Course title
科学特論Ⅳ   [Science: Special Lecture Ⅳ]
Course category common courses  Requirement   Credit 2 
Department   Year   Semester Fall 
Course type Fall  Course code 1060010
Instructor(s)
古矢 晋一   [FURUYA Shinichi]
Facility affiliation Faculty of Engineering Office   Email address

Course description
This course introduces students to the theories of (mass) media.
Expected Learning
The aim of the course is to learn a discourse history of (mass) media.
Course schedule
Week1 Course guidance
Week2 Technology and media
Week3 Gustave Le Bon and Gabriel Tarde
Week4 Ortega y Gasset, The Revolt of the Masses
Week5 Siegfried Kracauer and Bela Balazs
Week6 Walter Benjamin, The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
Week7 Harold Innis, The Bias of Communication
Week8 Marshall McLuhan (1), The Gutenberg Galaxy
Week9 Marshall McLuhan (2), Understanding Media
Week10 Walter Ong, Orality and Literacy
Week11 Gunther Anders and Vilem Flusser
Week12 Friedrich Kittler, Gramophone, Film, Typewriter
Week13 Gilles Deleuze, Postscript on the Societies of Control.
Week14 Manfred Schneider, Gewalt von Raum und Zeit
Week15 Conclusion
Prerequisites
Required Text(s) and Materials
Materials will be given every week in class.
References
Assessment/Grading
Attendance and short papers (30%)
Final report (70%)
Message from instructor(s)
Course keywords
media, technology, mass media, information, communication
Office hours
Remarks 1
Remarks 2
Related URL
Lecture Language
Japanese
Language Subject
Last update
3/21/2017 4:21:05 PM