New courses in Comparative Media Studieshttp://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Comparative-Media-Studies/index.htm2008-09-04MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduen-USContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmThis course will serve as an introduction to the interdisciplinary academic study of videogames, examining their cultural, educational, and social functions in contemporary settings. By playing, analyzing, and reading and writing about videogames, we will examine debates surrounding how they function within socially situated contexts in order to better understand games' influence on and reflections of society. Readings will include contemporary videogame theory and the completion of a contemporary commercial videogame chosen in consultation with the instructor.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Comparative-Media-Studies/CMS-600Fall-2007/CourseHome/index.htmRobison, Alice2008-08-08T03:42:51-04:00CMS.600CMS.998en-USComparative Media StudiesComputer Games and Programming Skillsstorytellingracestudent workvideo gamemediagame culturegendercritical analysiscultural studiescritical theorymassively multiplayer online gamesimulationMMOGcomputer gamesgamingonline gameMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmThis course will serve as an introduction to the interdisciplinary academic study of videogames, examining their cultural, educational, and social functions in contemporary settings. By playing, analyzing, and reading and writing about videogames, we will examine debates surrounding how they function within socially situated contexts in order to better understand games' influence on and reflections of society. Readings will include contemporary videogame theory and the completion of a contemporary commercial videogame chosen in consultation with the instructor.http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Comparative-Media-Studies/CMS-600Fall-2007/CourseHome/index.htmRobison, Alice2008-08-08T03:42:51-04:00CMS.600CMS.998en-USComparative Media StudiesComputer Games and Programming Skillsstorytellingracestudent workvideo gamemediagame culturegendercritical analysiscultural studiescritical theorymassively multiplayer online gamesimulationMMOGcomputer gamesgamingonline gameMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htmExtensive reading and discussion of how visual images impose a variety of identities on individuals and societies. Case studies drawn primarily from the Pacific region, and include: identities of individuals in a society; identities of a country through history; us/them in times of war; and identities of an entire geographic region of the world (Orient/Occident). All types of visual images from both popular and high cultures are discussed. Students develop a course project. Taught in English. From the course home page: Course Description In this new course, students will study how images have been used to shape the identity of peoples and cultures. A prototype digital project looking at American and Japanese graphics depicting the opening of Japan to the outside world in the 1850s will be used as a case study to introduce the conceptual and practical issues involved in “visualizing cultures.” The major course requirement will be creation and presentation of a project involving visualized cultures. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Foreign-Languages-and-Literatures/21F-027JSpring-2008/CourseHome/index.htmProfessor John DowerProfessor Shigeru Miyagawa2008-05-06T11:24:26-04:0021F.027JCMS.87421H.917Jen-USComparative Media StudiesVisualizationForeign Languages/Modern Languages, General21H.91721F.027cultural identityimagerycultural perceptionHistoryForeign Languages and LiteraturesMIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.eduContent within individual OCW courses is (c) by the individual authors unless otherwise noted. MIT OpenCourseWare materials are licensed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike). For further information see http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/terms/terms/index.htm