The document outlines the agenda for a class on January 21st that will discuss the history of information, new technologies, the information superhighway, information in the present day wrapped in digital lives, and the work of Jenkins on convergence and participatory culture. It divides the class into groups to discuss what key concepts mean, why they matter, and how they differ from the past, using examples.

1. information:
convergence and participation
who, what, when, where, how...
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2. agenda
• twitter and blogs
• things to read/listen to/watch before class
• information’s histories
• present day notions (in digital wraps)
• Jenkins
• social media predictions
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3. history of information
• what do we know so far?
• always feel like it is “too much”
• blinders to new inventions effects
• circulation (how, who, when...)
• social (process)
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4. new technologies:
promise and panic
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5. information“superhighway”?
how, who, when...
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6. information NOW
• “wrapped” in digital lives, technologies,
protocols
• TMI...is it?
• Do we have an “information overload”
problem?
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7. Jenkins: media
today
convergence
participatory culture
black box fallacy
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8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFCLKa0XRlw
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9. 3 groups
what does it mean
why does it matter
how is it different from the past
EXAMPLES
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