Readings and Assignments for Week Four of LRS 590

Discuss Readings

Issues

• Preservation in the digital age

• Censorship and filtering

• Understanding Intellectual property, plagiarism, information commodification, Copyright and Fair use.

• Citation/Style Guides

In Class Exercise:

• Understanding Plagiarism

Discussion of Final Project:

• The final project will demonstrate the results of your research as well as the process you used to achieve them. Your final research portfolio will include an annotated bibliography, a research journal comprised of your blog entries, and a short essay detailing and evaluating your research process. See http://beyondgoogle.pbwiki.com/Final%20Project for details.

Required Readings:

• Copyright guide from Cornell University and Laura Gassaway:

http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/training/Hirtle_Public_Domain.htm

Recommended Readings:

• Benjamin, Walter. “Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction.” Illuminations. http://bid.berkeley.edu/bidclass/readings/benjamin.html

Optional Reading:

• Virillo, Paul. War and Cinema. (pp. All)

• Foster, Hal. Recodings. (pp. 13-33, 79-119, 139, 156-190)