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Diploma in Digital Textuality
Learn about the evolution of how text is used alongside the development of media technologies in this free online course
Description
This course will introduce learners to the history of books in Europe and how print contributed to the standardization of languages, influenced the spread of ideas, and affected the politics and economics of European societies. Also, learners will gain an understanding of colonialism, its link to capitalism and the concept of a civilizing mission. With digital media being the heart of modern communication, this course will explore the concept of Lawrence Lessig's law on digital content.
Furthermore, this course will show how printing developed in northern India and its socio-political influence on India. You will learn about the effects that the mechanical reproduction of arts has on the value attributes of art. In addition, you will be taught the effect the development of electronic media had on human society and the importance of the GNU manifesto which will help us get a snapshot of the ownership patterns of software. This course, goes on to explore the notion of free software and the protection of digital contents.
This course will teach you about content creation and the emergence of copyright, the claims and truths of copyright and the characteristics of digital reproduction. Also, learners will gain an understanding of digital media and the human mind, the power of Google, social media and its politics. You will be shown the concept of the internet, the movement of mass media to social media and the level of government control over social media. This course is important for learners who want to be equipped with a well-rounded understanding of the evolution of how text is used alongside the development of media technologies.
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Print Circuit and Modernization
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Print Circuit and Modernization - Learning Outcomes
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Robert Darnton: What is the History of Books?
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Benedict Anderson: The Origins of National Consciousness
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Print Circuit and Modernization - Lesson Summary
Print and Colonialism
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Print and Colonialism - Learning Outcomes
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Colonialism
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Print in Bengal
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Surveillance and Censorship
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Print and Colonialism - Lesson Summary
From Print to Electronic Media
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From Print to Electronic Media - Learning Outcomes
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Publishing in Hindi and Urdu
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Walter Benjamin: The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
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Raymond Williams: Television
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From Print to Electronic Media - Lesson Summary
First Assessment
Ownership of Software and Contents
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Ownership of Software and Contents - Learning Outcomes
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Richard Stallman: The GNU Manifesto
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Lawrence Lessig: Free Cultures
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Ownership of Software and Contents - Lesson Summary
Copyright
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Copyright - Learning Outcomes
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History of Copyright
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Development of Modern Copyright Laws
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Copyright - Lesson Summary
Digital Media - Ownership and Control
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Digital Media - Ownership and Control - Learning Outcomes
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Nicholas Carr: Juggler's Brain
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Scott Galloway: Google
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Zeynep Tufecki: Twitter and Facebook
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Digital Media - Ownership and Control - Lesson Summary
Second Assessment
Course assessment
Learning Outcomes
Having completed this course, you should be able to:
- Explain what the print circuit is and how it works
- Discuss how print encouraged the use of a single language within a nation-state thereby centralizing administration
- Analyze the link between capitalism and colonialism
- Describe how the colonizers justified their mission both to the European populace and colonized population
- Identify the development of print in the northern parts of India
- Summarize the growth of electronic media
- Recall how technology influences social and personal relationships
- Discuss the concept of software ownership
- Recall Lawrence Lessig's law on digital contents
- Explain the concept behind the creation of content and copyright
- State the characteristics of digital reproduction
- Define digital media
- List the effects of the Internet on the society
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