ConvergenceKeywords Wikia

## Welcome to the ConvergenceKeywords Wikia

In the spirit of Raymond Williams, this is an attempt to analyze the many Keywords and buzzwords of convergence culture, technology and history. It is primarily being created by English and Film Studies students at the University of Alberta.

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## Course Schedule

#### **Week 1 (1/4-1/8):**

Monday:                Introduction

Wednesday:         Introduction

Friday:                   Introduction to Convergence

#### **Week 2 (1/11-1/15):  KeyWords**

Monday:                Raymond
Williams, *Keywords* Introduction;
Media; Mediation; Communication; Technology; Art;
Mechanical; Science

Wednesday:         Ted Striphas, “Algorithmic Culture”

Friday:
                  \*\*\***Assignment**:  Locate an entry
in *Keywords* that particularly
interests you and appears to be important in contemporary culture and technology.  Consider how the entry would
be revised to take into account a more contemporary usage of the term.

#### **Week 3 (1/18-1/22):  New Hollywood/ High** Concept/ Synergy

Monday:                Thomas Schatz, “New Hollywood”

**Watch**
***Jaws***
*(1975)* *and* Star Wars *(1977)*

*Wednesday*:           Justin Wyatt, *High Concept*, Ch 1 & 5

**Watch** *Purple Rain*

*Friday:* Janet Wasko, “Expanding the Industry,” *How Hollywood Works*

James Rocchi, "“The Marvel-Industrial Complex”

**Watch** *The Avengers* (2012)

==== **Week 4 (1/25-1/29):**
Simulation->Simulacrum->Remediation->Premediation  ====
Monday:                    Baudrillard, *Simulation and Simulacrum*, Introduction; The Implosion of Meaning
in the Media

**Watch** *Jurassic World (2015)*

**Wednesday:**
        **Richard**
Grusin and Jay David Bolter,“Remediation”
*Configurations.* 1996

**Watch:**
                ***Strange***
Days*(1995)*

**Friday:**
**Richard Grusin, “Premediation,” *Criticism.* 2004.**

**Watch:**
                ***Loopers (2014)***

#### **Week 5 (2/1-2/5):  Multimedia**

Monday:
              Janna Anderson, *Imagining the Internet* ch 1, 4, 8 &
9]

**Watch** *Max*
Headroom *(1987, Ep. 1)*

Wednesday:               Lev Manovich, “Post-media Aesthetics”

Ron Becker, *Gay TV and Straight America*, pp 1-13;
80-108  **(*Recommended*)**

**Watch** *Hackers* (1995)

Friday:
                   History
Project #1—Find two print articles on multimedia from the 1990s and analyze how
they define the term.

#### **Week 6 (2/8-2/12):  Poaching and Fandom**

Monday:                Jenkins—Textual
Poachers, 1-50

**Watch**:                       “Get A Life” SNL Skit; *The Fan* (1996)

Wednesday:
        Jenkins, *Textual Poachers*, 50-120

\*\*bring in a few
meme ish fan things from youtube or other sources

*The X-Files* (Alone)

Friday:                   Jenkins,
*Textual Poachers*, 190-227

**Assignment**:  Find a piece of
slash fiction and analyze how it employs poaching strategies

**READING WEEK!!! (2/15-2/19)**

**\*\*READ**
JENKINS, *CONVERGENCE CULTURE\*\**

#### **Week 7 (2/22-2/26):**

Monday:                \*\***No Class**

Wednesday:         Meikle—Convergence,
ch 1-2

\*\*Pre-Write for your Final Paper and look your term up in
the OED!\*\*

Friday:
                  \*\***No Class**

**Read**
**Jenkins, Convergence Culture**
For next week

History Project #2—Find two articles on Convergence from the
1990s-2000s and analyze how they define the term.

#### **Week 8  (2/29-3/4): Convergence Culture**

Monday:                Discuss
Convergence Culture

Watch
                   *The Matrix*

Wednesday:          William Boddy, “Interactive Television and
Advertising Form in Contemporary US Television” *Television After TV*. P 113.

Lisa Parks, *Microcasting* **(*Recommended*)**

**Watch**

Friday:
                      Vincent
Brook, “Convergent Ethnicity and the Neo-Platoon Show,” *Television and New Media*. 2009.

**Watch** *The Fast*
and the Furious

#### **Week 9 (3/7-3/11):  Paratexts and Transmedia**

Monday:                Jonathan
Gray, “Show Sold Separately” p 1-47

Wednesday:         Henry
Jenkins, “The Reign of the Mothership […]” *Wired*
TV

Derek
Johnson, “Authorship Up For Grabs […],” *Wired*
TV **Recommended**

Friday:
                      John Caldwell, “Post-Network
Reflexivity:  Viral Marketing and Labor
Management,” *Wired TV*

     Denise Mann, “The
Labor Behind the Lost Arg” *Wired TV*

#### **Week 10 (3/14-3/18):  Spreadable Media**

Monday:                *Spreadable Media,* Introduction

Watch: The Susan
Boyle Meme Video

Wednesday:         *Spreadable Media*, Ch. 4 & 6.

Friday:                   *Spreadable Media*, Ch. 7 and Conclusion

#### **Week 11 (3/21-3/25):  Platforms**

Monday:                     Dale
Leorke, “Rebranding the Platform,” *Digital*
Culture & Education*, 2012*

Thomas
Apperley and Jussi Parikka, “Platform Studies’ Epistemic Threshold” *Games and Culture*, 2015

\*\***Thesis Assignment due:** Submit the Introduction with Thesis
Statement), outline and annotated bibliography of your Final Paper onto the
discussion board.  Groups will read each
other’s thesis and prepare to discuss on Wednesday

Wednesday:         Thesis
Workshop

Friday:                   **NO CLASS**

#### **Week 12 (3/28-3/31):**

Monday:                **NO CLASS**

Wednesday:         **OUT OF TOWN**

**Assignment:  Paper Draft Due!!!**

Friday:                   **OUT OF TOWN**

**Assignment:  Read Each other’s paper drafts and**
provide    detailed feedback via the
forum!

#### **Week 13 (4/4-4/8):  Remake/Reboot**

Monday:
                    Jonathan Gray, “In the Game” Wired TV

Wednesday:              Anna Westerstahl Stenport and Garrett
Traylor, “The Eradication of Memory […]” *Cinema*
Journal*, 2015.*

Watch:  *The*
Girl With a Dragon Tattoo

Friday:                   Finales

**\*\*Final**
Paper Due Finals Week (Date and Time of Scheduled Final Exam)

## Multimedia Projects

Nick Goulet

Tanisha Kotowich

Caitlin Thompson

Meghan Rannells

Janice Vis

Catherine Andrews

Neelam Gill

Brianna Bukowsky

Jessica Jack

Madi Corry

Natasha Onyskiw

Regan Kaasten

Jingru Hu

Josephine Hendrick

## Slash Fiction

Meghan Rannells

Regan Kaasten

Caitlin Thompson

Nick Goulet

Jessica Jack

Janice Vis

Josephine Hendrick

Catherine Andrews

Madi Corry

Brianna Bukowsky

Evan Regan

Neelam Gill

Tanisha Kotowich

Laura Osgood

Rachel Wieringa

## Convergence Culture

Regan Kaasten

Meghan Rannells

Jessica Jack

Janice Vis

Madi Corry

Rachel Wieringa

Caitlin Thompson

Evan Regan

Tanisha Kotowich

Laura Osgood

Lucas Stevens

Brianna Bukowsky

Josephine Hendrick

Catherine Andrews

Natasha Onyskiw

Neelam Gill

Nick Goulet

## Reading Presentations/Discussion Sheets

Vincent Brook, "Convergent Ethnicity and the Neo-Platoon Show" (Handout & Presentation)

William Boddy, "Interactive Television and Advertising Form in Contemporary U.S. Television" (2004)

Handout & Powerpoint Presentation

Henry Jenkins, *Textual Poachers*.

* Class Handout
* Powerpoint Presentation

Janna Anderson, *Imagining the Internet.*

Thomas Schatz, "New Hollywood" (1993)

Justin Wyatt, *High Concept (2003)*

Janet Wasko, *How Hollywood Works* (2003)

Lev Manovich, *Post-Media Aesthetics* (2001)

Jean Baudrillard, *​Simulacra and Simulation* (1981)

* Class Handout
* PowerPoint Presentation

Jonathan Gray, *Show Sold Seperately* (2010)

Denise Mann, The Labor behind the Lost ARG

* (Handout)
* (Presentation)

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