read:
- DTC 101 Textbook: 05 Social Media
- Program or Be Programmed: 6. Identity
watch:
Life 2.0 | Netflix (mature themes!)
blog prompt:
After reading the Social Media chapter, the Rushkoff chapter on Identity and watching the documentary Life 2.0 (above), write a blog post about being in two places at once in the digital age. How has this “virtuality” changed our ideas of self, society and community? How might VR social media impact our embodied relationships? If you were going to design a VR social media platform what would it be like? What concerns and/or hopes do you have about the future of a virtual social life?
video lecture:
trailers for VR social media apps:
Final Project:
DUE: Thursday July 29th
OPTION #1: Compose a 1500-3000 word multimedia (images and/or video) essay on any topic that relates to digital technology and culture. The essay must meet the following criteria:
- unlike the “mosaic probe” the writing must make a specific argument about digital effects on culture and relate the ideas/works we have discussed in class
- the text must integrate at least two main topics from the class modules (reproduction/remediation, for example)
- meaningfully quote from at least 2 of the class readings
- spelling and grammar checked
- include a notes section where you properly source any text, image, video, or sound file that is not your own
topics/ideas:
- an analysis of a work of digital art or electronic literature
- an analysis of an app or genre of app
- an analysis of social media platform or app
- an analysis of digital media used in political or ad campaigns
- a comparison of two works in which one remediates another
OPTION #2: Create a creative, essayistic digital work (video, website, slideshow or Twine game) that integrates media (text, images, audio, video, etc.) and reflects on any topic or issue discussed in class. The text must integrate at least two main topics from the class modules (reproduction/remediation, for example). Include a 500-1000 artist statement about the creative work and how it relates to the class modules and discussions.