English 10 LCEnglish 10 LCCourse Overview and IntroductionCourse Overview and Introduction

Agenda 1/10Agenda 1/10

AttendanceAttendance Introduction and Syllabus ReviewIntroduction and Syllabus Review Short EssayShort Essay Discussion - “What is a text?’Discussion - “What is a text?’ Glossary and Group Sign UpsGlossary and Group Sign Ups

Syllabus ReviewSyllabus Review

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Culture of InformationCulture of Information

Definition of “Information Culture”Definition of “Information Culture” Time PeriodTime Period New MediaNew Media Critiques of Information CultureCritiques of Information Culture Implications for Literary StudyImplications for Literary Study

DefinitionDefinition

Visual CultureVisual Culture What What isis Information Culture? Information Culture?

Time PeriodTime Period

What makes our epoch uniqueWhat makes our epoch unique Bush’s MemexBush’s Memex Babbage’s Analytical EngineBabbage’s Analytical Engine Jacquard’s LoomJacquard’s Loom 19841984

New MediaNew Media

Numerical RepresentationNumerical Representation ModularityModularity AutomationAutomation

Low level automationLow level automation High level automationHigh level automation

VariabilityVariability TranscodingTranscoding

Critiques of Information Critiques of Information CultureCulture

ManovichManovich Barbrook & CameronBarbrook & Cameron BaudrillardBaudrillard

Short EssayShort Essay

What is a text?What is a text?

Implications for the Study of Implications for the Study of LiteratureLiterature

Discussion - what is a text?Discussion - what is a text? Art & TechnologyArt & Technology Role of the ComputerRole of the Computer What is reading?What is reading? Means of studyMeans of study

Glossary & PresentationsGlossary & Presentations

Glossary assignments - ThursdayGlossary assignments - Thursday Group Presentation - next week?Group Presentation - next week?