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Course Introduction

Prof. Marc Davis & Prof. Peter Lyman

UC Berkeley SIMS

Tuesday and Thursday 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Spring 2005

IS146:

Foundations of New Media

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Lecture Overview

• Introductions

• Course Overview

• Administrivia

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Lecture Overview

• Introductions

• Course Overview

• Administrivia

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IS146 Teaching Team

ProfessorMarc Davis

ProfessorPeter Lyman

GSIJeff Heer

GSIMatthew

Rothenberg

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Who Am I?

• Professor at SIMS (School of Information Management and Systems) – BA in Philosophy from Stanford

– MA in Political Theory from Berkeley– PhD in Political & Social Theory from Stanford

• Here from the founding of SIMS, faculty member of the “previous school”– Former University Librarian at UCB– Board Member for Sage Publishing, three crashed

startups, Advisor on Technology for Fine Arts Museums

– Teaches ethnography

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What Do I Do?

• Current Research– How much information is created every year? See

www.sims.berkeley.edu/research/projects/how-much-info-2003/– How do people make decisions about how to use information?

Interview study – looking for student researchers– How are digital media changing the way kids are learning?

Ethnography of online communication, games, instant messaging, how kids design media

• Teaching– Ethnographic methods: how to understand people’s cultures by

participant observation, interviewing, focus groups.– Sociology of information, looking at creation of new kinds of

online communities, new genres for communication.

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Who Am I?

• Assistant Professor at SIMS (School of Information Management and Systems)

• Background1980 – 1984 B.A. from Wesleyan University in the College of

Letters

1984 – 1987 M.A. from the University of Konstanz in Literary Theory and Philosophy

1990 – 1995 Ph.D. from MIT Media Laboratory in Media Arts and Sciences

1993 – 1998 Member of the Research Staff and Project Coordinator at Interval Research Corporation

1999 – 2002 Chairman and CTO of Amova

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What Do I Do?

• Create technology and applications that will enable daily media consumers to become daily media producers

• Research and teaching in the theory, design, and development of digital media systems for creating and using media metadata to automate media production, sharing, and reuse– Research

• Director of Garage Cinema Research• Projects in Media Metadata, Active Capture, Adaptive Media, Mobile

Media Metadata, and Social Uses of Personal Media• Executive Committee Member and Co-Founder of the Center for

New Media• Affiliated Faculty Member of the Berkeley Institute of Design

– Teaching• Information Organization and Retrieval • Multimedia Information• Digital Media Design Studio

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Jeff Heer

• Who Am I?– Computer Science Ph.D. Student

• Group for User Interface Research• Berkeley Institute of Design

– Research Scientist• PARC, Inc. (formerly Xerox PARC)

• What Do I Do?– Teach pixels to dance – Information Visualization– Human-Computer Interaction

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Matthew Rothenberg

• Who Am I?– Formal background in media studies and

critical theory (M.A., B.A. NewYork University)

– Informal background in being a nerd

• What Do I Do?– Research revolves around the analysis of

technological standards andprotocols for communication systems, with a focus on social aspects ofdistributed systems

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Research Opportunities

• Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program (URAP)– Get course credit for doing cutting edge

research in New Media– URL

• http://research.berkeley.edu/urap/projects/openlist.lasso?-database=urap_web&-layout=details&-response=detail.lasso&-recordID=12614507&-search

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Today

• Introductions

• Course Overview

• Administrivia

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IS146 Course Goals

• This course is based upon the premise that New Media—a spectrum of technologies for representation and communication based on the paradigm of computation—represent a once in several century innovation in the representation of knowledge and culture

• The goal of the course is to prepare you to participate in this process of innovation

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IS146 Course Goals

• You will learn how to participate in this process of innovation by learning how to apply– Insights and methods from the humanities

• (e.g., theories of language, communication, and media, and New Media history),

– Social science techniques to analyze culture and media

• (e.g., participant-observation, interviewing)

– Basic computational understandings and skills • (e.g., how computation works, what programs are, how to

write simple programs)

– Fundamental design techniques• (e.g., brainstorming, sketching, personas, scenarios,

storyboards, and low-fi prototyping)

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IS146 Course Design

Basic Concepts The Telephone

The Camera

The Web

Computer Games

Representation

Technology

History

Culture

Design

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IS146 Course Design

Basic Concepts The Telephone

The Camera

The Web

Computer Games

Representation

Technology

History

Culture

Design

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IS146 Course Design

Basic Concepts The Telephone

The Camera

The Web

Computer Games

Representation

Technology

History

Culture

Design

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IS146 Course Design

Basic Concepts The Telephone

The Camera

The Web

Computer Games

Representation

Technology

History

Culture

Design

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IS146 Course Design

Basic Concepts The Telephone

The Camera

The Web

Computer Games

Representation

Technology

History

Culture

Design

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IS146 Course Design

Basic Concepts The Telephone

The Camera

The Web

Computer Games

Representation

Technology

History

Culture

Design

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IS146 Course Design

Basic Concepts The Telephone

The Camera

The Web

Computer Games

Representation

Technology

History

Culture

Design

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IS146 Course Design

Basic Concepts The Telephone

The Camera

The Web

Computer Games

Representation

Technology

History

Culture

Design

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IS146 Course Design

Basic Concepts The Telephone

The Camera

The Web

Computer Games

Representation

Technology

History

Culture

Design

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IS146 Course Design

Basic Concepts The Telephone

The Camera

The Web

Computer Games

Representation

Technology

History

Culture

Design

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IS146 Course Design

Basic Concepts The Telephone

The Camera

The Web

Computer Games

Representation

Technology

History

Culture

Design

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IS146 Course Design

Basic Concepts The Telephone

The Camera

The Web

Computer Games

Representation

Technology

History

Culture

Design

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IS146 Course Format

• Lectures– 80 minute class sessions– For each class several students will prepare

discussion questions for each reading – Doing the reading is essential to your learning

• Sections– 50 minute class sessions– Active participation is essential to your

learning

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Sections

• Sections are required

• Section are designed to help you– Explore and discuss class readings in depth– Receive critique and feedback on your group

design assignments– Work on your group design assignments

• Sections begin next week

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Section Consolidations

• Section 101 stays as is

• Section 102 now includes Section 103

• Section 104 is cancelled

• Section 107 now includes Section 105 and Section 106

• Please update TeleBears with your new section

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Section Meetings

• Section 101– Monday 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm– 204 Wheeler– GSI Jeff Heer

• Section 102– Tuesday 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm– 255 Dwinelle– GSI Jeff Heer

• Section 107– Wednesday 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm– 47 Evans– GSI Matthew Rothenberg

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IS146 Assignments and Exams• Exams

– Midterm Examination (March 7, 8, and 9) in section

– Final Examination during finals week– Final Poster Session and Celebration during

finals week

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IS146 Assignments and Exams• Assignments

– Student Questionnaire• The Student Questionnaire is essential for us to place your in

your project group for the design assignments

– Design Assignments• Six assignments will ask you to work in a project group (5-6

students) to apply concepts from the readings and lectures to redesign your group’s chosen artifact (i.e., the telephone, the camera, the web, or a computer game)

• Each design assignment will be due about two weeks after it is assigned

• Your design assignments don’t require you to build your designs, but to work with your project group to collectively brainstorm, sketch, and describe your solutions to the design problems

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Assignment and Exam Schedule

• January 18– Assignment 1: Student Questionnaire assigned

• January 21– Assignment 1: Student Questionnaire DUE

• January 25– Assignment 2: Create your project group’s web page assigned

• February 3– Assignment 2: Create your project group’s web page DUE– Assignment 3: Redesign your artifact to make it more programmable assigned

• February 17– Assignment 3: Redesign your artifact to make it more programmable DUE– Assignment 4: Document your project group’s use of your artifact assigned

• March 1– Assignment 4: Document your project group’s use of your artifact DUE

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Assignment and Exam Schedule

• March 7-9– Midterm Exam

• March 29– Assignment 5: Redesign your artifact to enable new forms of communication assigned

• April 12– Assignment 5: Redesign your artifact to enable new forms of communication DUE– Assignment 6: Redesign your artifact to enable new forms of social organization assigned

• April 28– Assignment 6: Redesign your artifact to enable new forms of social organization DUE– Assignment 7: Redesign your artifact to enable new forms of game play assigned

• May 10– Assignment 7: Redesign your artifact to enable new forms of game play DUE

• Finals Week– Final Examination (date and location to be identified)– Poster Session Celebration (date and location to be identified)

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IS146 Grading

• 50% midterm and design assignments

• 30% final exam

• 20% attendance and participation

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IS146 Course Schedule:Analyzing and Designing New Media

Course Overview Course Overview 01/18/05

Course Overview What are New Media? 01/20/05

Representation Communication Theory 01/25/05

Representation Sign Systems 01/27/05

Technology Computation: History and Ideas 02/01/05

Technology Computation: Programming Concepts 02/03/05

Technology Computation: Programming Languages 02/08/05

History Computational Media 02/10/05

Culture New Media on The Go and in The Home 02/15/05

Design Observing New Media Practice 02/17/05

Design Designing New Media 02/22/05

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IS146 Course Schedule:The Telephone and The Camera

Representation Speech and Audio as Media 02/24/05

Technology How a Telephone and Telephone Network Work 03/01/05

History The Telephone from Bell to Cellphones 03/03/05

Culture Social Uses of Mobile Phones 03/08/05

Representation Reading Visual Representations I 03/10/05

Representation Reading Visual Representations II 03/15/05

History History and Technology of Digital Imaging 03/17/05

Spring Break 03/22/05

Spring Break 03/24/05

Culture How Do People Use Images? 03/29/05

Design Case Study: Cameraphone 03/31/05

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IS146 Course Schedule:The Web and Computer Games

History From Memex to the WWW 04/05/05

Technology Networks and Databases 04/07/05

Representation Places and Cyberspaces 04/12/05

Culture Social Software and Online Communities 04/14/05

Design Case Study: Friendster 04/19/05

History From Zork to Doom and Beyond 04/21/05

Technology 3D Graphics and Simulation Engines 04/26/05

Representation Human Play and Game Logic 04/28/05

Culture Social Effects and Reception of Computer Games 05/03/05

Design Case Study: The SIMS 05/05/05

The Future of New Media The Future of New Media 05/10/05

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Recommended Special Events• The Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium

– http://www.ieor.berkeley.edu/~goldberg/lecs/– Mondays 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm– 160 Kroeber Hall

• Monday, January 24 – Making and Breaking Rules: Game Design as Critical Practice

Katie Salen, Parsons School of Design and Eric Zimmerman, gameLab, NYC

• Garage Cinema Research Open House– http://garage.sims.berkeley.edu/– Cal Day, April 16, 2005– 110 South Hall

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Recommended Special Events• 050505 “Zoning and Grinding”

– 2005 Center for New Media Colloquium at UC Berkeley

– http://cnm.berkeley.edu/– May 5, 2005

• School of Information Management and Systems Distinguished Lecture Series– http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/– Wednesdays 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm– 202 South Hall

• Wednesday, February 2, 2005– Mimi Ito on Mobile Messaging in the US and Japan

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Lecture Overview

• Introductions

• Course Overview

• Administrivia

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IS146 Communications Media

• To check about readings, schedule, contact info, and assignments– http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/academics/courses/is146/s05/

• To email the whole class– is146@sims.berkeley.edu

• To email the teaching team (Marc, Peter, Jeff, and Matthew)– is146-ta@sims.berkeley.edu

• To post and share documents with the whole class– http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/academics/courses/is146/s05/wiki/

• To turn in your project group assignments– Post them on your project group’s web page (forthcoming)

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IS146 Professor Office Hours

• Professor Marc Davis– Monday

• 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

– Tuesday• 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

– 314 South Hall

• Professor Peter Lyman– Wednesday

• 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

– Thursday• 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

– 303B South Hall

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IS146 GSI Office Hours

• Jeff Heer– Monday– 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm– Brewed Awakening

1807 Euclid Avenue

Berkeley, CA 94709

• Matthew Rothenberg– Wednesday– 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm– 314 South Hall

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Course Readers

• Course Readers– Are available at

• University Copy Service at 2425 Channing Way (510-549-2335)

– Get both Readers• Reader I (Analyzing and Designing New Media)• Reader II (The Telephone, The Camera, The Web,

and Computer Games)

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Textbooks

– Mindstorms: Children, Computers, and Powerful Ideasby Seymour PapertBasic Books, New YorkISBN 0465046746

– The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas That Make Computers Workby W. Daniel HillisPerseus Books, New YorkISBN 046502596X

– Understanding Comicsby Scott McCloudHarperCollins, New YorkISBN 006097625X

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Textbooks

• Are available at Campus Bookstore– Address:

108 MLK Jr. Student Union #4504 Berkeley, CA 94720

– Hours:Mon-Fri 9-6, Sat 10-6, Sun 12-5

– Phone:(510) 642-9000

– Email:ucberkeley@bkstr.com

– Website Address:http://www.ucberkeley.bkstr.com

• May be also bought through the Information Management Students Association (IMSA)– http://www.themeat.org/imsa/

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For Next Time (!)

• Readings– Vannevar Bush. As We May Think. In: From Memex

to Hypertext: Vannevar Bush and the Mind's Machine, edited by James M. Nyce and Paul Kahn, Boston: Academic Press, 1991, p. 85-112.

• Discussion Question Volunteers– Kevin Chicas– Onesta Francis

– Lev Manovich. New Media from Borges to HTML. In: The New Media Reader, edited by Noah Wardrip-Fruin and Nick Montfort, Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2003, p. 13-25.

• Discussion Question Volunteers– Talia Holden– Tiffany Loui

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For Next Time (!)

• On-Line Student Questionnaire– Information about you so we can form your

project groups– Due this Friday, January 22– URL:

• http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/courses/is146/s05/survey.html

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Active Capture Setup

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Active Capture

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Active Capture: Reusable Shots

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Marc Davis in T2 Trailer