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Media, Information and Technoculture
1200F/G -
Media in Society
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This course gives students the necessary tools to interpret a range of texts in various contexts. It is an extended practical application of selected forms of cultural analysis to diverse media and ideas. The course surveys the development of our roles as consumers and participants in media, culture and society.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
1500F/G -
The Matter of Technology
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The course provides the technical, cultural, and historical background to inform our cultural ideas, myths, and fears about technology. The focus of the course is current and emergent technologies, focussing on the ways those technologies work along with their technical and cultural implications.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
1700F/G -
FYI: Information and Its Contexts
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This course examines the nature of information in its various social, cultural, intellectual and material contexts. It starts with the history of the book and moves towards a consideration of the contested notions of an “information society”. The course is an introduction to critical perspectives on the study of information.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
2000F/G -
The History of Communication
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The course examines communication throughout history. It explores the relationship of communication media and technologies to society and culture. The course covers the history of different communication media, such as the printing press, telegraph, radio and television broadcasting, film and sound recording, and the Internet.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
2020F/G -
Legal Foundations of Media and Information
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An introduction to various principles of law which will provide a foundation for considering the role of law in our information society. Students discuss such concepts as public and private law, criminal and civil actions, common and civil law systems in the context of current information controversies. The course examines the communications industry as an example of a regulated industry.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
2021F/G -
Legal and Ethical Issues in Multimedia
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This course examines currently implemented legal responses to the challenges of controlling information flow. These responses will then be discussed in terms of their ethical, political and economic consequences and the possible alternative responses which could be formulated in law. Issues to be considered will involve ownership of information, access to information, privacy, control of creativity in multimedia, amongst others.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
2100F/G -
Political Economy of Media
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This course introduces basic concepts of political economy to the study of contemporary media. By examining corporate, public and alternative media formations, it provides students with the tools to analyze intersections of power and wealth in societies and economies increasingly centered on the profitable exploitation of culture and information.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
2200F/G -
Mapping Media and Cultural Theory
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The course explores traditions within media and cultural theory, including traditions such as cultural studies, semiotics, hermeneutics, poststructuralism and postmodernism. These traditions arise from debates around such issues as: audience/reader activity, diversity, context, texts and textual determination, ideology and hegemony, discourse, and socio-cultural constructions.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
2210F/G -
Media Nation: Human and Media-Made Worlds
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The course considers the way mediation (how we are touched by, and touch, the world) constructs our cultural ideologies. Media Nation addresses personal and public power, centre and margin, Self and Other, among other issues.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
2211F/G -
Foundations of Global Communication
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This course introduces students to the role of communication and culture in international and transnational relations. Through the use of theories and contemporary examples, it examines a range of issues related to international power, cultural imperialism, economic development, and globalization.
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Media, Informationa and Technoculture
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Radio and Television as Entertainment Media
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Traces the development of the idea of "entertainment" in commercial radio and television, and situates the institutions of broadcast entertainment within wider debates around leisure, popular taste and culture. Theoretical and historical approaches to radio and television will be introduced.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
2350F/G -
Popular Music in Society
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This course examines the roles that media, technology, and other key social formations play in the production and reception of popular music; and the various roles popular music plays, in turn, in processes of meaning-making within the wider social world. No formal musical knowledge is required to take this course.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
2370F/G -
Cultures and Communities in Cyberspace
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This course will introduce students to issues of diversity, community and culture in the online world of cyberspace. The relationship between virtual communities and other communities will be explored, along with issues of virtual ecology, environment, male-female relations, politics, ritual, expressive culture and spaces.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
2371F/G -
Cyber-Life: Communication in the Digital Age
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An exploration of the importance of electronic communications and learning technologies to society, politics and culture. Topics include: theories relating communications to social organization; political economy of information and media; power, privacy, equity, access, gender, emergent cultures/ identity in cyberspace; changing knowledge and learning in an age of convergent communications.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
2372F/G -
Feminist Perspectives and Practices in the Online World
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This course uses feminist theoretical perspectives to explore the following topics: virtual feminist communities and cyberspaces; representation of women in education, media and information professions; the uses of the Internet for networking, feminist activism and community development; teleworking and female entrepreneurship; training for information technologies; issues of demography and diversity.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
2373F/G -
Technology and Human Values
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In the modern world we are condemned to a technological fate that is simultaneously troubling and enchanting. Things change so quickly: world events enter our living rooms at the speed of light, while five-year old computers are ready for the junk pile. Every day we come up against the cultural and psychological effects of technology, and are forced to engage it with a variety of human values. In this course we will examine some of the debates over the value of technology by applying some well-known ethical, political and aesthetic theories to technology, connecting these to technological civilization in general and to the technologies of transportation, communication, work, war and urban life specifically.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
2400F/G -
Special Topics in Media, Information and Technoculture
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Media, Information and Technoculture
2401F/G -
Special Topics in Media, Information and Technoculture
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Media, Information and Technoculture
2402F/G -
Special Topics in Media, Information and Technoculture
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Media, Information and Technoculture
2403F/G -
Special Topics in Media, Information and Technoculture
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Media, Information and Technoculture
2404F/G-2415F/G -
Special Topics in Media, Information and Technoculture
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Media, Information and Technoculture
2445A/B-2454A/B -
Special Topics in Media, Information and Technoculture
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2500A/B -
The Meaning of Technology: Exploring the Relationship Between Technology & Society
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Exploration of a number of technologies that lie behind and fuel the technocultural imagination. Introduces contemporary technologies from both a technical and cultural/historical point of view. Topics include: technological systems, issues of technical visualization, representation and interactivity, natural vs. artificial languages, artificial intelligence, robotics, natural and virtual environments, technology as social imperative and cultural metaphor.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
2550A/B -
Digital Music: An Introduction
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This course emphasizes the development and manipulation of sound sources, especially music, within a mixed media context. Students will be introduced to music-specific technologies and concepts that can be applied to a multimedia environment. Previous music experience is not required, however students will acquire some musical skills and study certain musical concepts.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
2570A/B -
Introduction to Digital Imaging and Web Site Design
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This course concentrates on developing digital imaging skills for the WWW and introduces HTML. Secondly, it focuses on the design and production of information for web sites, which communicate through the integrated use of text, images and graphic elements. The cultural significance and theoretical implications of this medium will be explored.
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Registration in the Multimedia Design and Production stream of the MTP Program.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
2600A/B -
Introduction to Graphic Design
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This course introduces the student to the concepts of visual literacy. Study concentrates on the elements and principles of basic two dimensional designs, visual communication and its objective theoretical application. Current industry standard vector-based, bitmap-based and presentation software applications are introduced to allow the student to practice and exercise visual literacy.
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Registration in the Multimedia Design and Production stream of the MTP Program.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
2660A/B -
Special Topics in Media, Information and Technoculture
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Media, Information and Technoculture
2661A/B -
Special Topics in Media, Information and Technoculture
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Media, Information and Technoculture
2662F/G -
Special Topics in Media, Information and Technoculture
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2663A/B -
Special Topics in Media, Information and Technoculture
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2750A/B -
Database Design
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This course introduces students to the fundamentals of relational database management systems. It will teach the theory of database design and give a basic introduction to structured query languages. Students will learn the skills needed to implement a relational database management system.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
2770F/G-2775F/G -
Special Topics in Media, Information and Technoculture
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Media, Information and Technoculture
2830F/G -
Analysing Broadcast News: Canadian Perspectives on Global Broadcast Media
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This course focuses on the global broadcast media from a Canadian perspective, with emphasis on information broadcasting and the social and political controls which govern the broadcast media in Canada. Topics covered include the cultural role of broadcasting; broadcasting as an instrument in the nationalist agenda; the relation of broadcast media to government; the news as information or entertainment; and the impact of new technologies on electronic journalism.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
2850F/G-2859F/G -
Special Topics in Media, Information and Technoculture
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2870F/G-2875F/G -
Special Topics in Media, Information and Technoculture
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Media, Information and Technoculture
2901F/G -
Social Movements and Media
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Radical social movements have always challenged the established media order and opened new channels to circulate marginalized ideas. This course examines the history of such practice, from the pamphlets of anti-slavery activists, to the televisual tactics of “new social movements”, and the importance of the Internet in today’s global justice campaigns.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
2934F/G -
First Nations in the News
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This course explores the social construction of Native issues by Canadian and First Nations groups through the news broadcast, print and Internet media. Students learn how to contextualize contemporary newspapers, as well as radio and television news programs, and to theorize the different versions of "Aboriginality" advanced in them.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
2935F/G -
Media Perspectives on the First Nations
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First Nations representations in the Canadian media often fail to capture the realities of political and cultural experience. This course will examine the stereotypes and biases reflected in print, video and internet representations and consider ways of increasing the accuracy of reporting, especially through the work of First Nations commentators.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
3000A/B -
Designing and Critiquing Research Methods
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An introduction to the range of research methods appropriate for understanding scholarship in the fields of communications, information, and media studies, including surveys, interviewing, content analysis and ethnography. Students will study specific methods in the context of the media-related topics that these methods have been used to address.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
3010E -
Directed Readings in MIT
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The subject of a Directed Readings course will be selected by a student in consultation with a full-time faculty member willing to direct the course. Registration in the third or fourth year of an MIT program is required. Permission of the Faculty is required.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
3011F/G -
Directed Readings in MIT
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The subject of a Directed Readings course will be selected by a student in consultation with a full-time faculty member willing to direct the course. Registration in the third or fourth year of an MIT program is required. Permission of the Faculty is required.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
3090F/G/Z -
MIT Academic Internship I
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The MIT Academic Internship is an unpaid, credit internship for up to four months, or a minimum of 140 hours. The internship will require students to make connections with academic study while undertaking supervised duties in organizations and businesses with media-related or information-related interests, public service organizations, and community groups. The student is required to a) maintain a suitable level of performance in the position as verified by the employer through evaluations and b) submit a mid-term as well as a final report, demonstrating how the experience gained through the internship relates to his/her coursework and program of study.
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Registration in the third or fourth year of a module in MIT or MPI, with a minimum cumulative average of 72%, and have no failures or documented academic offences. Approval of, and acceptance into, an internship placement.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
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MIT Academic Internship II
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The MIT Academic Internship II is an unpaid, credit internship for up to four months, or a minimum of 140 hours. The internship will require students to make further connections with academic study while undertaking supervised duties in organizations and businesses with media-related or information-related interests, public service organizations, and community groups. In addition, a faculty supervisor will grade the required in-depth research paper relating the knowledge gained on the internship to the theoretical underpinnings of media studies.
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Completion of MIT 3090F/G/Z Academic Internship I with Pass with Distinction, plus a cumulative average of 78% and no failures or documented academic offences. The student must find a faculty supervisor willing to oversee and grade his/her final paper.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
3095F/G -
MIT Short Term Professional Internship
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The Short Term Professional Internship is a paid, non-credit internship for up to four months or for a minimum of 140 hours. The paid internship will require students to make connections with academic study while undertaking supervised duties in organizations and businesses with media-related or information-related interests, public service organizations, and community groups.
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MIT Long Term Professional Internship
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The Long Term Professional Internship is a paid, non-credit placement for 8, 12 or 16 months. The paid internship will require students to make connections with academic study while undertaking supervised duties in organizations and businesses with media-related or information-related interests, public service organizations, and community groups.
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Registration in the third or fourth year of a module in MIT or MPI with a minimum cumulative average of 70%, and no failures. Must be eligible to work in Canada (or the country of the placement).
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3100F/G -
Information in the Public Sphere
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This course addresses a variety of issues pertaining to a public sphere for free and democratic flows of information. How do information circuits influence the production, organization, and dissemination of information, whether print, digital, electronic, audio or visual? How do such circuits configure public access, knowledge production, and cultural representations?
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3110F/G -
Global Political Economy of Information
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Our global village is fractured by vast inequalities in access to the means of communication. This course examines the planetary interplay of power, wealth and information, with particular attention to debates about North/South information flows, cultural imperialism, transnational media corporations and the role of new communications technologies in globalization.
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3130F/G -
The New Political Economy of Information: Networked Capitalism
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The course digs beneath the hype about the "new economy" to examine the real dynamics of commodification that are emerging from the interaction between digital networks and high capitalism. Topics include dot.commercialization, virtual advertising, open/closed networks, Web content industries, portals and search engines, knowbots and market agents, and piracy.
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3131F/G -
Political Economy of Canadian Broadcasting
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The course examines the political economy of broadcasting in Canada and encompasses two general areas: 1) political, cultural and social debates and issues bearing on federal broadcasting policy, and 2) the economic underpinnings of radio/television broadcasting with respect to ownership and advertising.
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3210F/G -
Media Representations of Women
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This course will apply a variety of feminist theories to investigate the construction of gender by a range of historical and contemporary media - newspapers, magazines, radio, television, film, the Internet and advertising.
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The Culture of Celebrity
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Why do we celebrate stars? What can the analysis of celebrity reveal about modern ideas of self and individual identity? This course introduces critical work on the phenomenon of stardom, develops case studies of individual film, television, and popular music stars, and investigates the institutional and industrial processes that have created celebrities.
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3212F/G -
Organizing Post-War Masculinity
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This course interrogates media images of masculinity ca. 1946-76. It will examine the long-lasting social and cultural consequences of the remarkable shifts in the construction and representation of Western masculinity which took place between the end of the Second World War and the rise of the Counterculture. The course focuses on gender, power, and culture.
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3213F/G -
Media and Audiences
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The class will examine the idea of audience as it is conceptualized in communication theory and research. The course will focus on theoretical readings and debates about the nature and definition of the audience, and look at the function of the audience for the media industry and for culture.
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Advertising and the Mass Media
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Examines the emergence and consolidation of modern advertising in Canada and the United States. Explores sociocultural changes that reconfigured people's relationship to consumer goods and advertising's role in promoting this transformation. The relationships between advertisers, ad agencies and media industries are examined.
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Killer Culture: War and the Mediation of Reality in the 20th-21st Centuries
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War is the machine that created many of the technologies that we depend on in this century. This course considers the ways in which we sift war through media filters, the stories we tell ourselves (and the way we mediate those stories) about gender and power, truth and myth, the body and spirit, the technosphere and biosphere. Using a wide variety of media products, the course will examine the mediation of high-tech information systems, global armament, and the mechanization of death.
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3216F/G -
The Culture of Consumption
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This course examines the historical development and social significance of the contemporary culture of consumption. After exploring its history and dynamics, among other subjects, it looks at advertising and marketing, Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) applications, globalization, and strategies of resistance.
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Public Opinion
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The formation of public opinion and its role in democratic society. Theories of attitude and opinion formation and persuasion. Study of propaganda. Current issues in public opinion and the "manufacture of consent."
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3220F/G -
The Limits of the 'Avant-Garde': Art and Activism through the 20th Century
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This course explores the concepts of culture, politics and "avant-garde" through the 20th century art movements such as dada, futurism, surrealism, and situationism; focusing on aesthetic practice and commodification, the politics of revolution and intervention, technology and cultural form, individual aesthetic innovation, and issues of social responsibility.
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3282F/G -
Comic Book Culture: From Pulp Fiction to Post Modern Legitimacy
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This course will run along three parallel tracks: it will examine the history of comic books and how they engaged such political issues as World War II and the cultural revolution of the 1960s; it will show how comics have crossed over into other popular media, mainly film; and it will look at comic books as a serious aesthetic medium, trying to understand them as a form of sequential art.
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3352F/G -
Music, Media and Globalization
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This course examines how different popular musics produce the complex social, political and economic processes that constitute contemporary ‘globalization’. Topics include: ‘cultural imperialism’ versus ‘cultural globalization’, the worldwide diffusion of recording technology, the global music industry in action, musical ‘others’ past and present, and the emerging problematics of ‘world music’.
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3353F/G -
Exile in Guyville?: Popular Music and Gender
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Liz Phair's 1993 recording Exile in Guyville was upfront in acknowledging what female and male fans of popular music, especially rock'n'roll know but don't necessarily want to admit: rock'n'roll is a "guy thing." But is it? This course explores meanings, constructions and representations of gender in popular music of the 20th and 21st centuries, including but not limited to rock'n'roll. The course is taught from a media studies perspective, so no formal musical knowledge is expected.
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3370F/G -
Our Modems, Ourselves: Individuals in Cyberspace
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This course will explore the impact of virtual presence and computer-mediated communications on human relationships. In face to face interactions, we rely on appearance, body language, gesture, tone of voice and other factors to form the basis for a relationship. How does the absence of these affect communications and relationships in cyberspace?
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Media, Information and Technoculture
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Game On! Video Game Culture, Technology, and Industry
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Video and computer games have, over the last thirty years, revolutionized popular culture, digital technology and the entertainment industry. At the same time they have provoked intense controversy over issues from game addiction to virtual violence to digital gender. This course gives an overview of the history of interactive gaming, its economic dynamics, the social formations it is catalyzing and the new theories of aesthetics, simulation and play it has generated.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
3400F/G -
Special Topics in Media, Information and Technoculture
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Media, Information and Technoculture
3401F/G -
Special Topics in Media, Information and Technoculture
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Media, Information and Technoculture
3402F/G -
Special Topics in Media, Information and Technoculture
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Media, Information and Technoculture
3403F/G -
Special Topics in Media, Information and Technoculture
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Media, Information and Technoculture
3404F/G-3405F/G -
Special Topics in Media, Information and Technoculture
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Media, Information and Technoculture
3430A/B -
Special Topics in Media, Information and Technoculture
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Media, Information and Technoculture
3431A/B -
Special Topics in Media, Information and Technoculture
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Media, Information and Technoculture
3432F/G-3436F/G -
Special Topics in Media, Information and Technoculture
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Media, Information and Technoculture
3437F/G-3442F/G -
Sepcial Topics in Media, Information and Technoculture
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Media, Information and Technoculture
3445A/B-3450A/B -
Special Topics in Media, Information and Technoculture
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Media, Information and Technoculture
3470A/B -
Special Topics in Media, Information and Technoculture
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Media, Information and Technoculture
3570F/G -
Introduction to Human-Computer Interface Design
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The course explores the various forms of human-computer interfaces, from text to virtual worlds. The course examines various approaches to the design of human-computer interfaces, identifying the issues that should be considered in interface design, and the methods available for the design and testing of human-computer interfaces.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
3600A/B -
Multimedia Theory and Production
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This course introduces the basic principles behind interactive design. By working with sound, graphics, images, and basic animation techniques, students will learn how to create different user interfaces and navigable interactive environments. An emphasis will be placed on the cultural significance of this new form of interactivity, as well as on theories of perception and persuasion.
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Registration in the Multimedia Design and Production stream of the MTP Program.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
3601A/B -
Animation and Rich Media for the Web
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This course introduces participants to current Web technologies, and the tools and techniques for authoring rich-media content for delivery on the Web. Participants will develop an understanding of how to create usable, well-designed Web applications incorporating motion graphics, sound, video and interactivity.
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Registration in the Multimedia Design and Production stream of the MTP Program.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
3605F/G -
Exploring Learning Technologies
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The course explores the uses of media in education. Considered in the course are the nature of learning processes, the types of media used in educational settings, and the role of media in providing new approaches to learning and communication.
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3606A/B -
Design for Interactive Multimedia Learning
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This course explores theoretical and practical aspects related to human learning, and how to design interactive multimedia technologies to support learning and knowledge construction. It examines different types of interactive multimedia learning environments, strategic approaches to educational multimedia design, and presentation design. The course involves a practical component in which students get to design a scaled-down educational multimedia environment.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
3650F/G-3653F/G -
Special Topics in Media, Information and Technoculture
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Media, Information and Technoculture
3660A/B -
Special Topics in Media, Information and Technoculture
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Media, Information and Technoculture
3661F/G -
Special Topics in Media, Information and Technoculture
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Media, Information and Technoculture
3662F/G -
Special Topics in Media, Information and Technoculture
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3663A/B-3665A/B -
Special Topics in Media, Information and Technoculture
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3718F/G -
Work in a Wired World
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Workplaces, from factories and offices to studios to fast food outlets, are being transformed by digital networks. This course examines the controversies associated with these changes. Topics include occupational changes in an information economy; digital deskilling and reskilling; telework; flexibilization; the move from Taylorism to 'team concept'; workplace monitoring; the productivity paradox; the shifting balance between management and labor in a computerized work environment; technological unemployment on the information highway and the 'end of work' debate.
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3730F/G -
Cognitive Aspects of Information Presentation and Use
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The information explosion ensures that we have more information available than we can possibly retain or use. This course will examine how the presentation influences the processing of information. What determines which information is recalled or is important for decision making? Topics include perceptual salience, memory effects and determination of information quality and relevance.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
3770F/G-3775F/G -
Special Topics in Media, Information and Technoculture
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3830F/G -
Freedom of the Press: Print Media Policy
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The courses focuses on the print industry in Canada, with emphasis on the social and political controls which govern the print media. The course also examines theories and practice of the press through an analysis of examples from historical and current events.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
3831F/G -
Introduction to Journalistic Writing
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This course will look at a variety of journalistic writing, from hard-news stories written on deadline to opinion writing to stories with attitude. The stories will be examined in several ways—as products of the news-media system, as sources of information and as the first rough draft of history. Students will also get an opportunity to practice journalistic writing.
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Registration in the Journalism – Broadcast stream of the MTP Program.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
3840F/G -
Introduction to Television News
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Through lectures, workshops and exercises, students will be introduced to the basic skills of television journalism. The course may appeal to those considering pursing the subject in more depth. Students will learn the principles of effective storytelling in a visual medium, explore television newsroom structures and working methods, and consider the role of journalists in today’s society.
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Registration in the Broadcasting – Television stream of the MTP Program.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
3850F/G-3859F/G -
Special Topics in Media, Information and Technoculture
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3870F/G-3875F/G -
Special Topics in Media, Information and Technoculture
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3901F/G -
Getting the Message Out: Activism and Mainstream Media
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Activists often consider corporate or state owned media unfriendly terrain. But such media can provide a crucial way to ‘get the message out.’ Using the ideas of experienced media activists, and examples from the practice of today’s social movements, this course investigates how to win the battle for public opinion in mainstream media.
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Alternative Media
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This course examines the definition, history, theory and practice of “alternative” media, and its differences from and relationship to “mainstream” corporate and state supported media. These issues are explored across a variety of media to critically assess the possibilities and limits of alternative media in enriching cultural diversity and democratic practice.
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Representing Homelessness
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This class will explore representations of homelessness in autobiography, ethnography, fiction, film, and media. We will examine the history of vagrancy law, ideology about property and citizenship, and homelessness as a lens for understanding the nation. All students will participate in a service-learning component at a local shelter for two hours each week.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
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Century of Genocide
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This course explores the intersections between media studies and genocide studies, particularly the role of media and communication in the perpetration, prevention and memorialization of genocide and other state-sponsored atrocities. We will examine several case studies, with an emphasis on the Holocaust, the Rwandan genocide and the crisis in Darfur.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
3932F/G -
Politics & Representations of Food
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This course explores the relation between food, media, and social justice. You will learn about corporate/industrial and alternative models of food production, and then you will use your critical and creative skills to respond to what you’ve learned. Themes include genetic modification, factory farming, body image, animal welfare, technology and ethics, globalization, and alternative or grassroots responses.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
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MPI Directed Readings
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Students will, in consultation with a full-time faculty member in FIMS who has agreed to act as supervisor, develop an appropriate plan of study, do the research and complete the writing of a 50-page paper, or equivalent, that connects work done in the field during the completion of MIT 3990F/G and/or MIT 3991F/G, with ideas or themes critical to Media and the Public Interest. Permission of the Faculty is required.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
3951F/G -
MPI Directed Readings
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Students will, in consultation with a full-time faculty member in FIMS who has agreed to act as supervisor, develop an appropriate plan of study, do the research and complete the writing of a 50-page paper, or equivalent, that connects work done in the field during the completion of MIT 3990F/G and/or MIT 3991F/G, with ideas or themes critical to Media and the Public Interest. Permission of the Faculty is required.
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3952F/G-3955F/G -
Special Topics in Media, Information and Technoculture
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MPI Academic Internship I
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The MPI Academic Internship I places undergraduate students in unpaid positions where they work in a new and challenging cultural milieu for community groups, non-government organizations and public services with media- and information- related interests. Placements are selected and supervised by instructors in consultation with the Undergraduate Affairs Committee.
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Registration in the third or fourth year of a module in MPI, with a minimum cumulative average of 72%, and have no failures or documented academic offences. Approval of, and acceptance into, an internship placement.
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MPI Academic Internship II
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The MPI Academic Internship II places undergraduate students in unpaid positions where they work in a new and challenging cultural milieu for community groups, non-government organizations and public services with media- and information- related interests. Placements are selected and supervised by instructors in consultation with the Undergraduate Affairs Committee.
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Registration in the third or fourth year of a module in MPI, with a minimum cumulative average of 72%, and have no failures or documented academic offences. Approval of, and acceptance into, an internship placement.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
4010E -
Advanced Directed Readings in MIT
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The subject of an Advanced Directed Readings course will be selected by a student in consultation with a full-time faculty member willing to direct the course. Registration in the fourth year of an MIT program is required. Permission of the Faculty is required.
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Media, Information and Technoculture
4011F/G -
Advanced Directed Readings in MIT
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The subject of an Advanced Directed Readings course will be selected by a student in consultation with a full-time faculty member willing to direct the course. Registration in the fourth year of an MIT program is required. Permission of the Faculty is required.
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Special Topics in Media, Information and Technoculture
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Students may be required to do in-depth projects and/or seminar presentations in the senior Special Topics courses.
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Registration in fourth year of an Honors Specialization module in FIMS, or permission of the instructor. Note: Enrollment is based on a ballot system which is submitted prior to course registration.
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4999F/G -
Media and the Public Interest Practicum
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This course combines work in the field of public interest media, participation in a special seminar and theoretically informed paper or project based on the practicum experience.
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