JMSC 0072 Digital Media and Society
Tutorial 2 – Dissecting Technology/Media News
- Split into groups and discuss technology news
- Share with class thoughts and ideas from the event
News Items To Discuss
- Google Decides to Stop Censoring
- NY Times Paywall
- Sina may block posting of ‘rumours’
- Apple Announces iCloud Music Streaming Service
- Google Launches Google +
What to discuss?
- What are your thoughts?
- Why do you think this?
- If you can provide a reason, explain why?
Class Schedule
- Week 1: Introduction / Learning Outcomes and Digital vs. Analog (Sept 5th)
- Week 2: Distribution / The Long Tail and The Internet (Sept 12th)
- Week 3: Niche Content: Guest Lecture – Frank Proctor of Muse Magazine (Sept 19th)
- Week 4: Social Media / User Generated Content (Sept 26th)
- Week 5: Communication and Power: Guest Lecture – Diane Stormont (Oct 3rd)
- Week 6: Collaborative Creativity / Lessons from Start Ups (Oct 10th)
- Week 7: Guest Lecture – Brandon Cheung of Tribal DDB (Oct 24th)
- Week 8: Machine Readable Media / Open API (Oct 31st)
- Week 9: Open API (Nov 7th)
- Week: 10 Censorship and Network Boundaries
- Week: 11 Imagining the Future (Nov 14th)
- Week: 12 Joi Ito @ HKU(Nov 28)
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