Focusing on the information technologies of today, this course section will explore the remediation of older forms of communication into the digital world and examine changing social and communicative practices in a hyper-mediated world.
21st Century Information Technology Project Proposal
In this module, we look at what the pre-telegraphic era, based on the fundamental break in information technology brought about by Morse’s telegraph. Early oral and written forms of communication will be explored for their connections to issues like time, space, and culture. This section will share how music and song were provided as a…
In this course section, we are interested in exploring how telegraphy, telephony, and broadcasting coincided with a transformation of communications behavior, as well as changing definitions of home, work, neighborhood, and nation. This module will share how the use of television in the home during the 1960s created an impact on society in the United…
This course section is concerned with the development and diffusion of computing technologies and traverses the large historical shifts from pre-computing to the information and network ages. This module will share an infographic comparing the social interactions of Web 1.0 vs Web 2.0. Computing Project Proposal Web 1.0 vs Web 2.0 Computing Final Memo