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<center><big><big>Media Strategies for a Networked World</big></big></center> | <center><big><big>Media Strategies for a Networked World</big></big></center> | ||
<center><big>Joint media elective, [http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/ Said Business School] and [http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/ Oxford Internet Institute]</big></center> | <center><big>Joint media elective, [http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/ Said Business School] and [http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/ Oxford Internet Institute]</big></center> | ||
<center><big>with [http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/ Jonathan Black], [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html Wendy Seltzer], and [http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/faculty.cfm?id=3 Jonathan Zittrain]</big></center> | <center><big>with [http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/faculty/Black+Jonathan/Black+Jonathan.htm Jonathan Black], [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/seltzer.html Wendy Seltzer], and [http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/faculty.cfm?id=3 Jonathan Zittrain]</big></center> | ||
<center>Tuesdays, weeks 1-8 of Trinity Term 2007, 5: | <center>Tuesdays, weeks 1-8 of Trinity Term 2007, 5:45-8:25 pm, facilities of the [http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/about/map.xml Oxford University Computing Services]</center> | ||
''The Internet has changed the business of media. Citizen journalists write accounts that challenge print journalism; Craigslist and Google compete with magazines as advertising outlets; YouTube offers more personalized "channels" than satellite broadcasters can hope to provide; real world businesses open outlets in SecondLife. As electronic networks become faster, consumers are becoming creators of all forms of content and new business opportunities develop where old ones fall away.'' | |||
This course aims to familiarize students with the technologies of new media to enhance their perspectives on the global business, ethical and regulatory challenges and to consider the effect new technologies are having on business strategy and operations. | |||
Students will experiment with media including audio, video, blogging, wikis, and multimedia gaming, putting context to theoretical readings and guest lectures from leaders in the field. The assessments will give realistic practice in the type of strategic issues students will face in existing media companies, entrepreneurial start ups and any organization interested in communication. The course requires no technical background. | |||
<big><big>[[Syllabus|Course Syllabus]]</big></big> | |||
* <big>[[Guest Speakers]]: What's the scoop?</big> | |||
Group Assignments, [[Group Workspaces]] | Group Assignments, [[Group Workspaces]] | ||
* April 24: [[Network Neutrality]]: Continue the debate begun in class. | |||
* In-class discussions: [[Branding and Letting Go]], [[DRM Strategy]] | |||
* May 31: [[Mid-term assignment]] due 9 a.m. | |||
[[Resources]] | |||
[[Special:Listusers|User List]] | |||
==Cool Tool of the Day== | |||
''feel free to edit this space'' | |||
[http://zero.newassignment.net/ Assignment Zero] When you're done with class assignments, join the collaborative reporting at newassignment.net. Try [http://zero.newassignment.net/assignmentzero/sellaband Sell a Band] or [http://zero.newassignment.net/assignmentzero/crowdfunding Crowd Funding]. | |||
[http://services.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/app ManyEyes] Visualize your data as a network, chart, or tag cloud. | |||
[http://www.pplive.com/en/index.html PPLive] is a Chinese p2p software which provides you access to a variety of Asian TV stations. Why bother? Because you get [http://china.nba.com/nbavideo/pplive/ NBA] and most [http://www.football4less.com/schedules/ European soccer leagues] without a subscription fee and you can improve your Chinese-language skills. | |||
[http://dotsub.com/ dotSUB] lets viewers add and share their own subtitles for online video. Imagine adding inline commentary to an English-language film or testing foreign-language skills. | |||
[http://www.netvibes.com/ Netvibes] gives you a customizable collection of Web2.0 applications in your web browser. Configure a page to grab news and blog feeds, search the web, keep notes, share photos, and more. Then, when you're done customizing, you can share your Netvibes pages too. | |||
You can download free mind map software from [http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Mindmap]. What I like about it is that you can add branches and sub branches at will, and then you can drag branches from one place to another, or put them in a different order.[[User:Jonathan Black|Jonathan Black]] | |||
[[Cool Tools Archives]] | |||
Latest revision as of 15:01, 22 May 2012
The Internet has changed the business of media. Citizen journalists write accounts that challenge print journalism; Craigslist and Google compete with magazines as advertising outlets; YouTube offers more personalized "channels" than satellite broadcasters can hope to provide; real world businesses open outlets in SecondLife. As electronic networks become faster, consumers are becoming creators of all forms of content and new business opportunities develop where old ones fall away.
This course aims to familiarize students with the technologies of new media to enhance their perspectives on the global business, ethical and regulatory challenges and to consider the effect new technologies are having on business strategy and operations.
Students will experiment with media including audio, video, blogging, wikis, and multimedia gaming, putting context to theoretical readings and guest lectures from leaders in the field. The assessments will give realistic practice in the type of strategic issues students will face in existing media companies, entrepreneurial start ups and any organization interested in communication. The course requires no technical background.
- Guest Speakers: What's the scoop?
Group Assignments, Group Workspaces
- April 24: Network Neutrality: Continue the debate begun in class.
- In-class discussions: Branding and Letting Go, DRM Strategy
- May 31: Mid-term assignment due 9 a.m.
Cool Tool of the Day
feel free to edit this space
Assignment Zero When you're done with class assignments, join the collaborative reporting at newassignment.net. Try Sell a Band or Crowd Funding.
ManyEyes Visualize your data as a network, chart, or tag cloud.
PPLive is a Chinese p2p software which provides you access to a variety of Asian TV stations. Why bother? Because you get NBA and most European soccer leagues without a subscription fee and you can improve your Chinese-language skills.
dotSUB lets viewers add and share their own subtitles for online video. Imagine adding inline commentary to an English-language film or testing foreign-language skills.
Netvibes gives you a customizable collection of Web2.0 applications in your web browser. Configure a page to grab news and blog feeds, search the web, keep notes, share photos, and more. Then, when you're done customizing, you can share your Netvibes pages too.
You can download free mind map software from Mindmap. What I like about it is that you can add branches and sub branches at will, and then you can drag branches from one place to another, or put them in a different order.Jonathan Black