Computational Media

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Computational Media

• LCC 2700 Intro to Computational Media

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Syllabus

• http//www.lcc.gatech.edu/bogost/courses/fall06/l
  cc2700/

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Computational Media?

• (From the program website)
• A thorough education in all aspects of the
  computer as a medium

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Computational Media?

• (From the program website)
• A thorough education in all aspects of the
  computer as a medium
• Technical
• Historical-Critical
• Applied

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Computational Media?

• Computation - having to do with computers
  (obviously)

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Computational Media?

• Computation - having to do with computers
  (obviously)
• But what to do with them?

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But what to do with them?

• Making computers do cool sht like videogames
  instead of boring sht like payroll systems?
• Landing a job at EA/Disney/MTV/etc.?
• Getting /.d, Boing Boingd, Diggd, etc.?
• ???

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Media

• Something to do with popular culture
  (Television/Film/Games/etc.?)
• Entertainment?
• Things we buy and consume?

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Computers Expression
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What is a computer? What can it do?

• Draw pretty pictures to screens
• Network itself to other computers
• Run software
• ?

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Expression?

• What the heck is expression anyway?

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Student life

• http//www.apple.com/education/hed/students/share.
  html

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A more specific notion of Expression

• Giving voice to themes, problems, issues, topics
  relevant to your life and the life of others
• Making complex statements about human experience
• Relevance, timelessness
• Purposiveness, intention, deliberation
• Interpretation, open-endedness
• Historical scale rather than local scale

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Computers Expression

• Using the unique features of computers to express
  ideas, and learning how to analyze, understand,
  and critique the ideas others express with
  computers