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Week 1 – Introduction – Jan 8
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Weekly Reading:
– “Science, Technology, and Society: A Sociological Approach” by Wenda K. Bauchspies, Jennifer Croissant, and Sal Restivo. (Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub. 2006 ). Introduction, (pgs, 19-32)
– “Keywords for media studies,” edited by Laurie Ouellette and Jonathan Gray. (New York: New York University Press 2017)
Introduction (pgs, 1-5)
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Lab 1- Introductions
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Week 2 – Cultures of Science – Jan 15
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Weekly Reading:
– STS (pgs. 19-26)
– Race (pgs. 161-165)
– Network (pgs. 127-129)
– Power (pgs145-148)
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Lab 2 -Workshop # 1
The four workshops are mandatory. Students need to be present and participate in the workshops in the Lab to submit. There are no late or extemporaneous submissions on lab workshops. These workshops will prepare students to submit the paper outline for the final essay.
Workshop # 1. How to write an argument/thesis statement
In this workshop, you will be introduced to the concept of a thesis statement, which tells the reader how you will interpret the significance of the subject matter under discussion. A thesis statement is not the topic of your essay but the way you are going to interpret it and how you are going to persuade the reader of your interpretation.
1. Read and review How to write a thesis statement.
2. Working in small groups you will individually come up with a thesis statement based on the question posed by your TA.
3. You will then take turns evaluating each other’s thesis statement by asking each other the questions on “How do I know if my thesis is strong”
4. Submit your thesis statement and the feedback received from the group evaluation (point 3) to CANVAS before the end of the Lab.
Works Referenced: Thesis Statements: https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/thesis-statements/
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Week 3: Society and Culture: Networks, Power and Race
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Reading Quiz #1
Weekly Readings:
– STS (pgs. 27-47)
– Keywords – Discourse
– Keywords – Feminism
– Keywords -Technology |
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Lab 3 – Workshop # 2 Intro Paragraph and Review of Argument
In this workshop, you will write new argument and develop an intro paragraph. The introductory paragraph of an academic essay is an important road map for the rest of your paper. Your introduction conveys a lot of information to your readers. You can let them know what your topic is, why it is essential, and how you plan to proceed with your discussion. Your introduction should contain a thesis that will assert your main argument; and give the reader a sense of the kinds of information you will use to make that argument and the general organization of the paragraphs and pages that will follow.
1. Read “the strategies for writing an effective introductory paragraph”
2. Review the examples in ” Five Kinds of less effective introductory paragraphs”
3. Now that you know how to write an effective introductory paragraph, go back to your last week’s thesis topic and write an intro paragraph. If you want to revise your thesis topic you can also do so.
4. Ask one of your peers to evaluate your intro paragraph and submit the feedback along with your intro paragraph at the end of the lab.
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Week 4 Worldviews: Discourse, Feminism and Technology – Jan 29
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Screening: Black Mirror, San Junipero
Weekly Readings:
– STS, (pgs. 49-72)
– Anatomy of an AI (Crawford and Joler)
Other Recommended Readings:
– Danya Glabau, Do Cyborgs Have Politics?
– Keywords: Myth
– Haraway’s , Cyborg Manifesto
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Lab 4 – Workshop # 3 Intro Paragraph and Review of Argument
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Week 5 Science, Myth and Religion – Feb 5
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Weekly Readings:
– Science, Technology and Society, (pgs. 90-100)
– Keywords -Globalization (pgs. 84-87);
– Keywords -Keywords Hybridity (pgs. 90-93);
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Lab 5 -Workshop 4 – Conclusion Paragraph
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Week 6 Glocal Cultures: Appropriation, Globalization, Hybridity – Feb 12
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Reading Quiz #2
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Weekly Readings:
– Keywords – Gaze
– Keywords – Gender
– Keywords – Identity
– Keywords – Intersectionality
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Week 7- Reading Break – Feb 19 -Paper Outline DUE! CATCH UP ON READINGS – IT IS READING BREAK
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Weekly Readings:
– Keywords – Citizenship
– Keywords – Representation
– Keywords – Stereotype
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Week 8-Representation; Gaze, Gender, Identity, Intersectionality, Citizenship and Stereotypes – Feb 26
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Reading Quiz #3
Weekly Readings:
– Keywords – Data
– Keywords – Hegemony
– Keywords – Ideology
– Keywords – Surveillance
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Lab 8: Paper Outline -Peer Review
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Week 9- Data and Surveillance – March 5
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Lab 9: Paper Draft #1 -Peer Review
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Week 10- Review- March 12
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Reading Quiz #2
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Lab 10: Open Labs for Individual Appointment
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Week 11-Writing Workshop – March 19 – no lecture only individual appointments/labs run normally
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Lab 11: Paper Draft # 2 -Peer Review
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Week 12- Writing Workshops – March 26 – no lecture or lab/ only individual appointments
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Lab 12: Paper Draft #1 -Peer Review
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Week 13 – Final Essay Submission
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