digital diversity
engl/amst 475
schedule spring 2005

instructor: dr. patricia ericsson	ericsson@wsu.edu
spring 2005	phone:  335-4820
office: avery 223	office hours:  1:15-2:00 tth and by appointment

WS - Web.Studies; RC - Race in Cyberspace

This schedule is a work in progress. Assignments will be added and linked as the schedule grows throughout the semester. Plan to check the online version of this schedule at least once a week for updates. The online version is available at http://www.wsu.edu/~ericsson/475_sched_S05.html

Week 1	Jan. 11	Introduction to class; review of syllabus, schedule, academic honesty policy
	Jan. 13	Defining digital diversity/ Analzing the digital divide Carvin, "Mind the Gap: The Digital Divide as the Civil Rights Issue of the New Millennium" Warschauer, "Reconceptualizing the Digital Divide"
Week 2	Jan. 18	Monroe, Chapter 1 (handout); A Nation Online: Enterting the Broadband Age (now a link to a ".doc" file and should be downloaded to your desktop)
	Jan. 20	WS Chapter 15; "Bridging the Digital Divide," Novak and Hoffman, The Impact of Race on Computer Access and Internet Use
Week 3	Jan. 25	Assignment requires reading the copy of the Deary computer lab article that is available on my office door. Copy of assignment is available on door as well--Avery Hall 223
	Jan. 27	What is "identity"? Weinberger, There is no "I" in Identity
Week 4	Feb. 1	Homepages, E-zines, and Digital Identities WS chapter 4, 5, 7
	Feb. 3	What is "difference"? Rosenblum and Travis "Categories of Difference" (handout)
Week 5	Feb 8	Continue discussion of "Difference" Chapter
	Feb. 10	Compose definitions of Digital Diversity from class list; brief writing assignment on Digital Diversity
Week 6	Feb. 15	Living in a Virtual World A Rape in Cyberspace Final Project Assignment discussed
	Feb. 17	Online Dating; visit on online dating site after reading the article (possible online sites to visit include Match.com, eHarmony.com, or Earth Wise Singles). Digital Diversity writing due; in-class peer critique
Week 7	Feb. 22	Second Life; meet in AML; brief paper assignment on virtual reality
	Feb. 24	Guest Speaker: Bill Gillis from WSU's Center for Bridging the Digital Divide
Week 8	Mar. 1	Schooling and Cyberspace The Computer Race Goes to School by Sterne (RC); on reserve in the Holland Library; check on library website under "Ericsson" to find the folder number; available for 2 hour checkout.
	Mar. 3	A gendered world by Rajagopal; meet in AML
Week 9	Mar. 8	Gender and Cyberspace A Manifesto for Cyborgs, Haraway, to "The Homework Economy"
	Mar. 10	Finish Haraway
No Class	Mar 14-18	Spring Break
Week 10	Mar. 22	Pornography Online by Baulderston (WS); Final Project proposal due
	Mar. 24	World Wide Women and the Web by Harcourt (WS); meet in AML
Week 11	Mar. 29	How My Dick Spent It's Summer Vacation
	Mar. 31	We're Teen, We're Queer, and We've got Email; meet in AML; brief paper assignment on gender in cyberspace
Week 12	April 5	Race and Cyberspace Erasing @race: Going White in the Interface by Kolko (RC);
	April 7	Sexy SIMS, Racy SIMMS by Sudan andRevenge of the Yellowfaced Cyborg by Ow (RC); meet in AML; brief paper assignment on race in cyberspace
Week 13	April 12	The Internet and Democracy by Lax (WS)
	April 14	Continuity within Change by Arnold and Plymire (WS)
Week 14	April 19	Presentations
	April 21	Presentations
Week 15	April 26	Presentations
	April 28	Final Project Due

 

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