Technological Innovations (341-0-20)

Topic

History of Digital Media & Technology

Instructors

Nathaniel Andrew Rossi

Meeting Info

University Hall 318: Mon, Wed 11:00AM - 12:20PM

Overview of class

This course will provide students with the historical contexts for the study of contemporary issues regarding digital media and technological innovations. Broken into three units, this course will emphasize the emergence and development of digital aesthetics, algorithms, and surveillance cultures from the early Internet days to the present moment. Particular attention will be paid to the intersections between race, gender, sexuality, citizenship, and ability in relation to the production and advancement of digital media and technologies. We will answer questions such as, how has the relationship between technological advancement and "ways of seeing" led to the dominance of Instagram aesthetics? What forces prompted the emergence of algorithmic culture? And how has the evolution of technology contributed to the domestication of data surveillance and the need to be "online"?

Class Materials (Required)

No textbook, course materials will be available through canvas.

Class Notes

This particular offering of RTVF 341 Technological Innovations will count toward the RTVF major's 300-level media history/theory requirement.