MACS 496

Spring 2014 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Jan 21-May 7

Advanced Media/Cinema Topics

Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

Advanced study of cultural, social, historical, economic, and/or political issues in media and/or cinema; topics vary but may include national and transnational cinemas, directors, genres, historical movements, social and political movements, thematic studies, television, convergence culture, new media.

3 undergraduate hours. 4 graduate hours. May be repeated in the same or separate terms to a maximum of 6 undergraduate hours or 8 graduate hours as topics vary. Prerequisite: One College of Media course or consent of instructor.

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MACS 496 class schedule data for spring 2014
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	60109	Lecture-Discussion	D	3:00PM -5:50PM	T	Foreign Languages Building	Chan, A	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/21/14-05/07/14 Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Techno-Scientific Networks Section Info: From Bittorrent to Wikipedia, and from transnational fast food franchises to free software producers, global networks have emerged as the defining organizational structure of the contemporary information age. Capable, allegedly, of channeling the productive and creative potential of diverse participants, and organizing complex knowledge- and information-based exchanges, they have at once become the circuits through which new forms of political contest and challenges to logics of social inclusion/exclusion manifest. This course examines the network as a social formation that responds to the current conditions of digitaliz-able capital, labor, and governance. Drawing from science and technology studies, communications and media studies, political anthropology, globalization studies, and social theory, this seminar will investigate networks as discursive technologies that manifest the political tension between free markets and free individuals, and between the competing aspirations of participatory democracy and late capitalism. Registration opened to juniors and seniors throughout campus on November 15 at 11:00 am. Restriction(s): Restricted to students with Sophomore, Junior, or Senior class standing.