DTC WEEK 2

1. information:
convergence and participation
who, what, when, where, how...
Tuesday, January 21, 14

2. agenda
• twitter and blogs
• things to read/listen to/watch before class
• information’s histories
• present day notions (in digital wraps)
• Jenkins
• social media predictions
Tuesday, January 21, 14

3. history of information
• what do we know so far?
• always feel like it is “too much”
• blinders to new inventions effects
• circulation (how, who, when...)
• social (process)
Tuesday, January 21, 14

4. new technologies:
promise and panic
Tuesday, January 21, 14

5. information“superhighway”?
how, who, when...
Tuesday, January 21, 14

6. information NOW
• “wrapped” in digital lives, technologies,
protocols
• TMI...is it?
• Do we have an “information overload”
problem?
Tuesday, January 21, 14

7. Jenkins: media
today
convergence
participatory culture
black box fallacy
Tuesday, January 21, 14

8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFCLKa0XRlw
Tuesday, January 21, 14

9. 3 groups
what does it mean
why does it matter
how is it different from the past
EXAMPLES
Tuesday, January 21, 14