The document outlines a digital culture course at Karel de Grote University College Antwerp for the academic year 2019-2020. It details six sessions focusing on key figures and concepts in digital culture, including influential personalities and their contributions to technology and society. Students are assessed through participation, presentations, and an online knowledge test.

1. DIGITAL CULTURE
CROSS MEDIA MANAGEMENT 2019-2020
KAREL DE GROTE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE ANTWERP
CLO WILLAERTS

3. 3 STUDIEPUNTEN
• 1 voor deelname aan opname podcast-episode aan het eind van de
les
• 1 voor presenteren van “elevator pitch” in de finale sessie
• 1 voor multiple choice online kennistest

4. CURSUSMATERIAAL:
HTTP://WWW.BNOX.BE/SEARCH/LABEL/DIGITAL%20CULTURE

5. DIGITAL CULTURE: SESSIE 1/6 VR 15 NOV 14:30-
17:30 GR 401
• Course introduction
• Ada Lovelace and the Analytical Engine
• Isaac Asimov and the Three Laws of Robotics
• Alan Turing and the difference between human and artificial intelligence

6. DIGITAL CULTURE: SESSIE 2/6 VR 22 NOV 14:30-
17:30 GR 401
• Intel and other platform strategies and business models
• Vincent Cerf and the invention of the internet
• William Gibson and the concept of cyberspace
• Steve Jobs and the power of computers
• Howard Rheingold and the concept of “sense of belonging” in online
communities

7. DIGITAL CULTURE: SESSIE 3/6 VR 29 NOV 14:30-
17:30 GR 401
• Jeff Bezos and the real cost of customer centricity
• Napster and the birth of remix culture
• Thomas H. Davenport and the Attention Economy
• Minority Report and the Precrime theme as a storytelling tactic
• Clay Shirky and Collective Intelligence

8. DIGITAL CULTURE: SESSIE 4/6 VR 6 DEC 14:30-
17:30 GR 401
• Nicolas Carr and other tech critics
• Doc Searls and the concept of Splinternet
• Jane McGonigal and the concept of “flow” in gaming
• Christopher Poole, 4chan, and the Identity Wars
• Eli Pariser and the Filter Bubble

9. DIGITAL CULTURE: SESSIE 5/6 VR 13 DEC 14:30-
17:30 GR 401
• Evan Spiegel and the allure of Dark Social
• Robert Finkelstein and the danger of weaponized memes
• Edward Snowden and the illusion of privacy
• Danah Boyd and the changing nature of online relationships
• Sarah Koenig and how podcasting went mainstream

10. DIGITAL CULTURE: SESSIE 1/6 VR 20 DEC 14:30-
17:30 GR 401
• Lee Clow and the real meaning of disruption
• Gretchen McCulloch and emojis as an internet language gone mainstream
• Jack Ma and the Chinese internet industry
• Ray Kurzweil and the Singularity
• Presentation Techniques

11. DIGITAL CULTURE: ONLINE KENNISTEST EN
ELEVATOR PITCHES?? DEC 14:30-17:30 GR ???
• “Elevator pitch” voor 1 studiepunt.