m. **Class today in Loew Auditorium** Week 9 Links 5/20 Computers (III) Reading: Gandy, Riding, Schiller in Brook/Boal; Haraway, Bukatman (Xerox reader) Guest Lecture: Fillia Makedon on Interface Potentials 5/21 Class Presentation 5/22 Guest Lecture: Nikhil Sinha on Transforming to an Information Society Culture, Economy, and InfoTech in India 5/25 (Sunday) Campus Screening: Until the End of the World (Wenders, 1991) 178 m. Week 10 5/26 (Monday) Research Paper Due [before noon] 5/27 Conclusions, Catch-Up, and Spill-Over