Learning outcomes
The objective is to contemplate the socio-cultural development of new forms of media from various angles. Students will scrutinise the historical context and developmental paths determining the special features of hypermedia applications and its cultural nature. Students will moreover learn about various production and consumption mechanisms through which media products and equipment acquire their meanings.
Contents
The content comprises a more precisely selected perspective from three options: a) technological and cultural change b) industry, institutions and c) users and communities. In option a) students will study the historical development of hypermedia, its technical preconditions and cultural context. In option b) students will learn about the institutions and enterprises shaping hypermedia, likewise the socio-cultural conditions they impose. In option c) students will learn about user cultures and organisations and their history.
Teaching methods
| Teaching method | Contact | Online |
| Lectures | 21 h | 0 h |
21 h of lectures and/or independent study. Teaching methods will be specified annually in the teaching programme.
Teaching language
Finnish, EnglishModes of study
The course, which is offered in the form of lectures, is to be completed by keeping a lecture diary and writing essays on subjects to be set in advance. Alternatively these studies may be taken by doing examinations on set books. The mode of completion will be further specified annually in the teaching programme. One to three examinations can be taken on the course.
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.Study materials
A2a Technological and cultural change 4 ECTS/2 cu, total of two works out of the following:
1. Carolyn Marvin: When Old Technologies Were New: Thinking About Electric Communication in the Late Nineteenth Century. Oxford University Press 1988.
2. Lovink: Dark Fiber. MIT Press 2003. (http://books.google.com)
3. Mattelart: Informaatioyhteiskunnan historia. Vastapaino 2001.
A2b Industry, institutions 4 ECTS/2 cu, total of two works out of the following:
1. Ghosh (ed.): Code. Collaborative Ownership and the Digital Economy. The MIT Press 2006.
2. Castells: The Internet Galaxy. Oxford University Press 2003.
3. Battelle: The Search. Portfolio Trade 2006.
A2c Users and communities 4 ECTS/2 cu, total of two works out of the following:
1. Livingstone: Young People and New Media: Childhood and the Changing Media Environment. Sage Publications 2002.
2. Benkler: The Wealth of Networks. Yale University Press 2007.
3. Vaden & Stallman: Koodi vapaaksi: Hakkerietiikan vaativuus. Tampere University Press 2002.
Belongs to following study modules
2010–2011