tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89208519853082447232024-02-08T09:28:08.561-08:00History of Mass and MultimediaMarjo Mäenpäähttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13112984117291923325noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920851985308244723.post-18484183499902497402011-02-28T01:13:00.000-08:002011-03-01T07:31:21.310-08:00Small group assignment<div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Work in teams – 2-4 people in </span><span style="color: black;">group. Working time till 15.00. <br />
Each group present their findings in the end of the day in 10 minutes presentation. </span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 24pt;"> </span></div><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
</div><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Alternative the task :</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Look at your media environment: </span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Can you see the phenomena called media convergence? It could be an</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Application, medium that uses features from “old” media. </span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">What is new media? In your case? How the ideas of mass culture are</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Seen in the medium / media? The aim of the task is to increase </span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">the understanding of multi-layered nature of media and a single medium.</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
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</div><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Alternative task:</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Create a hypertext document - at least three linked files. </span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">It could be interesting to use mainly text and keep your mind on</span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">associative thoughts and links. </span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">You manage without pictures? </span></span></div><div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left; unicode-bidi: embed; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">What other metaphors you can use except pictures?</span></span><br />
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</div>Marjo Mäenpäähttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13112984117291923325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920851985308244723.post-59523053559577699412011-02-23T03:19:00.000-08:002011-02-23T03:20:03.200-08:00First film by Lumiere brothers<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2cUEANKv964" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe>Marjo Mäenpäähttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13112984117291923325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920851985308244723.post-91905386524268017362011-02-18T10:26:00.000-08:002011-03-01T00:34:31.939-08:00Preliminary program<style>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">28.2 Monday<br />
12-13 Marjo Mäenpää: Introduction to the course. Media archeology <br />
14-16 Document: Marchal MacLuhan <br />
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1.3 Tuesday<br />
10-12 The Social Network<br />
13-16 Kimmo Ahonen The Flying Saucer Myth in American Popular Culture </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
2.3 Wednesday<br />
10-12 Max Ryynänen: A history of mass culture and media philosophy<br />
13-16 Group assignment</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
3.3. Thursday</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">10-12 Marjo Mäenpää: Great history of multimedia <br />
13-15 Max Ryynänen: Contemporary media philosophy<br />
15-16 Final discussion</div>Marjo Mäenpäähttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13112984117291923325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8920851985308244723.post-31943109046702207332011-02-17T00:05:00.000-08:002011-02-28T05:09:09.216-08:00Course Description<style>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">MT 10 6 cr: Mass media and digital or multimedia are historical phenomena, they are called on different names. The past multimedia dramaturgy, information design and visual narratives might still give valid patterns for current visual representation. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">The course gives understanding on mass media, the history of multimedia and the dramaturgical methods and technology used. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><br />
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</style> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Working methods: </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Lectures, discussions, essay or learning diary or participation of common media production or one’s own artistic production from the themes of the course (max 5 pages)</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Pass/ fall </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">80 % presence and active participation, short essay or learning diary (i.e. notes from lectures reflected through some project, weather on going, own or done project) or own artistic or documentary media project related to the themes of the course. </span> <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">Deadline for the task: 1st of April.<br />
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