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DEPARTMENT OF MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION, UiO - AUTEMN TERM 2010

MEVIT 4130 Mediatized stories: Self-representations in digital storytelling.

The listing of reading for each class refers to titles on the reading list. ¡°Lang book¡± refers to the book Digital Storytelling, Mediatized Stories (Peter Lang). ¡°Story Circle¡± refers to the book Story Circle Around the World (Wiley-Blackwell).

LECTURES (L) (Tuesdays 12:15-14:00 in room 207, the Research Park) SEMINARS (S) (Thursdays 12:15¨C14:00 in room 207, the Research Park)

Responsible teachers: knut.lundby@media.uio.no (KL) and b.h.kaare@media.uio.no (BHK)

24 Aug ( L) KL: Introduction to the course. K-A Futs?ter: Uses of social media in Norway.

26 Aug (S) KL & BHK: Self-representation in social media. Litt.: boyd & Ellison.

31 Aug (L) BHK: The story circle. Litt.: Story Circle, Meadows.

2 Sept (S) KL & BHK: How stories become mediatized. Examples.

7 Sept (L) KL: Multimodality, identity and self-representation. Litt.: Gaunlett book. Hull and Nelson 2005. Hull and Katz 2006. In Lang book: Hull & Nelson, Gauntlett, McWilliam

9 Sept (S) BHK & KL: Metaphors of self - with LEGO. Litt.: Gauntlett book + Gauntlett in Lang book. Ideas for term papers. With surprises.

14 Sept (L) BHK: Authenticity and identity: Being yourself¡¯ in digital storytelling. Litt.: Guignon, Tolson, Hull 2006, Gauntlett book. In Lang book: Kaare & Lundby, Friedlander, Brake.

16 Sept (S) BHK: Topics for term papers.

Week 38: Work on your own with the compulsory outline of your term paper on powerpoint. Deadline for submission is 1 October in Fronter.

28 Sept (L) KL: Theories of mediatization. Litt.: Hjarvard, Silverstone, Schulz. Lang book: Intro, Couldry, Drotner, Thumim.

30 Sept (S) E. Staksrud: Risky opportunities in online storytelling. Litt.: Livingstone. And Staksrud in Lang book.

5 Oct (L) K. Silseth: Mediation, remixing and media literacies. Litt.: Lankshear & Knobel. In Lang book: Erstad&Wertsch, Erstad&Silseth.

7 Oct (S) BHK & KL: Student presentation of the compulsory outline of term papers. Discussion.

12 Oct (L) KL: Summing up. Litt.: In Lang book: Bratteteig, Hartley.

14 Oct (S) BHK & KL: Final discussions of term papers.

Deadline for submission of term paper: 28 October at 14:00