EGL 246 - New Media: Cinema, Digital Culture, and Radical Practices

Course Units: 1

This course provides an introduction to the study of new media, emphasizing its intersections with cinema and digital culture. It explores theoretical and practical dimensions of topics such as counter-cartography, database cinema, digital archives, internet culture, and revolutionary cinema from below. Core readings from Alexander Galloway, Christian Fuchs, Nick Dyer-Witheford, Katherine Hayles, Armond R. Towns, André Brock, Jr., and Caroline Bassett will anchor discussions on media’s role in shaping social, cultural, and political realities. Guest lectures by computer scientists will allow students to explore the more analytical aspects of the course material. CQ: WAC, JCAD, JLIT, JSPE ISP: FLM