| Dates | Topic | Type | Reading | Question | Section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January 16, 2024 | Lab | Introductions to Pol Econ | |||
January 18, 2024 | |||||
January 23, 2024 | Lecture | How did the early theories of English political economists like Adam Smith and David Ricardo lay the groundwork for later economic thinkers, and how do they influence our understanding of the digital economy today? | Introductions to Pol Econ | ||
January 25, 2024 | Lecture | "Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844" - Karl Marx | What is Marx’s definition of alienation and where do we encounter it in our daily life? | Introductions to Pol Econ | |
January 30, 2024 | Lecture | "From Counterculture to Cyberculture" by Fred Turner | How did the ideals of Web 1.0 compare to its actual development and impact and how did those ideals start to shape the budding digital economy? | The Econ of the Early Internet | |
February 1, 2024 | Lab | Interviews in the social sciences | The Econ of the Early Internet | ||
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February 13, 2024 | Lecture | “The Internet Trap" by Matthew Hindman (Chapters 1 & 3) | How did Web 1.0 redefine the relationship between users and the internet, particularly in terms of economic participation? | The Econ of the Early Internet | |
February 15, 2024 | Lab | Ethical Considerations in Qualitative Research with Sensitive Subjects | The Econ of the Early Internet | ||
February 20, 2024 | Lecture | The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff | How do the emergence of big data and the erosion of privacy contribute to a sense of alienation in the digital economy? | The Economy of the Social Media Era | |
February 22, 2024 | Lab | How to Carry Out Great Interviews in Qualitative Research | The Economy of the Social Media Era | ||
February 23, 2024 | |||||
February 27, 2024 | Lecture | “10 reasons to delete your social media account" by Jaron Lanier | The Economy of the Social Media Era | ||
February 29, 2024 | Peer Review | ||||
March 1, 2024 | |||||
March 5, 2024 | Lecture | Asians Wear Clothes on the Internet | How do race and gender dynamics influence the economic and labor aspects of digital fashion blogging? | The Economy of the Social Media Era | |
March 7, 2024 | Lab | The Economy of the Social Media Era | |||
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March 19, 2024 | Lecture | The Creativity of Artificial Intelligence in Art | How are new technologies changing the way we product content (and art) and how does that change affect the logic of digital economies or labor? | AI & The New Economy | |
March 21, 2024 | Lab | AI & The New Economy | |||
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March 26, 2024 | |||||
March 28, 2024 | |||||
April 2, 2024 | Lecture | Weaponizing the Digital Influence Machine:" by Ghosh and Scott. | How does the commodification of digital spaces and personal data in online advertising technologies contribute to the alienation of individuals in modern society? | AI & The New Economy | |
April 4, 2024 | Lab | AI & The New Economy | |||
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April 9, 2024 | Lecture | Automating Democracy: Generative AI, Journalism, and the Future of Democracy | AI & The New Economy | ||
April 11, 2024 | AI & The New Economy | ||||
April 12, 2024 | |||||
April 16, 2024 | Presentation | Finals | |||
April 18, 2024 | Presentation | Finals | |||
April 23, 2024 | Presentation | Finals | |||
April 25, 2024 | Lecture | Finals | |||
April 30, 2024 | |||||
May 2, 2024 | Finals | ||||
May 3, 2024 | Finals | ||||