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- gould
- stood the remains of a tyrannosaurus. Towering above hordes of awestruck kids, this pile of bones insp... writer and that of a researcher. The most impressive thing about these careers, though, was that they ... , who died this May at sixty, always dated his conversion to paleontology to his encounter with the dinosaur at age five. If this event marked the psychological genesis o
- hacker_culture_s2018
- lture **MDST 2012** *it seems to me sometimes I've entered some inverted zone, some mirror world where the dorkiest shit in the world is completely domi... t. The world has dorkified itself.*---Mercer in Dave Eggers, _The Circle_ (2013) ## What is this cour... as hacker culture helped form our technological lives? Do hacker formations like Wikileaks, Anonymous,
- media_and_the_public
- ort exercises in established genres of media intervention. ## Objectives * Practice participating a lively community of discussion and debate, and making significant media interventions within it * Familiarize ourselves with pa
- hacker_culture
- lture **MDST 2012** *it seems to me sometimes I've entered some inverted zone, some mirror world where the dorkiest shit in the world is completely domi... t. The world has dorkified itself.*---Mercer in Dave Eggers, _The Circle_ (2013) ## What is this cour... as hacker culture helped form our technological lives? Do hacker formations like Wikileaks, Anonymous,
- media_activism
- media-powered activism can sound like either a silver bullet or a lost cause. It's often both at the s... Through examining the strategies and tactics of movements, past and present, we'll discover how media can shape social change and how we can become more savvy media practitioners ourselves. The central challenge of this course is to dev
- syntax @wiki
- ntax you may use when editing the pages. Simply have a look at the source of this page by pressing the... d by using square brackets. You can either just give a [[pagename]] or use an additional [[pagename|li... d by using square brackets. You can either just give a [[pagename]] or use an additional [[pagename|... text]]. [[doku>pagename|Wiki pagenames]] are converted to lowercase automatically, special character
- disruptive_entrepreneurship
- # Disruptive Entrepreneurship **MDST 2011** *Disruption* has become a hallowed achievement in contemporary business culture. What, exactly, do entrepreneurs, investors, and Internet evangelists mean by the word? What have been the great disruptions of our time, and who w
- global_media_literacy
- # Global Media Literacy Take a collaborative tour of the global media environment. This course unveils the hidden ways in which our media lives intersect with people an economies in distant places. Und... e learn to each other and proposing critical interventions for change. ## Expectations This syllabu
- introduction_to_social_media
- uld expect to come away with an enlarged perspective on social media, including the histories, public ... to apply these insights critically and constructively. ## Learning goals * Understand key concepts ... students in the Media Studies department with active research agendas. They will work with the instruc... g class exercises, and evaluation. Each TA will have a section of students throughout the course. Take
- religion_in_american_life
- # Religion in American Life: Discovering the Past, Encountering the Present ## What this class is ab... et we are often taught not to think, discuss, or even notice it. This course will teach the opposite lesson. Together we will learn about the power, diversity, and creativity of religion in the history o... a. We will study *a variety of traditions* that have helped define U.S. culture---some you've heard of
- digital_culture_and_politics
- s.* In this particular section, we focus on the everyday politics of digital life, in social media an... will also guide students through the process of developing an academic research article on the topic, ... er.info](https://nathanschneider.info) ## Objectives * Gain familiarity with academic and popular literature on the politics of digital space * Develop and explore an original research question on d
- university_policies
- # University of Colorado Boulder Policies ## Classroom Behavior Both students and faculty are respon... orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, political affiliation or political p... r community and visitors to campus must follow university, department, and building health and safety ... ases. If public health conditions require, the university may also invoke related requirements for stu
- connected_media_practices
- norms of entrepreneurial cultures, together with avenues for critique and transformation. By turning a... er.info](https://nathanschneider.info) ## Objectives * Gain fluency in the idioms of dominant entrepreneurial cultures * Develop a repertoire for strategic engagement with dig... e sketch connects to the assigned materials, in several paragraphs with evidence of close examination
- academic_honesty
- o an ethic of academic honesty: a practice of actively embracing the task of creating original work and crediting the contributions of others. The university [defines](https://www.colorado.edu/sccr/hono... providing false or misleading information to receive a postponement or an extension on a test, quiz, o... and readiness for a future career. It can also have significant disciplinary consequences. There are
- email_etiquette
- primer on writing an email to your professor. I love hearing from students, and I love helping my students succeed. I also love email, which is at least in theory an ownerless, anarchistic... llege in need of a few pointers on what an effective email looks like. * **Be cordial**. It's importa