Labs

Week 2 Can Video Games be considered another new mass media? What makes Video Games a different medium from conventional movies and music? Why are video games catching on?

Week 3 Why are new genres created? Why is the definition of genre controversial and not so applicable to the formation of digital genres?

Week 4 Do you agree with McLuhan when states comics are an extension of photographic media? Why or why not?

Week 6 Using **at least** three concepts from the supplement on Web Comics from McCloud, explain how the comic you choose makes use of the technique.

Week 7 In groups of 3 or 4 visit the following Wikipedia article and under “List of culture jamming organizations or people” select a topic for you to create a simple Jam

Week 9 Using the criteria of Transparency and Functionality in slides 8 and 9, do a media analysis of two major information sources (i.e. About.com, Wikipedia, Yahoo Answers, MSN.ca etc).

Week 10 Using the site SocialGo at www.socialgo.com: Build a social networking site. Using some advice on these slides incorporate some functions to your SNS and explain how these features contribute to your visibility online.

Week 11 Create an account in Twine at twine.com. Set your preferences and add sufficient information in order to explore the features and answer the following questions: How does Twine fit in to the descriptions of Web 3.0 outlined in the aforementioned slides? What feature of Twine did you find most relevant to Web 3.0?