Week 4

<BODY bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <H2>Week 4 - Feb 9/11</H2> <A HREF="lecture.html"><H3>Worlds of Words</H3></A> Although the web has made viewing graphics much easier, the Internet is still primarily a text-based environment. How does play with language create worlds online? <HR> <A NAME="read"></A> <H2>Readings</H2> <B>Required</B> (copies of these articles are available on Julie's desk in the department and are being put on reserve in the library): <UL> <LI>"The Electronic Vernacular" by Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, in <b><i>Connected</i></b>, George E. Marcus, editor. 1996. <A HREF="http://www.nyu.edu/classes/bkg/electronic.html" target="_top"> http://www.nyu.edu/classes/bkg/electronic.html</A> <P> <LI><A HREF="http://jcmc.huji.ac.il/vol1/issue2/vol1no2.html" target="_top"> Spoof, Spam, Lurk and Lag:The Aesthetics of Text-based Virtual Realities</A> by Lee Ellen Marvin, in <I>JCMC</I> Volume 1 Issue 2, 1995. Located at http://jcmc.huji.ac.il/vol1/issue2/vol1no2.html. </UL> <B>Recommended:</B> <UL> <LI>"The Language of Electronic Mail: Written Speech?"</A> by Natalie Maynor, in <I><b>Centennial Usage Studies</b></I>. Ed. Greta D. Little and Michael Montgomery. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama, 1994. <P> <LI>"Creating a Real Group in a Virtual World" by Gerald Phillips, 1995. <B>IPCT: Interpersonal Computing and Technology: an Electronic Journal for the 21st Century</B> Vol 3, Num 4, pp.42-56 <P> <LI> <A HREF="http://lrw.net/~lucia/pubs/virtual.txt" target="_top">Virtual Virtuosos: Play and Performance at the Computer Keyboard</A> <BR>by Ruedenberg, Danet and Rosenbaum-Tamari, 1995. </UL> <HR> <A NAME="browse"></A> <H2>Browse</H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="http://www.ccil.org/jargon/jargon.html" target="_top"> Jargon File</A> at http://www.ccil.org/jargon/jargon.html. <LI> A collection of <A HREF="http://miso.wwa.com/~boba/ascii.html" target="_top">SMILIES</A> (http://miso.wwa.com/~boba/ascii.html) <LI> The <A HREF="http://www.newbie.net/JumpStations/SmileyFAQ.html" target="_top"> SmileyFAQ</A> (http://www.newbie.net/JumpStations/SmileyFAQ.html). <LI><A HREF="www.diacenter.org/rooftop/webproj/prayer/prayer.html" target="_top"> Fantastic Prayers</A> at http://www.diacenter.org/rooftop/webproj/prayer/prayer.html </UL> <HR> <A NAME="assign"></A> <H2>Assignment</H2> <OL> <LI>Search for examples of any of the following, and report to the class list on your findings: <UL> <LI>acronyms <LI>cows <LI>owls <LI>ascii art </UL> <P> <LI>send a question to the Oracle as described in Kirshenblatt-Gimblett's article. <P> <LI>Continue with the report on a discussion group. Report to the class discussion list which groups you have visited or tried out so far, even if you have not stuck with them. </OL> <HR> <A HREF="http://lrw.net/impacts" target="_top">Top Page</A> </BODY>