Monthly Archives: February 2015

New Media 8.2 / Photoshop Thursday

Since I am not expecting too many people to have their videos ready for today, I wanted to have a productive activity ready to go. It has been awhile since we played with Photoshop, and since our 3rd, 4th, and … Continue reading

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New Media 7.2 / Crowdsourcing the Project 2 Rubric

Our minor taks today involves reviewing Stockman’s advice for novice videographers. Think in shots Don’t shoot until you see the whites of their eyes (stay close to your subjects, use only short establishing or wide shots) Keep your shots under … Continue reading

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Rhetorical Theory 7.2 / Identification, Division, Symbolic Action

Kenneth Burke, George Carlin, and Language as Symbolic Action Today is our second day working through Kenneth Burke’s rhetorical theory. I want to open by listening to George Carlin, since we didn’t get to it last class: Today we work … Continue reading

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New Media 7.1 / Reviewing Project One, Moving with Project 2

In today’s class, I want to do a bit of housekeeping. First, I want to lay out the calendar for the rest of the year. Second, I want to review Project 1, paying attention to some pretty cool projects. Third, … Continue reading

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Rhetorical Theory 7.1 / Def of Man and Terministic Screens

Today we work through two more of Burke’s central essays, one on metaphysics and the other on language (and the way language structures/impacts our relation to the world). I want to spend the beginning of class dealing with the former, … Continue reading

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New Media 6.2 / Introduction to Videography

In today’s class, I want to: Introduce some basic principles and language for talking about video Have you practice shooting video Have you practice editing video using an editing program Basic Intro to Videography First, a 9 minute video dealing … Continue reading

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New Media 6.1 / Maira Kalman, My Favorite Things, and Affective Objects

In today’s class I want to work out a bit more what we might mean by “affective object.” Our first example came from Henry Jenkins, and his relationship to comic books in the essay “Death-Defying Superheroes.” Today we turn to … Continue reading

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Rhetorical Theory 6.1 / From the Greece to Germany to Kenneth Burke

Today we transition into the second major part of our course, focusing on the work of Kenneth Burke. We’ve jumped some 1800 years from ancient Greece, and I would like to offer the following brief and obviously inadequate history to … Continue reading

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New Media 5.2 / Jenkins as Method

In our first project, we worked with Gregory Ulmer’s concept of electracy and Walter Ong’s notion of literacy. I shared a reading from Ulmer’s Heuretics in which he argued that a major consequence of literacy was a shift to issues … Continue reading

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Rhetorical Theory 5.2 / Jeopardy and Research Projects

Today’s class serves as a review before we begin working with Modern rhetoric next week. First, we’ll explore potential research topics for the longer paper (discussion question on Canvas). Second, I want to hear about which articles you chose to … Continue reading

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