Syllabus

Digital Media and Participatory Citizenship

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MCS 164 B01 * UCRiverside Summer 2017 Session B

Instructor: Paul Michael (Mike) Leonardo Atienza, MA

Email: michaela@ucr.edu

Office Hours: Mon and Wed, 3:00–3:40 PM at INTN 2022

But who gets to have access to media? How do digital divides throughout the world challenge such categories?

Required Text and Additional Course Readings:

Fuchs, Christian. Social Media: A Critical Introduction. Second Edition, London: Sage, 2017.

Additional course materials will be made available through iLearn. Make sure to complete reading assignments PRIOR to class meetings.

Course Requirements:

Lecture attendance is required. Missing class may result in automatic fail.

Participation (In Class) is noted. Do not be afraid to ask questions. Class time is for clarification. Let’s have a discussion!

Reading Notes (see iLearn for form): Complete a reading notes form for all designated readings. Due (hard copy submission to the instructor) at the beginning of each class.

Weekly Blog Posts (adhere to posting deadlines. No late submissions accepted). In total, you will write and post 10 Diary Entries to our course blog. Blogs are due by 8PM on Tuesday and Thursday. For the SUBJECT of each blog, please use the following format: LASTNAME.FirstInitial_Date (example: ATIENZA.M_31July2017). Each student is assigned to 2 classmates every post deadline and must RESPOND with a paragraph or two by 2 PM on Wednesday and Friday.

MEDIUM.com stories DUE SATURDAY by 3PM

Create a media presence on http://www.medium.com. Learn how to navigate the site on your own. You do not need to make your page public, but you do need to link to our course medium.com page. If you find technical issues in linking or sharing your story to the course medium page, please email me a link of your story before the deadline.

Each media story post on your own MEDIUM.com page is a reflection on the course themes that week. Unlike your blog posts, find outside sources to apply one or more of the conceptual themes. Add links, videos, and other media to enhance your page. Think about this as a brief participatory democracy write-up. How would you apply our course themes to real life events? Write as if your post will be made available to a wide readership.

There will be NO FINAL EXAM in this course.

Grading:

9 — Reading Notes (3pts each) — 27 points

10 — Online Blog Posts (3pts each) — 30 points

20 — Blog Responses (1/2pt each) — 10 points

5 — medium.com stories (5pts each) 25 points

Participation 8 points

100 points total.