A group of doctoral students from LLED and CCFI with a common interest
in digital culture is initiating a reading group that will meet twice
per month on Fridays at 3:30 in the Digital Literacy Centre. All
faculty, lecturers, and students are welcome to attend.
We have set the first three dates and topics, which are listed below.
We will invite suggestions for subsequent topics and readings from
members of the group.
November 13, McLuhan and Digital Culture, Jeff Miller
•Gibson, T. (2008). Double vision: McLuhan’s contributions to media as an interdisciplinary approach to communication, culture and technology. MediaTropes eJournal 1, pp. 143166.
•McLuhan, M. (1960). Effects of the Improvements of Communication Media. The Journal of Economic History 20(4), pp. 566-575.
November 27, Gaming and Culture, Natasha Boskic (*This will be held in the boardroom in Ponderosa E)
•Murray, J. (2006). Toward a cultural theory of gaming: digital games and the co-evolution of media, mind, and culture. Popular Communication 4(3), 185-202.
December 11, Social Media and Networked Publics, Chelsey Hauge
•boyd, d. (2007). Social network sites: public, private, or what? Knowledge Tree. http://kt.flexiblelearning.net.au/tkt2007/?page_id=28
•Warner, M. (2002). Publics/counterpublics. Quarterly Journal of Speech , 88(4), 413-425.
Readings are available on the Readings page. Please contact chauge@interchange.ubc.ca for the password.
This reading group is sponsored by the Digital Literacy Centre.
