TWC 494/598
Infoglut: Deal With It
Multimedia Writing and Technical Communication
Spring 2005

Schedule at a Glance

(for copies of readings and more details on assignments,
check the Schedule area in Blackboard and the list of readings)

Date
Readings/Assignment

Week One
(January 17)

Course Introduction

  • Reading: Shapiro & Hughes; Albrecht; and Hasulo
  • Assignments due:
    • Discussion Board (5 pts)
Week Two
(January 24)

What is information?

  • Reading: Jonscher, ch. 2
  • Assignments due:
    • Discussion Board (5 pts)
    • "Discovery" topic due
Week 3
(January 31)

Technology's impact on information

  • Reading: Chandler, ch. 1 and Eco
  • Assignments due:
    • Discussion Board (5 pts)
      Reading synthesizer: Jenny Stamper
Week 4
(February 7)
Technology's impact on information, cont.
  • Reading: Shenk, ch. 2 and O'Donnell, ch. 3
  • Assignments due:
Week 5
(February 14)

How do I find it? Organizing information

  • Reading: Bates
  • Assignment due:
    • Discussion Board (5 pts)
      Reading synthesizer: Stephanie Chadwick
Week 6
(February 21)

News, popular press, and media cross-ownership

  • Reading: Ellis
  • Assignment due:
    • Discussion Board (5 pts)
      Reading synthesizer: Kim Engel
    • "Discovery", part two due Feb. 27th
Week 7
(February 28)

Academic scholarship and information

  • Reading: Alozie and Solomon
  • Assignment due:
    • Discussion Board (5 pts)
      Reading synthesizer: Stephanie Moos
Week 8
(March 7)

Information life cycle: from event to analysis

Week 9
(March 14)
Spring Break!
Week 10
(March 21)

The "information economy"

  • Reading: TBA
  • Assignment due:
    • Discussion Board (5 pts)
      Reading synthesizer: Greg Christofolo
Week 11
(March 28)

Intellectual property and copyright basics

  • Reading: Copyright Primer
  • Assignment due:
    • Reading synthesizer: Judy Judson
    • Discussion Board (5 pts)
Week 12
(April 4)

Who owns it? intellectual property and copyright, cont.

  • Reading: Boucher and Lessig
  • Assignment due:
    • Discussion Board (5 pts)
      Reading synthesizer: Steve Coots
Week 13
(April 11)

Who owns it? Open access and open source

  • Reading: Suber and Free Software
  • Assignment due:
    • Discussion Board (5 pts)
      Reading synthesizer: Justin Susnik
    • "Discovery", part three due April 17th
Week 14
(April 18)

Is it mine? Information and privacy

  • Reading: TBA
  • Assignment due:
    • Discussion Board (5 pts)
      Reading synthesizer: Chrissy Hagen
Week 15
(April 25)

Who decides? Information and censorship

  • Reading: TBA
  • Assignment due:
Week 16
(May 2)

Wrapping up

  • Reading: TBA
  • Assignment due:
    • Discussion Board (5 pts)
      Reading synthesizer: Tia Nelson/Dan Bogan

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Last modified: 25 F ebruary 2005