{"id":997,"date":"2021-10-19T08:43:02","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T12:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/?p=997"},"modified":"2021-10-21T08:50:36","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T12:50:36","slug":"week-9-october-19-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/2021\/10\/19\/week-9-october-19-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 9: October 19 &#038; 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What\u2019s Due Next?<\/h2>\n<h3>This Week<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Tuesday (today): Keyword <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/readings\/network\/\">Network<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Thursday<strong>:\u00a0<\/strong>Response post to \u201cNetwork\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Near Future<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Read All You Need is Kill and watch\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/digitalcampus.swankmp.net\/richmond281800\/watch\/2BADBAAA139550CC?referrer=direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Edge of Tomorrow<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<strong>Sunday, October 24<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Write <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/assignments\/short-response-papers\/\">Short Response Paper<\/a> #2: Technology using <em>All You Need is Kill<\/em> and <em>Edge of Tomorrow<\/em> for Sunday, October 31\n<ul>\n<li><strong>New!<\/strong> Add a paragraph on the cover page that explains how you used feedback provided for your first short response paper to write this paper.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What\u2019s Coming Up?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Be sure you&#8217;re able to access Apple TV+ (either through free trial or paid subscription) to watch <em>Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson<\/em>: <a href=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/us\/episode\/auto-tune\/umc.cmc.4nweb4l9c5pec75va165ot8wv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episode 1: Auto-Tune<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Begin thinking about how you&#8217;ll use ArcGIS StoryMap to visualize the definition of a keyword of your choice from KMS and\/or our class coverage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Tuesday, October 5<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>How was fall break?<\/li>\n<li>Did you watch, listen to, or experience any media (or elements of identity or culture) that relates to keywords we&#8217;ve been discussing to date?<\/li>\n<li>Mid-term check-in: Please take a few minutes to complete this anonymous <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/mzsMP3hDyTjxYPyP7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">check-in form<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Using &#8220;Network&#8221; as a Critical Lens<\/p>\n<p>Network is &#8220;an analytical tool embedded in global culture and information technologies, and their multitudes of connections, messages, and typographies&#8221; (Levina, p. 127)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Analytical tool = critical lens, a way of seeing and understanding something<\/li>\n<li>Embedded = integral to, part or aspect of<\/li>\n<li>Connections = relations to other elements<\/li>\n<li>Messages = communications (both bit-based and meaning-making)<\/li>\n<li>Typographies = arrangements of features<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What characteristics of networks did you find compelling?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Networks are related to power structures, the result of other, previously defined power structures: hierarchical, flattened, structural<\/li>\n<li>Networks are totalitarian in nature; complexity of our existence keeps networks in check<\/li>\n<li>Actor-network: human and nonhuman actors translating tokens into their own language<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What&#8217;s actor-network theory?<\/p>\n<p>What nonhuman actors do you see at work in networks, especially related to the flow of information and the way power is distributed?<\/p>\n<p>Consider the difference between the networked self (or network identity) and the material self (or embodied existence). What differs? Why?<\/p>\n<p>How do networks help us understand media, culture, and\/or identity?<\/p>\n<h2>October 19<\/h2>\n<p>Let&#8217;s collaborate to draw the actor-network of our class.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/app.popplet.com\/#\/p\/6805245\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/app.popplet.com\/#\/p\/6805245<\/a> and log in using your richmond.edu email account (create a free account if needed).<\/li>\n<li>Follow the prompts in the Popplet to contribute to the actor-network of our class.<\/li>\n<li>Discuss what we uncover during this exercise in the context of the &#8220;Network&#8221; keyword essay.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 500px;\" src=\"https:\/\/app.popplet.com\/#\/p\/6805245\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s Due Next? This Week Tuesday (today): Keyword Network Thursday:\u00a0Response post to \u201cNetwork\u201d Near Future Read All You Need is Kill and watch\u00a0Edge of Tomorrow\u00a0by\u00a0Sunday, October 24 Write Short Response Paper #2: Technology using All You Need is Kill and Edge of Tomorrow for Sunday, October 31 New! 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