This page contains materials
intended to facilitate class discussion
(excerpts from readings, outlines of issues,
links to resources, etc.). The materials
are not necessarily the same as the instructor's
teaching notes and are not designed to represent
a full exposition or argument. This page
is subject to revision as the instructor
finalizes preparation. (Last revised
2/10/03
)
Preliminary Class
Business
Midterm reading exam on Wed.
Web-authoring workshop
Tue. Feb. 18th, 1:30-3:30
South Hall 2509 (Transcriptions Studio)
Drop-in tech support hours:
Jennifer Stoy (jmstoy@umail),
M 12-5, T/Th 2-4:30
Michael Perry (mperry@umail),
T-F, 2-4:30
New Media Graphic
Design (and Anti-Design)
Design in the age of media/information
saturation and digital principles:
The graphic design of David Carson,
1980s-1990s (Transworld Skateboarding,
Beach Culture, Ray Gun)
(examples)
Some Questions About
"New Media" and "New Media
Art"
(1)
Is this what your mind is like?
Bruce Tulgan, Managing Generation
X: How to Bring Out the Best in Young
Talent (1995):
".
. . Boomer managers find Xers to be
disloyal, not sufficiently deferential
to authority, short on attention, lacking
commitment to work, arrogant, unwilling
to go the extra mile, not willing to
pay our dues, and overly concerned with
finding fun and personal fulfillment
in our work" (pp. 19-20)
"Xers
have developed a rapid-fire style of
interacting with information because
the information revolution has shaped
the way we think. Don't forget, we didn't
have time to develop pre-information
learning habits because the information
revolution was approaching at full speed
by the time we learned to read. . . .
Xers were born in the infobahn's fast
lane.
This generation
is used to nearly infinite information
coming at us in rapid-fire doses. Think
of music videos, Miami Vice,
CNN, ESPN, C-SPAN, Court TV, the Weather
Channel, and VCRs. Vivid images of constant
change: Revolution, war, terrorism,
diplomacy, politics from Carter to Reagan
to Clinton, famine, fire, earthquakes,
floods, violent crime, sicko-crime,
kangaroo courts, urban riots, oil spills,
nuclear accidents, New Coke, Coke Classic,
Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi, Jolt, Gary
Hart, Michael Jackson, Tonya Harding,
the making and unmaking of heroes, the
making and unmaking of meaning.
Xers are the
children of video games and computers.
Xers learned to write using word processors
with which words, sentences and paragraphs
can be rearranged, deleted, and replaced,
changes can be made and errors erasedall
without effort." (pp. 44-45)
Don Tapscott, Growing Up Digital:
The Rise of the Net Generation (1998):
"The
Net Generation has arrived! The baby
boom has an echo and it's even louder
than the original. Eighty million strong,
the youngest of these kids are still
in diapers and the eldest are just turning
twenty.
What
makes this generation different from
all others before it? It is the first
to grow up surrounded by digital media.
Computers can be found in the home,
school, factory, and office and digital
technologies such as cameras, video
games, and CD-ROMs are commonplace.
Increasingly, these new media are connected
by the Internet, an expanding web of
networks which is attracting a million
new users monthly. Today's kids are
so bathed in bits that they think it's
all part of the natural landscape. To
them, the digital technology is no more
intimidating than a VCR or toaster."
(p. 1)