| Title |
Description |
| Research Issues and Methods for Postgraduate Study (Spring 2009) |
Master’s level seminar designed to introduce students to major methods employed by researchers in media and cultural studies: discourse analysis; ideological frame critique; visual methods; performance analysis; interviewing techniques; ethnographic approaches and practice as research. 15 students.
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Digital
Media Cultures
(Spring 2008, 2007, 2006) |
Year 3 undergraduate seminar devoted to issues in new media: the ‘Web 2.0’ debate; the wane of aura in a digital age; the legalities of remix culture; hyper-reality and the ethics of game culture; the Internet as new public/counter-public sphere,; and the role of self-branding in social networking online. 35 students.
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| Preparing New Media Dissertations & Projects(Spring 2008, 2007) |
Year 2 lecture/seminar designed for undergraduate students in Interactive and Games Design departments to develop research projects. Exercises included brainstorming objects for research, designing measurable research questions, and locating appropriate theoretical lenses for analysis. 60 students.
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| Media Meanings(Spring 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006) |
Year 1 undergraduate lecture/seminar designed to introduce students to theoretical arguments in the media. Lectures cover semiotics, ideology and discourse, psychoanalysis, feminist theory, postmodern and postcolonial critiques of media. Managed three graduate assistants responsible for running post-lecture seminars. 200 students.
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| Media, Culture & Identity(Fall 2009, 2008, and 2007) |
Year Two lecture/seminar focused on issues of representation of self and other. Authors read included Goffman, Lacan, Foucault, Hall, Mulvey, Said, Baudrillard, Haraway, and Turkle. Managed two graduate assistants responsible for post-lecture seminars. One hundred students.
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| Identity, Race & Difference(Spring 2006) |
Year 1 seminar designed to introduce theoretical issues in race and postcolonial studies. Writers read included Hall, Mercer, Said, Shohat, Bhaba, Spivak, and Dyer. Managed one graduate student responsible for seminars. 60 students. |
Critical Thinking and Study Skills
for Media Students(Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2008) |
Class for Year 1 students in Media Studies, Interactive Studies, and Computer Games Design. Developed 100 page workbook, focused on close reading, outlining, précis writing, basics of quantitative analysis, abstract writing, drafting academic essays, assessing scholarly sources, online research techniques, grammar usage, and the editing process. Supervised three visiting tutors who led seminars. 200 students.Module guide, with syllabus is here.
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