Beginning on the first day of instruction, additional student-initiated enrollment in the course through GOLD is blocked so that the TAs can manage adding students to the course. However, students already on the waitlist in GOLD will continue to be auto-enrolled as spaces open up during the first week. (After Friday April 1, auto-enroll from the wait list will be turned off.)

From the beginning of the second week on, all course enrollment is managed by the TAs, who will give add codes based on available spaces to the waitlist, crashers, and enrolled students switching sections. Important: To assist the TAs in assigning add codes, any student not yet enrolled or needing to switch sections must fill out this Google enrollment request form between Friday April 7 at 2 pm  and Sunday April 9 at 12 pm (noon). This form is for students

• enrolled in the course but needing to switch sections,
• on the wait list,
• not on the wait list and crashing.

Section attendence in first week to hold place in course: Students must attend the section they are enrolled in during the first week of the quarter to hold their place in the course. (Students unable to make the section they are enrolled in due to conflicts, and also students on the wait list or wishing to crash, must attend some section in the first week to be allowed into the course.)

• Sections meet in person. Please go to your section meeting this week to hold your place in the course. (If you are not yet enrolled in the course, you must go to some section meeting this week.)
• Section activities also include participation in a discussion forum on the Canvas site. For the discussion forums, some students will present summaries of readings each week, and the other students will respond to the summaries. TAs will provide instructions.
• 16.67% of the final grade for the course is determined by a student’s TA on the basis of a performance in section discussion and activities. No more than one section meeting during the quarter may be missed without zeroing out the section participation grade. (Exceptions due to unavoidable circumstances must normally be requested in advance from a student’s TA.)

Readings

See Schedule page, and description of texts on Texts page. Please read the readings on the Schedule before the lecture for which they are assigned.

Assignments

See Assignments page. To pass English 25, students must complete all course and section assignments. (See also Prof. Liu’s “Intellectual Property & Academic Integrity Guidelines.”)

• Three required, ungraded assignments
• Three short essays
• Midterm & Final Exams

1. Overture — Across the Ages of Media / Communication / Information
2. The Rise of Digital Media / Communication / Information
3. The Postindustrial & Neoliberal Age — Information’s Impact on Work and Power
4. Processing Literature — Information’s Impact on Methods of Research and Analysis

The Idea of Media