Course Materials
Meeting time: Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:00 - 3:20
PM
Meeting place: Wachman
Hall Room 306
Professor: Matthew Lombard
Office: Annenberg Hall/Tomlinson Theater 220
Phone: 215.204.7182
Email: lombard@temple.edu
Office hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:30 - 2:00 or by
appointment
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THIS
SYLLABUS LAST UPDATED ON Thursday May 2, 2019
PREREQUISITES
For
graduate students:
To take this course you need to have have taken and passed
MSP
5011 (Introduction to Communication Concepts) and MSP 5114
(Communication Research Methods) or equivalent courses; if you haven't
completed these prerequisite
and still wish to take this course, please see the instructor.
For
undergraduate students:
To take this course you need to be a Junior or Senior and have taken
and passed MSP 1011 (Introduction to Media Theory) and
MSP 1021 (Media and Society) or
equivalent courses; if you haven't completed these prerequisites and
still wish to take this course, please see the instructor.
READINGS
There is
no assigned book
for the
class; course readings from a variety of sources will be
provided.
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This
course is about how
people
process information from mass and personal media, including both
traditional media (radio, television, film, newspapers, books,
magazines, telephone) and emerging media (e.g., computers,
e-mail, the Internet, smartphones, tablets, simulation rides, and
virtual
and augmented reality). We're interested in what happens in people's
minds and
bodies before, after, and especially during, media use. A better
understanding of these processes not only is interesting for its
own sake but allows us to better understand and predict media
uses and gratifications, the effects of media use on consumers,
and the likely future characteristics of a number of different
media; it also suggests ways to design "better" media
environments and experiences. After an introdution to
some
key ideas
and phenomena in the area of psychological processing of media we'll
focus on
a particular subset of those phenomena labelled telepresence (or
presence for
short), how and why they occur and their many implications.
Class
meetings will consist
of only a small amount of
lecture material, brief video presentations, and mostly focused but
informal discussion. We'll also take at
least one "field trip" during the semester and bring
media experiences into the classroom. Grading will be based on the
total points
earned on a series of required and optional assignments and
participation; there
are no exams. We'll also interact between
class meetings via a course listserv (BTMM346-ML@listserv.temple.edu)
and social media - more details on
this during
early class meetings.
NOTE: This class does utilize Canvas; all materials are also accessible from this website.
NOTE: This is a 'paperless' class - all
assignments are to be emailed as attachments (in MS Word or pdf format)
to the instructor by midnight of the date they're due.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
- To
introduce students to
an important Communication perspective concerning the media - the
psychological perspective - and to review some key concepts and
findings from that perspective.
- To introduce students to a growing, interdisciplinary
area
of scholarship regarding media, (tele)presence.
- To
reinforce and apply
students' knowledge of research methods used in Communication and to
help students become critical consumers of research in general.
- To
allow students to
become experts concerning one important psychological process related
to media use.
- To
help students enhance their skills required to conduct and report
research.
- To
encourage students to
consider and discuss ideas thoughtfully and critically.
- To
allow and encourage
students to have fun while learning.
INSTRUCTOR'S TEACHING/LEARNING
PHILOSOPHY
I believe
students are more
likely
to benefit from a class when the subject matter is interesting
and the class meetings are pleasant and diverting. I think the
material in this class is extremely
interesting (much of it motivated me to study Communication in
the first place) and I'll do my best to make it interesting to
you. Making this class enjoyable requires work on both our parts. Your
enthusiasm, participation in
discussions, office hour visits, e-mail messages, and
suggestions, questions, and feedback are all essential to the
success of this class!!
COURSE GRADING AND ASSIGNMENTS
The
course grades will be
based on
a point system in which students complete required and optional
assignments to accumulate points and earn grades on the traditional
scale:
93 = A
90 = A-
87 = B+
83 = B
80 = B-
77 = C+
73 = C
70 = C-
67 = D+
63 = D
(etc.)
Each
assignment can be
completed and turned in at any time but not later than the date
indicated in the course schedule below.
All assignments are to be turned in
electronically via Canvas or as email attachments (in MS Word or pdf format) to
lombard@temple.edu by midnight of the date they're
due.
Below are all of the course assignments, first those
that are required and
then optional (extra credit) assignments you can choose from.
Current earned points for each student
(identified by Temple ID) will be avaialable via Canvas.
| # |
Points |
Deadline |
Assignment
details |
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| Required assignments |
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#1
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5
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Jan
24
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ISPR
Presence News: Subscribe and react
Go
here and subscribe to this
free online publication. Look at some of the posts pick 3 that interest
you. In a single page paper 1) identify each post by title and date, 2)
describe why you find it interesting, and 3) write out one question you
have after reading the post. No credit unless you stay subscribed
through
the semester.
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#2
|
20
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as listed
on course calendar
|
Topic
presentation/discussion
Each student will work
either alone or with one other person in the class and, using the
provided readings and other sources, examine a topic related to
psychological processing of media. They'll then guide a brief class
discussion of the topic, including presenting information and providing
materials in whatever creative formats you choose via PowerPoint,
Google Slides, Prezi or any other means you like. A very general
outline to use as a starting point is:
- Introduction (interesting example, overview)
- Examples of the phenomena
- Theories about the phenomena
- Research results regarding the phenomena
- What you found most interesting and surprising
- References
- Discussion questions
We'll figure out who
will work on which topics early in the semester. You can
indicate your preferred topic(s) online here).
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#3
|
15
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Feb 28
|
Observing attention and memory exercise
Observe and write
a short (3 page) report on the attention and memory patterns of a
television viewer.
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#4
|
20
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Apr 18
|
Topic
paper
Write
a paper on any
topic covered in or related to the
course except for the topic used for the Topic presentation/discussion
assignment (#2). It must - center on a psychological process involving
the media
(not necessarily telepresence),
- properly cite and include references for at least 5 scholarly sources
(which can include assigned readings),
- be grammatically correct and
plagiarism-free, and
- be approximately 6 pages (double spaced).
You can
turn in a draft for feedback any time up to a week before the final due
date. Topic paper grades will be based on appropriateness of topic, effectiveness of use evidence, and quality of writing.
|
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#5
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10
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May
2
|
Future
of media exercise
Apply
information from
the course and elsewhere to predict the nature of media experiences
that will exist 20 years from now in a short (3 page) report.
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#6
|
20
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May TBD
|
Class project: A group research project about the topic we've selected: People's relationships with their media technologies.
Fall
2018 Project: 360 Video: Design,
Creation and Evaluation of Presence Experiences, a collaboration with
Professor Laura Zaylea and the students of Emergent Media Production
(MSP 4741/8741)
Contribute your ideas as we help the EMP students
design and create immersive media productions that will evoke presence
in viewers/users, and then as we design and conduct a research study to
evaluate those presence responses. Blog about the experience as we go.
Lots of details about this will be provided in class.
Materials:
- For
video 1: Hungry Ghosts
- For
video 2: Cookie
- For
video 3: Mouse in the House
- For
video 4: Dance
The Fall 2017
class project presentation slides are here.
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#7
|
10
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--
|
Participation
Come to class; be on time and stay the whole time
(or let me know why you can't), pay attention; turn
things in on time; most important: share your questions/comments/ideas
in (and out of) class; be nice; get involved!
|
| Optional
(extra credit) assignments |
|
#8
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12
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Mar 21
|
Subliminal/supraliminal
messages exercise
Examine an
hours' worth of media content for
sub- and supraliminal messages and consider their possible effects in a
short (3 page) report. |
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#9
|
1
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Mar 19
|
Presence and food image
Find a photograph of a favorite food that makes
the food
item or dish look as appetizing as possible and upload or email the photo to
lombard@temple.edu. The photos will be compiled and we'll discuss them
in class.
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#10
|
6
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Apr 25
|
Music and telepresence exercise
Review the materials on "Telepresence and Music"
and
identify a single song (any genre, any vintage, but just one song) that
you believe will evoke high levels of telepresence not just in you
(e.g., because of some special association you have with it) but in
most listeners. Consider the performance and recording characteristics
associated with high levels of telepresence in the materials we cover
in class (e.g., concerning location, equalization, and use of
overdubbing and reverb; a list is in the Word file here)
as well as any
additional ones you think important. In a 1 to 2 page Word document,
identify the song and explain the characteristics you believe will
evoke presence in listeners. Upload or e-mail your paper and if you have it, an
mp3 or other digital version of the song, to the instructor (if you
don't have or don't want to send a digital version you can bring a CD,
etc. to class). In class, we'll listen to the songs of those who
complete this assignment and vote on which song evokes the strongest
sense of presence, with its nominator earning a gift certificate for
Amazon.com. For more details see matthewlombard.com [/]
presencemusic .
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#11
|
1 each (up to 3)
|
May 2
|
Comment on ISPR Presence News items
Submit a *thoughtful* comment on any "Presence in
the
News" posting on the ISPR Presence News website - the
comment should refer
or be related to telepresence in some way; the instructor makes the
final call regarding credit.
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#12
|
10
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May 2
|
Telepresence portrayal project
Read about the Telepresence
in Popular Culture study and contribute to the growing
database by
watching or reading a film, TV episode or novel that portrays people
experiencing telepresence and describing the work by filling in the
online form (you'll need to e-mail me first to get access to the
system, and then again after you fill in the form so I know you've done
it). Note that the description has to be complete and thoughtful to get
credit.
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#13
|
15
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May 2
|
Telepresence creativity
Create a high quality graphic or video on the
theme of
presence and telepresence; see instructor with ideas and questions.
For good examples from previous semesters:
- Gino's video (a first-person telepresence
experience
in Center City, Philadelphia [3:23]) is here
- Griffin's short story ("Little Billy Wells, or
Living in this Life is like Running on a Hamster Wheel") is here (pdf)
- HK's PowerPoint (telepresence examples in
advertising, life and art) is here
- Kaitlin's PowerPoint (an introduction) is here
- Matt M.'s video (telepresence in web cam videos
[3:18]) is here
- Patrick's video (a brief overview of the study
of
telepresence [3:09]) is here
- Rachel's video (telepresence in film [5:16]) is
here
- Starsha's short story ("Neurollusion: 'Where
you are
is where you're not') is here
(pdf)
- Tim M.'s "Memories on Repeat" web site about
stereoscopic photography is here
- From Spring 2010: Brittany's PowerPoint (an
introduction) is here.
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#14
|
??
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May 2
|
Individual project
A more ambitious project such as 1) an extensive review of the
academic and
popular literature on a topic, followed by a proposed explicit and
detailed model of the relevant psychological process(es), 2) a brief
review of the academic and popular literature on a topic followed by a
description of a small study conducted by the student(s) (including
research question, methods, results, and interpretation)
completed with the instructor's approval and guidance (this could also
supplant some of the required assignments) or 3) something you propose.
See the instructor for details if you're interested.
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GRADING STANDARDS
This
course is open
to
master's and doctoral graduate students (see
prerequisites above). Graduate students are expected to produce written
work
of greater depth and substance than undergraduate students, which
must be reflected in the number and breadth of reference
materials cited, the length of assignments, and the degree of
creative synthesis of materials.
"Incompletes"
are
strongly discouraged and will only be given if the student makes
specific arrangements with the instructor, including completing
the necesary Temple University paperwork, before the end of the
semester.
ACADEMIC HONESTY AND PLAGIARISM
- IMPORTANT!!
Penalties
for
violation
of the
Temple University policies below (from "Statement on
Academic Honesty for Students in Undergraduate Courses" which is
apparently no longer available on Temple's web site) can
result in a failing grade for an assignment or the entire course,
and even expulsion from Temple.
Plagiarism
can be
tricky
to avoid - if you have questions about how to follow the rules, 1)
Purdue University's Online Writing Lab has a useful guide here, 2) you can always ask me
and/or other
professors, and 3) err on the side of citing and referencing others'
work.
Plagiarism
is
the
unacknowledged
use of another person's labor: another person's ideas, words, or
assistance.
There are
many
forms
of
plagiarism:
repeating another person's sentence as your own, adopting a
particularly apt phrase as your own, paraphrasing someone else's
argument as your own, or even presenting someone else's line of
thinking in the development of a thesis as though it were your
own. . . . It is perfectly acceptable to [use the ideas and words
of other people], but we must never submit someone else's work as
if it were our own, without giving appropriate credit to the
originator.
[Here are
some
specific
guidelines
to follow:]
(a)
Quotations.
Whenever
you
use a
phrase, sentence, or longer passage written (or spoken) by
someone else, you must enclose the words in quotation marks and
indicate the exact source of the material. This applies also to
quotations you have altered.
(b)
Paraphrasing
another's
language. Avoid closely paraphrasing another's words:
substituting an occasional synonym, leaving out or adding an
occasional modifier, rearranging the grammar slightly, just
changing the tenses of verbs, and so on. Either quote the
material directly, using quotation marks, or put the ideas
completely in your own words. In either case, acknowledgment is
necessary. Remember: expressing someone else's ideas in your own
way does not make them yours.
(c)
Facts. In a
paper,
you
will
often use facts that you have gotten from a lecture, a written
work, or some other source. If the facts are well known, it is
usually not necessary to provide a source. (In a paper on
American history, for example, it would not ordinarily be
necessary to give a source for the statement that the Civil War
began in 1861 after the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln.) But if
the facts are not widely known or if the facts were developed or
presented by a specific source, then you should identify the
source for the facts.
(d)
Ideas. If
you
use an
idea or
ideas that you learned from a lecture, written work, or some
other source, then you should identify the source. You should
identify the source for an idea whether or not you agree with the
idea. It does not become your original idea just because you
agree with it.
In
general, all
sources
must
be
identified as clearly, accurately, and thoroughly as possible.
When in doubt about whether to identify a source, either cite the
source or consult your instructor.
DISABILITY ACCOMMODATIONS
Any student who has a need for accommodation based on
the impact of a disability or any special situation should contact me
privately as soon as possible. Information on accommodations is
available from the Disability Resources and Services office (100 Ritter
Annex; 215-204-1280) and its web site.
CALENDAR
(subject to change)
| Week/Day/Date
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Topics,
readings, deadlines
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1. TUE
Jan 15
|
Introduction
to course
Please
complete the Student Info Form
VIDEO / NEWS STORY: Dreamscape looks to
reinvent the movie night with virtual reality (KTLA)
VIDEO: Hanson Robotics: Sophia (CNBC via
YouTube)
VIDEO:
DVE Immersion Room
VIDEO: Microsoft Hololens Demonstration (IGN
via YouTube)
VIDEO: Humans - Episode 1 clip (YouTube;
start at 0:44)
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1. THU
Jan 17
|
- Questions or concerns about
syllabus
- Reminder re: class format, value of your input
- Reminder to complete
the Student Info Form
- Reminder to Subscribe
to ISPR Presence News for assignment #1 due in one week
- First steps in picking topics for assignment #2 topic presentation/discussion
Introduction to
psychological processing of media
Lombard, M. (1992). Introduction
to the study of
psychological processing of media. Unpublished manuscript.
Available here.
Levels
of analysis:
VIDEOS:
Powers of 10 (1977) and Cosmic Eye (2018) (levels of
analysis)
Form vs.
content:
VIDEO: A Magazine is an iPad that does not
work
VIDEO: Sony's adorable new Aibo comes to the
US (TechCrunch)
Objective
vs subjective reality:
ONLINE RESOURCE: 12 dots perceptual illusion
(Art Jonak on FB)
VIDEO: TED Talk: Neil
Harbisson: I listen to color (synesthesia)
NEWS ARTICLE: I Have Something in Common
with Marilyn Monroe—and You Might, Too (The New Yorker)
(synesthesia)
VIDEO: Nystagmus The Way We See It
(Nystagmus Network)
Media
vs. media attributes:
VIDEO: Magic Mirror (CBS This Morning)
VIDEO: The Robohon Is A Phone, Projector,
And A Robot All In One (Futurism via YouTube)
VIDEO / NEWS ARTICLE: Infinity AR: We'll
fulfill sci-fi promise of augmented reality (CNET); video
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2. TUE
Jan 22
|
Timely stories:
Introduction to
(Tele)Presence [Slides]
Lombard,
M. (2018). Presence Past and Future: Reflections on 25 Years of
Presence Technology, Scholarship and Community. In Andrea L. Guzman
(Ed). Human-Machine
Communication: Rethinking Communication, Technology, and Ourselves. Peter
Lang Publishing. Available: here. Lombard,
M., & Ditton, T. B.
(1997). At the heart of
it all: The concept of presence. Journal of
Computer-Mediated
Communication, 3(2). Available:
http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol3/issue2/lombard.html
Lombard, M., & Jones, M. T. (2016). Defining
presence. In F. Biocca, W.A. Ijsselsteijn, J. Freeman, & M.
Lombard
(Editors), Immersed in Media: Telepresence Theory,
Measurement and
Technology. New York: Routledge.
Chapter available here.
Supplementary web figure available here.
ONLINE
RESOURCE/VIDEO: Titanic Honor and Glory (from Ali, Fall '17)
VIDEO: Telepresence Robot in Action
(from Arnab, Spring '17)
Telepresence Images web pages
VIDEO: Virtual Backlot 2014 - Visual Effects
VIDEO: Wearable Gesture Control from Thalmic
Labs
VIDEO: ARGs Part I - What Are Alternate
Reality Games? (Extra Credits via YouTube)
ONLINE RESOURCE: The 5 Most Insane Alternate
Reality
Games (Cracked.com) (from Jared)
ONLINE RESOURCES: Panasonic Touch the Future
Tour
(some pictures are
here)
Chip, the Smart and Lovable
Robot Dog (WowWee)
VIDEO:
Meet CHiP: The World's First Lovable Robot Dog (YouTube - full video)
Merge Cube
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2. THU
Jan
24
|
Deadline
for Assignment #1 (required) - ISPR
Presence News: Subscribe and react - email to lombard@temple.edu by 11:59 tonight
- Reminder to
select topics for assignment #2 - Topic
presentation/discussion Refining (online
form here)
Introduction
to
(Tele)Presence (continued)
The
telepresence communities (industry
and
academic):
Human
Productivity Lab web site
International
Society for Presence Research (ISPR) web site
Peach
(Presence Research in Action) web site
VR
Philly Meetup
A&G Labs
Greenfish Labs
Fetchit360
Researching
psychological processing of media
Reeves, B., & Geiger, S.
(1994). Designing
experiments that assess psychological responses. In A. Lang (Ed.),
Measuring
Psychological Responses to Media, pp. 165-180. Hillsdale, NJ:
Lawrence Erlbaum. Available here.
Eye-tracking:
NEWS ARTICLE: Eye-tracking: Is it Worth It?
(UX
Matters)
NEWS ARTICLE: Lab Watches Web Surfers to See
Which Ads
Work (NY Times)
VIDEO: Eyetracking TV Adverts sample (Nivea
ad)
VIDEO: Martini Eyetrack (with George Clooney)
NEWS ARTICLE: Men and women explore the
visual world
differently
ONLINE
RESOURCE: 19 Things We Can Learn From Numerous Heatmap Tests (CXL)
EEG:
VIDEO: It's Not Mind-Reading But Scientists
Exploring How Brains Perceive the World (PBS NewsHour)
ONLINE
RESOURCE: NeuroSky Brain-Computer Interface
VIDEO: Sivu - Better Man Than He (MRIs as
art)
EEG
Mindflex Duel game demo
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|
3. TUE
Jan 29
|
Timely stories:
Refining
list of topics-students for
assignment #2 - Topic presentation/discussion
(online form here)
The
telepresence communities (industry
and
academic) (from above) Researching psychological processing of media (continued)
Measuring
telepresence
Lombard, M., Ditton, T. B., &
Weinstein, L. (2009, November). Measuring (tele)presence: The Temple
Presence Inventory. Presented at the Twelfth International Workshop on
Presence, Los Angeles, California, USA. Available
here.
Lombard, M., &
Sun, W. (2016). Outside the lab: A direct, mixed-method
approach to examining telepresence experiences in everyday
life. Presented at the 2016 annual conference of the National
Communication Association (NCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Available here.
ONLINE RESOURCE: TPI research and questionnaire
ONLINE RESOURCES: Telepresence
Experiences Survey I and
What are Telepresence Experiences Like in the Real World? A Qualitative
Survey by Lombard and Weinstein (pdf)
ONLINE
RESOURCE: Telepresence Experiences Survey II
|
|
3. THU
Jan 31
|
Timely stories:
Refining
list of topics-students for
assignment #2 - Topic presentation/discussion
(online form here)
Information processing and
other models
Bryant, J., &
Rockwell, S. C. (1991). Evolving
cognitive models in mass communication reception processes. In Bryant,
J., & Zillmann, D. (eds.) Responding to the Screen: Reception
and Reaction Processes, pp. 217-226. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence
Erlbaum. Available here.
The
computer analogy for human information processing:
IMAGES: Humans are like computers
IMAGES: Information processing models
VIDEO / ONLINE RESOURCE: Scientists Create
Circuit Board Modeled on the Human Brain (Phys.org)
VIDEO / NEWS ARTICLE: European Researchers
Win $1.3 Billions To Simulate The Human Brain (Popular Science)
OTHER
TOPICS/RESOURCES:
Complexity
of consciousness, and what we take for granted:
VIDEO / NEWS ARTICLE: A Drug That Wakes the
Near Dead
(NY Times)
(also:
NEWS ARTICLE: A Matter of Life and Death (Daily Mail) [first
person account after coma]
VIDEO: Awakenings - film trailer
VIDEO / NEWS ARTICLE: Trace of Thought Is
Found in
'Vegetative' Patient (NY Times)
NEWS ARTICLE: Reached Via a Mind-Reading
Device, Deeply Paralyzed Patients Say They Want to Live (MIT Technology
Review)
Learning
from brain injuries:
NEWS ARTICLE: Man Accidentally Shoots Nail
Into His
Brain, Doesn't Notice (Geek-O-System)
ONLINE RESOURCE: Phineas Gage and the effect
of an
iron bar through the head on personality (The Guardian)
Measuring
human information processing:
VIDEO: Contemporary Phineas Gage (source?)
ONLINE RESOURCE: Brains as clear as Jell-o
(NY Times)
VIDEO /
NEWS ARTICLE:
How a Transparent Fish May Help Decode the Brain (Smithsonian);
video from Slate
VIDEO
/ NEWS ARTICLE: What does a thought look like? (UC Berkeley)
|
|
4. TUE Feb 5
|
Refine
list of topics-students for
assignment #2 - Topic presentation/discussion
(online form here)
Information processing and
other models (continued; see above)
Class project - brainstorming session
|
|
4. THU
Feb 7
|
- Reminder re: topics for assignment #2 - Topic presentation/discussion
TOPIC:
Attention - Sydney M.
Anderson, D.
R., & Kirkorian, H. L.. (2006).
Attention and television. In Jennings Bryant and Peter Vorderer (eds.),
Psychology of Entertainment, pp.
35-54.
Routledge. Available
here.
VIDEO: Awareness Test
VIDEO: Whodunnit? (Caroline and
Nikki, Spring '17)
VIDEO: Brain Games: Pay Attention! (Daily
Motion)
ONLINE RESOURCE: Stroop Test
VIDEO: The Pretenders: Room Full of Mirrors
VIDEO: News
Anchor Brian Williams Raps "Rappers Delight" (on the Tonight Show
Starring Jimmy Fallon) (eBaum's World)
NEWS ARTICLE: The Mystery Behind Anesthesia
(Technology Review)
VIDEO: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi - Flow
(source?)
VIDEO: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on flow (TED
Talk)
IMAGES: Attention
ONLINE
RESOURCE: Hollywood movies follow a mathematical formula
REVIEW: Why 4k TVs Are Stupid
VIDEO: Why the Human Brain Can't Multitask
(Caroline and Nikki, Spring '17)
NEWS ARTICLE: Corpse Sits In Gamer Cafe For
9 Hours (The Province)
VIDEO: Look Up
|
|
5. TUE
Feb
12
|
Timely stories:
TOPIC:
Memory - Jess
Harris, R. J.,
Cady, E. T., & Tran, T. Q. (2006).
Comprehension and memory. In Jennings Bryant and Peter Vorderer
(Eds.), Psychology of Entertainment, pp. 71-84.
Routledge. Available
here.
VIDEO: Brain Tricks - This is How Your Brain
Works (fast and slow thinking)
VIDEO: Brain Games: Remember This! (Daily
Motion)
VIDEO: Google's Effect on Memory (PBS
NewsHour) (Jen)
ONLINE RESOURCE: Endel Tulvang, world
authority on
human memory function (Science.ca)
NEWS ARTICLE: Study Reveals Workings of
Working Memory (Medical Xpress)
IMAGES: Memory
VIDEO: Memento trailer
ONLINE RESOURCE/VIDEO: Memory Palace
strategy (The Mentalist) (Eggsactly Science)
IMAGES: Pareidolia (Flickr group)
VIDEO:
Face blindness (60 Minutes)
VIDEOS: Endless Memory Pt 1 and
CBS Morning News following second report
VIDEO: Unforgettable (CBS promo)
NEWS
ARTICLE: Would Perfect Memory Be a Burden or a Superpower? (Gizmodo)
NEWS
ARTICLE: Sleep helps reduce errors in memory, MSU research suggests
(Michigan State U. News)
NEWS ARTICLE: What Good Are the Words to a
Song
Without the Music? Despite Trend Toward Verbal Pitches, Visual Hammers
Still Rule (Advertising Age) (and
Visual Hammer video)
NEWS ARTICLE: What's Missing in Most
Marketing Programs? Verbal Imagery (Advertising Age)
NEWS ARTICLE: How Advertisers Get You to
Remember Ads (Psychology Today)
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5. THU
Feb 14
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TOPIC:
Physiology and emotion -
Zillmann,
D. (2006).
Dramaturgy for
emotions from
fictional narration. In Jennings Bryant and Peter Vorderer (Editors),
Psychology
of Entertainment,
pp. 215-238. Routledge. [specifically pp.
221-end] Available here.
VIDEO: Chipotle 'Back to the Start' ad
VIDEO: Nike Equality ad
VIDEO: Inside These Lines Superbowl ad
ONLINE RESOURCE: 25 Movies That Will Give
You a Panic Attack (Buzzfeed)
ONLINE RESOURCE: RANKED: The 28 best car
chases in movie history (Business Insider)
ONLINE
RESOURCE: Affectiva - Technologies to Measure
VIDEO: CCTV (automatic id of facial
emotions; start at
1:09; source?) (from HK, Spring 2012)
VIDEO:
The Neuroscience of Emotions (Google Tech Talk) 2:33 (intro),
25:14 (empathy)
Fear
and fiction:
Cantor, J. (2008). Fright reactions to
mass media. In
Jennings Bryant and Mary Beth Oliver (eds.), Media Effects:
Advances in Theory and Research, pp. 287-306. Routledge. Available
here.
VIDEO: 8 Incomplete Theories on Our
Attraction to Horror (Source: ??) (ad may play
first; from Ping)
VIDEO:
How the Body Responds to Emotion (re: fear)
IMAGES: Emotion and physiology
VIDEO:
Emotions Revealed (KQED)
ONLINE
RESOURCE: Paul Ekman / Lie to Me
VIDEO:
Fox's Lie to Me Preview
VIDEO: The science of emotions: Jaak
Panksepp at TEDxRainier
NEWS ARTICLE: New Research Says There Are
Only Four Emotions (The Atlantic)
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6. TUE
Feb 19
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Timely stories:
TOPIC:
Evaluation and behavior -
Littlejohn, S. W. (2001). Theories of
human
communication. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. ["Theories of Message
Reception and Processing" pp. 117-143] Available here.
VIDEO: One Word - Episode 10: America
(from Anaise)
VIDEO: We're All Predictably Irrational -
Dan Ariely
(12:16-18:26)
VIDEO:
12 Cognitive Biases Explained - How to Think Better and More Logically
Removing Bias (Practical Psychology)
VIDEO: Advertising - What psychological
tricks do they
use?
VIDEO: Psychology and Advertising (ELM,
colors, affect)
IMAGES: Evaluation and behavior
VIDEO: An Introduction to Leon Festinger's A
Theory of Cognitive Dissonance (MACAT)
VIDEO: What is Cognitive Dissonance Theory?
(Psych IRL)
VIDEO: How playing an instrument benefits
your brain - Anita Collins (TED-Ed)
Unconscious
(subliminal) processing
Moore, T. E. (1996). Subliminal
perception: Facts and
fallacies. Skeptical Inquirer, 16(3). Available here.
[if nothing else read the Conclusion]
Bargh,
J. A. (2002). Losing consciousness: Automatic
influences on consumer judgment, behavior, and motivation.
Journal of Consumer Research, (29)2, 280-285. Available here.
VIDEO:
Subliminal Messages Busted [examples in ads, etc.]
ONLINE
RESOURCE: Subliminal MP3s/CDs (Sprudio)
IMAGES: Unconscious (subliminal) processing
See
Moore (1996) reading above - but...:
VIDEO:
Psychological Priming (money and food)
ONLINE RESOURCE: Lookin' for Love in All
the Wrong
Places: Why Marketers and Agency Execs Need to Take a Fresh Look at the
Irrational and Emotional (Advertising Age)
Why
does this happen?
ONLINE RESOURCE: 95% of Brain Activity is
Beyond Our
Conscious Awareness (Simplifying Interfaces)
ONLINE RESOURCE: The Ten-Percent Myth
(Snopes)
ONLINE
RESOURCE/VIDEO: Lucy (2014) (IMDb)
Applications
of supraliminal messages:
VIDEO: Telenovelas: Are Spanish-Language
Soap Operas
Good for Your Health? (PBS NewsHour)
ONLINE RESOURCE: Entertainment-Education
Strategy
(Kaiser Foundation)
ONLINE RESOURCE: Serious Game Classification
Fun
examples of hidden but not subliminal messages:
ONLINE RESOURCE: Disney and Pixar Have Been
Hiding A Secret Right in Front of Our Faces...
ONLINE RESOURCE: Kameraflage Images Only
Visible
Through a Digital Camera
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6. THU
Feb 21
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Timely stories:
Evaluation and behavior (continued; see above)
TOPIC:
Unpacking telepresence:
Presence theories - Raleigh [slides]
Lombard, M., Lee, S., Sun, W., Xu,
K., & Yang, H. (2017). Presence theory. In Cynthia Hoffner
(Ed.), International
Encyclopedia of Media Effects,
pp. 169-188. Wiley/Blackwell. Available
here.
Nunez,
D. (2007). A capacity limited, cognitive constructive model of virtual
presence. Dissertation. Chapter 3: A critical review of current
significant models of presence, pp. 50-105, available here.
Chapter 4: The capacity limited, cognitive constructionist model of
presence (CLCC), pp. 106-133, available
here.
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7. TUE
Feb 26
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CLASS PROJECT: Unconscious (subliminal) processing (continued; see above) NEW EXAMPLE: Facebook is still figuring out its Russia problem (Reliable Sources Newsletter) TOPIC:
Telepresence and entertainment - Kelsey and Bill
Hartmann, T., Klimmt, C., &
Vorderer, P. (2009).
Presence and media enjoyment. In C. Bracken & P. Skalski
(Editors), Immersed in Media: Telepresence in Everyday Life.
New York: Routledge. Available here.
ONLINE RESOURCE: PSVR hands on: A week with
Sony’s virtual reality headset (Extreme Tech)
ONLINE RESOURCE / VIDEOS: SMPTE-HPA Student
Film Festival VR Viewing and Voting
VIDEO:
Kinect Effect
ONLINE
RESOURCE: Life 2.0 documentary
VIDEO:
Pranav
Mistry
at TED; The Sixth Sense (especially beginning at 4:14)
VIDEO: Breaking the 4th Wall Supercut
VIDEO: 90 year old grandmother loves Oculus
Rift (on YouTube)
VIDEO:
USA Network Character Approved - Kathryn Bigelow (on Vimeo)
ONLINE RESOURCE: Next Generation Life
(Jorge Jimenez)
VIDEO: Hollywood 'craves digital versions
of actors' (from Jaime)
ONLINE RESOURCE: DirecTV adds DogTV Channel
(Bloomberg); DogTV website
VIDEO: The Dan Cam: A Handsome Dan View of
Yale's
2012 Commencement (from Lidan)
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7. THU
Feb 28
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Deadline for Assignment #3
(required) - Observing
attention and memory exercise
- Discuss
Assignment #9 (optional) - Presence and
food
Telepresence and entertainment - Kelsey and Bill (continued - discussion questions) TOPIC:
Computers, robots and beyond: Medium As Social Actor (MASA) presence
Lombard,
M., & Xu, K. (2017). Media are Social Actors:
Expanding the CASA paradigm in the 21st century. Unpublished
manuscript.
TOPIC:
Telepresence and music - Andrew
Klotz, J., & Lombard, M.
(2006, August). Demonstration:
Presence considerations in music production. Presented at the
Ninth International Workshop on Presence, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Available here.
POWERPOINT
PRESENTATION: Presence Considerations in
Music Production (w/o music)
ONLINE
RESOURCE: Factors affecting telepresence with music (Word)
VIDEO: His Daughter ~ Molly Kate Kestner
Perfect Voice (YouTube)
VIDEO: Virtual Barbershop HQ Sound
(from Saeed)
VIDEO: Alive Inside video (power of music)
(Kotke.org)
ONLINE RESOURCE: Triumph of the Cyborg
Composer
ONLINE RESOURCE: Hail the Villain virtual
reality web
site
VIDEO: Ellen Auto-Tuning with T-Pain!
(YouTube)
VIDEO: Trump Clinton Face Off (ft. Joseph
Gordon-Levitt) (YouTube)
VIDEO: Bad Hombres, Nasty Women (ft. "Weird
Al" Yankovic) (YouTube)
VIDEO: In the World's Quietest Room, You Can
Hear Your Heartbeat (Mashable)
ONLINE RESOURCE / VIDEO: Disturbed releases
virtual reality experience for Sounds of Silence cover
VIDEO: Block Rocking Beats - Leap Motion
Tech Demo (YouTube)
Presence
and music example:
"Take On Me" by A-Ha
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Spring Break! |
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8. TUE
Mar 12
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Timely stories: Discuss
results of Observing attention and memory exercise CLASS PROJECT: |
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8. THU
Mar 14
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CLASS PROJECT: - Bring your top 3 questions about our relationships with media technologies, based on the six sources from Tuesday (above) and our various discussions. We'll synthesize them to develop our project's goals.
TOPIC:
Telepresence and education and skills training - John
Selverian, M.
M., & Hwang, H.
S. (2003). In search
of presence: A systematic evaluation of evolving VLEs.
Presence-Teleoperators
and Virtual Environments, 12(5), 512-522. Available
here.
VIDEO: Duke University School of Nursing in
Second Life
VIDEO: Virtual Eve
ONLINE
RESOURCE: swivl
VIDEO: thereNow's IRIS Connect demonstration
VIDEO: Distance Learning in the Classroom
(Cisco)
VIDEO: Cisco Telepresence Vision
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9. TUE
Mar 19
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Deadline for Assignment #9 (optional) - Presence and food
Timely stories: CLASS PROJECT: TOPIC:
Telepresence and art -
Saltz, D. Z. (2001). The collaborative
subject:
Telerobotic performance and identity (Focus on the use of cyborg and
tele-presence technologies in interactive and performance art).
Performance
Research, 6(3), 70-83. Available here.
Jones,
M. T. (2009).
Found in Translation:
Structural and Cognitive Aspects of the Adaptation of Comic Art to
Film.
VDM Publishing. Abstract and Chapter 4 available here. Optical illusion:
ONLINE RESOURCE: Patrick Hughes Reverspective
ONLINE
RESOURCES:
Alexa Meade (website)
(Flickr) VIDEO:
Elivs Schmoulianoff - Painted: An Adventure in Stop Motion Body Art Installations: VIDEO: Woo Sok Jang - Fluid Boundaries: Interactive
Installation ONLINE RESOURCE: Lynn Herchman Leeson TELEpresence: VIDEO: Breaking
the Ice (Winter Olympics 2010)
ONLINE RESOURCE/VIDEO: Telephonic Arm-Wrestling
ONLINE RESOURCE: Project
Paradise (Cyborg Adam and Eve) (and other projects) ONLINE RESOURCE/VIDEO: Occupy somenone else's body in BeAnotherLab's "Gender Swap" (ISPR Presence News) ONLINE RESOURCE: Will Pappenheimer's Here for You ONLINE RESOURCE: body>data>space Revisiting classics: NEWS ARTICLE: "Rembrandt Reality" uses AR to let you join doctors in Rembrandt’s most famous painting (ISPR Presence News) ONLINE RESOURCE: Van Gogh examples via ISPR Presence News search Performance: ONLINE RESOURCE/VIDEO: Introducing Hamlet in 360-degree Virtual Reality" (WGBH) ONLINE RESOURCE: Philarmonia Orchestra Digital Productions |
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9. THU
Mar 21
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Deadline for Assignment #8 (optional)
- Subliminal/supraliminal messages
exercise
- Reminder: Presence and Food deadline extended until Sunday night
Timely stories: CLASS PROJECT: - Come with your choice of project group (the four yellow headings in our latest draft of research questions about our relationships with media technologies, which is here). We'll meet briefly in groups to make plans for next steps.
TOPIC:
Telepresence and health and medicine - Adam
Westerman, D., Spence, P. R.,
& Lin, X. (2015). Telepresence and exemplification in health
messages: The relationships among spatial and social presence and
exemplars and exemplification effects. Communication
Reports, 28(2), 92-102. Available
here.
[Must be logged into Temple Libraries website]
CyberTherapy
13 - Conference Abstracts. Available here.
Levin, M. F.
(2011). Can virtual reality offer enriched environments for
rehabilitation? Expert Review of Neurotheapeutics, 11(2),
153–155. Available
here.
Brown, W.,
Basil, M., & Bocarnea, M. (2003). The
influence of famous athletes on health beliefs and practices: Mark
McGwire, child abuse prevention, and Androstenedione. Journal of
Health Communication, 8(1, January/February), 41-57. Available
here.
VIDEO: Parasocial Relationships with TV
actors (Katie and Liz)
VIDEO: Medical Virtual Reality Overview
(Katie and Liz)
VIDEO: USA for Africa: We Are the World
(from Jonathan)
VIDEO: Pee Wee Herman Talks About Crack
Cocaine - PSA (from Jonathan)
VIDEO: Charles Barkley PSA "Couch Potato"
with Arizona Heart Foundation (from Jonathan)
VIDEO: WWF PSA: Don't Try This At Home
(from Jonathan)
ONLINE
RESOURCE: American Telemedicine Association (ATA)
ONLINE RESOURCE: Telepractice statement
from American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association (from Julie '12)
ONLINE
RESOURCE: HopeLab
VIDEO:
Remote care in Australia (News Ten)
VIDEO: da Vinci Surgical System
VIDEO: Telesurgery - "Lindbergh Operation"
VIDEO:
Soldiers Get Virtual Reality Therapy for Burn Pain
VIDEO:
Not a game: Inside Virtual Iraq
VIDEO: Treating phobias through virtual
reality (Canada Foundation for Innovation)
ONLINE RESOURCE/VIDEO: Virtual reality
programs to help treat phobias (CBS)
VIDEO: Controlling Anxiety KNSD San Diego
ONLINE RESOURCE: Ri-Man (Japanese care
robot)
NEWS ARTICLE: How virtual reality technology
helped me cope with cancer (Body & Soul) |
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10. TUE
Mar 26
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Timely stories:
CLASS PROJECT: - Make
sure everyone is in a group and then meet in groups to
review search results on the research questions in each one, with
the goal of refining the research questions and drafting questions for
our online survey. (The file that lists the groups and RQs is here).
TOPIC:
Telepresence and business and
commerce -
McKone, D.,
Haslehurst, R., &
Steingoltz, M. (2016, September 09). Virtual and augmented reality will
reshape retail. Harvard Business Review. Available
here.
Arthur,
R. (2016, June
15). Future of retail: Artificial intelligence and virtual reality have
big roles to play. Forbes. Available
here.
Brown,
L. (2017, March
07). The development and application of VR shopping. Filmora. Available
here.
MSL
Group. (2016, May
04). Let's break tradition: Virtual reality in public relations.
Available
here.
Riley,
W. (2012,
September 6). Mobile telepresence adds fuel to race for same-day
delivery. Telepresence Options. Available here.
Presence Products web page
ONLINE RESOURCE: Interactive Advertising and
Presence: A Framework (Journal of Interactive Advertising)
VIDEO: Robot Chefs Take Over Restaurant (BBC
News)
Videos
(from Andrew,
Spring '17):
- CNET Retail Advances
- CNN VR in Retail
- ShelfZone VR Grocery Shopping Experience
- Virtual Apartment Finding
- CISCO augmented mirror
- Kinect Clothing mirror
- Office Telepresence (2016) MIT Video
EXAMPLE: Augmented reality picture
and video
from Hayley D. (Spring 2018)
TOPIC:
Telepresence and food -
Nominees for most presence-evoking food image (Spring 2019) (ppt) Nominees
for most presence-evoking food image (Fall 2018) (ppt)
Nominees
for most presence-evoking food image (Spring 2018) (ppt)
Nominees
for most presence-evoking food images (Fall 2016) (ppt)
VIDEO: Vaportrim
VIDEO: Robot Chefs Take Over Restaurant (BBC
News)
VIDEO:
How Fake Food is Made for TV and Movies (Insider)
VIDEO: Behind the scenes at a McDonald's
photo shoot
VIDEOS: ASMR -
Chinese food (eating at 1:45),
Fried chicken etc. (at 0:30),
Pumpkin Fettuccini/Pumpkin Churros (at 3:50)
NEWS
ARTICLE: Startup Invents Eggless ‘Eggs’ That Look,
Scramble & Taste Like The Real Deal (DesignTAXI)
NEWS
ARTICLE: This website turns your selfies into a giant lollipop you can
actually eat (The Sun)
ONLINE
RESOURCE: The Future of Computing & Food - AVI 2018 Satellite
Event
VIDEO:
This 'Spaghetti' is Made Out of Ice Cream (NowThis Food via FB)
NEWS
ARTICLE/VIDEO: The Vocktail Turns Water Into Wine — or at
Least an Appletini (Curiosity)
NEWS
ARTICLE/VIDEO: Feast Your Eyes on an Optical Illusion Cake (Smithsonian)
NEWS
ARTICLE: This website turns your selfies into a giant lollipop you can
actually eat (The Sun)
NEWS
ARTICLE: Upside-Down Dairy Queen Stunt Is A Real-Life Illusion
That’s Puzzling Netizens (Design TAXI)
ONLINE
RESOURCE: 32 Immersive Restaurant Experiences: From Pop Culture-Themed
Eateries to Multi-Sensory Food Labs (Trend Hunter)
ONLINE
RESOURCE: Immersive dining: Le Petit Chef, Breaking Bad and a whole new
world of eating (Blooloop)
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10. THU
Mar 28
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CLASS PROJECT:
- Meet
in groups to share draft questions for survey and make plans for
creating full set (organized by research question). We'll meet and
share as a whole class on Tuesday. (The file that lists the groups and RQs is here).
Finish Telepresence and Food (see above)
TOPIC:
Telepresence and sexuality - Jase
Lombard, M., & Jones,
M. T. (2013). Presence and sexuality. Human Technology, 9(1), 2013-05,
22-55. Available
here [follow link to pdf].
POWERPOINT
PRESENTATION: Presence and Sexuality
ONLINE RESOURCE: VR sexuality: Your
fantasies may never be the same (Wired via ISPR Presence News)
ONLINE RESOURCE: Technologasm: Teledildonics
and Adult Haptic Devices (Kinsey)
ONLINE
RESOURCE: Geometric Porn
ONLINE RESOURCE: Literature with An Added
Buzz (Daily Mail)
ONLINE RESOURCE: The Addictive Orgasm Apps
Changing Sex ED (Broadly)
ONLINE RESOURCE: The Rise of Romance Gaming
(CNN) and video at
What It's Like to Date a Video Game Character (Seeker)
NEWS ARTICLE: Remarkable 'Kissenger' gadget
lets you smooch a long-distance lover over the internet (Mirror)
NEWS ARTICLE: What It's Like to Experience
a Virtual Reality Orgy (Broadly)
NEWS ARTICLE/VIDEO: This VR Platform
Invites Users To Have Virtual Sex With Real Performers (Forbes)
VIDEO:
Futurama - Don't Date Robots (from Tim M. '12)
NEWS ARTICLE: Hello, Westworld: Sex Doll
Brothel Opens In Barcelona (Huffington Post)
VIDEO: World's First 'Love' Competition
[Vimeo video private]
ONLINE RESOURCE: VR Porn Has Made Some
Progress with Breasts, At Least (Kotaku) [vines missing]
NEWS ARTICLE: Your 'Westworld' sexbot is
almost here, thanks to RealDoll (CNET)
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11. TUE
Apr 2
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Timely topics:
CLASS PROJECT:
TOPIC:
Telepresence and death and bereavement -
Lombard, M., &
Selverian, M. E. (2008). Telepresence
after death. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 17(3),
310-325. Available: here. Origins - Sidra Pictures of Sidra Preserving the body
VIDEO: Here, Living With Dead Bodies for
Weeks—Or Years—Is Tradition (National
Geographic/YouTube) (Manny)
ONLINE
RESOURCE: Perpetual Pet (gallery) NEWS
ARTICLE: Turning the Dead into Vinyl Records (and diamonds and pottery)
(BBC News) (video
from NowThis via Twitter) (mini-documentary
Hearing Madge via YouTube) NEWS ARTICLE/VIDEO: Cremation ceramics
allow you to immortalize and drink out of your loved ones (Mashable)
NEWS
ARTICLE: Tattoo ink and cremated ashes mix in living memorials
(Philadelphia Inquirer) Online remembrances
ONLINE
RESOURCE: Facebook page of Matthew's friend
NEWS ARTICLE: Death on Facebook Becomes a
Haunting Projection-Mapped Monument (Creators)
ONLINE
RESOURCE: mywifesfightwithbreastcancer (from
Julie)
ONLINE
RESOURCE: Jules' Weblog (the dangers of time)
VIDEO: Jules smiles and says hello ONLINE
RESOURCE: Virtual Memorials
ONLINE RESOURCE: Mourners turn to mobile
phones to
remember deceased (The Digital Beyond)
Advanced digital reproductions NEWS ARTICLE: Researchers resurrected Joey from Friends
as a video chatbot (The Verge) NEWS ARTICLE: SPEAK, MEMORY When her best friend died,
she rebuilt him using artificial intelligence (The Verge)
ONLINE RESOURCE: Intellitar Avatars a Poor
Substitute for Afterlife (CNET)
(jpg of old web site here - #8)
NEWS ARTICLE: A Creepy New Startup Wants To
Create Living Avatars For Dead People (Fast Company)
Understanding grief and loss
NEWS
ARTICLE: The virtual reality experience opening eyes to the challenges
of grief (Funeral Zone)
and
VIDEO/ONLINE
RESOURCE: "The Reality of Loss" 360 video by The Loss Foundation
NEWS
ARTICLE: VR Experience VESTIGE Acquired by Other Set Ahead of World
Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival (Vimooz) ONLINE RESOURCE: Black Mirror: Be Right Back (Inverse)
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11. THU
Apr 4
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- Reminder: Topic paper assignment due 4/18
CLASS PROJECT:
- Meet
in groups to refine draft survey - organize your
group's survey questions by research question, highlight
approximately 7 (5 closed-ended, 2 open-ended) top choices (i.e., based
on what answers to research questions aren't available from online
searches and that you find interesting), and add response options. (The file that contains the current draft of the survey is here; the earlier file that lists the groups and RQs is here).
- ONLINE RESOURCE: 5 Common Survey Question Mistakes That'll Ruin Your Data (SurveyMonkey)
Finish telepresence and death and bereavement (see above)
TOPIC:
Telepresence and philosophy and the meaning
of life - Emma
Jones, M. T., Lombard, M., &
Jasak, J. (2011). (Tele)Presence and simulation: Questions of
epistemology, religion, morality, and mortality. PsychNology
Journal, 9(3), 193-222. Available here.
VIDEO:
Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman (S1,
E1; Are we simulated? Excerpt (28:57)
ONLINE
RESOURCE: The Simulation Argument web site
VIDEO: Simulation Hypothesis - The (source)
of Virtual Reality
ONLINE RESOURCE / VIDEO: Astronomers Create
First Realistic Virtual Universe (Phys.org)
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12. TUE
Apr 9
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Timely topics:
CLASS PROJECT:
TOPIC:
The ethics of telepresence - Robb
Lombard, M.
(2009). The promise and peril of
telepresence. In C. Bracken & P. Skalski (Editors), Immersed
in Media: Telepresence in Everyday Life. New York:
Routledge.
Available here.
Barfield,
W., Lauria, R., Mann, S., & Kerr, I.
(2005). Special section: Legal, ethical, and policy issues associated
with virtual environments and computer mediated reality - Guest
editors' introduction. Presence-Teleoperators And Virtual
Environments, 14(6), III-V. Available here.
ONLINE RESOURCE: Preloaded's Katie Goode
Looks at the Plethora of Ways the VR Revolution Can Impact Our Lives
(Develop) (i.e., the promise of presence)
ONLINE RESOURCE: Sextacles: How Snapchat's
new Spectacles are being used in the sack (Mashable)
ONLINE RESOURCE: Cremation ceramics allow
you to immortalize and drink out of your loved ones (Mashable)
CARTOON:
Presence and ethics (Owlturd.com)
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12. THU
Apr 11
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CLASS PROJECT:
- Refine survey draft (here); discuss plan to finish and launch
TOPIC:
Psychological processing, presence and violence - Sean
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14. TUE
Apr 16
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- Reminder: Assignment #4 (required) -
Topic paper due Thursday (April 18)
- Reminder: Assignment #10 (optional) - Music and
telepresence exercise due Thursday (April 23)
CLASS PROJECT:
- Refine survey draft (here in Word; here in Google Forms); discuss plan to finish and launch
TOPIC:
Psychological processing, presence and sports - Sydney S. and Natalie
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14. THU
Apr 18
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Deadline
for Assignment #4 (required) - Topic paper
- Reeminder: Assignment #10 (optional) - Music and
telepresence exercise due Thursday April 25
TOPIC: Psychological processing and binge media use - Abby and Sydney F.
CLASS PROJECT:
- Brief review of how it went when we filled out the survey (here), any important changes we need to make, and plan to get respondents
TOPIC: Psychological processing and social media influencers - Lindsay and Megan
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15. TUE
Apr 23
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- Reminder: Assignment #10 (optional) - Music and
telepresence exercise due Thursday (April 25)
- Reminder: Assignment #5 (required) - Future of
media exercise due Thursday May 2
- Reminder: More (optional) assignments due Thursday May 2
CLASS PROJECT:
- Brief review of data collection progress (our survey is here) and plans to analyze and summarize results
TOPIC: Psychological processing and self perception - identity and body - Sydney U. and Tamia
TOPIC: Psychological processing and storytelling - Wyatt
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15. THU
Apr 25
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Deadline
for Assignment #10 (optional) - Music and telepresence exercise - Reminder: Assignments due Thursday May 2
CLASS PROJECT:
- Brief review of data collection progress (our survey is here) and plans to analyze and summarize results
TOPIC: Psychological processing and videogames - storytelling, interactivity, game mechanics - Geoff and Cynthia
The
future of mediaTelepresence in Media Environments -
Powerpoint (NCA 2014)
Telepresence
in Media Environments - Project website
VIDEO: Star Trek: TNG - Measure of a Man
(courtroom scene)
VIDEO: Black Mirror - Be Right Back (cliff
scene)
VIDEO: The 13th Floor (1999) - The Truth
Scene
ONLINE RESOURCE: The Imminent Age of Virtual
Reality is an Illusion (Opinion) (Computerworld)
ONLINE RESOURCE: Back to the Future in the
Metaverse (IEET)
VIDEOS:
Great Films Fill Rooms (Part 2)
VIDEOS: Great Films - The Making of
VIDEO:
Hyper-Reality by Kevin Matsuda (Vimeo)
ONLINE
RESOURCE: Future Timeline website (search for
"virtual")
ONLINE RESOURCE / VIDEO: Astronomers Create
First Realistic Virtual Universe (Phys.org)
VIDEOS: Oculus Dash (Oculus; Road to VR)
Only if time... TOPIC:
Psychological processing, presence and politics - NEWS ARTICLE: Unconscious Reactions Separate Liberals and Concervatives (Scientific American)VIDEO: Democrats vs Republicans - Which Brain is Better? (Asap SCIENCE) Politics and presence: NEWS ARTICLE: Presence
and election day: ABC's AR set
NEWS ARTICLE: Virtual reality helps demystify voting for disabled people (BBC News) DISSERTATION: "Stimulating Interest in
Political Information and Facilitating Deep Comprehension of a Political Text
for Young Voters: Does Embodiment Matter?" by Klein alum Linda Greenwood (ProQuest)
Discuss results of Subliminal/supraliminal
messages exercise
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Study Days
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LAST CLASS! THU
May 2
1-3 pm
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Deadline
for Assignment #5 (required)
- Future of
media exercise
Deadline
for Assignment #11 (optional) - Comment on ISPR Presence News items
Deadline
for Assignment #12 (optional) - Telepresence portrayal project
Deadline
for Assignment #13 (optional) - Telepresence creativity
Deadline
for Assignment #14 (optional) - Individual project
- Reminder: Assignments due by tonight
- Reminder: Let me know if you submit ISPR PN comments
Timely topics:
CLASS PROJECT:
- Presentations and discussion of results! (thanks to the analysis team: Adam, Bill, Lindsay, Sean, and Sydney M.)
Telepresence and music:
Listening, vote and award!
(nominees from Abby, Adam, Bill, Cynthia, John and Sydney M.) Wrap-up!
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SAT May 11
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Instructor grades due
(11:59 pm)
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Other
useful resources:
Bryant, J.,
& Oliver, M. B. (eds.) (2009). Media
Effects: Advances in Theory and Research. Taylor &
Francis.
Bryant, J.,
& Vorderer, P. (eds.) (2006). Psychology
of Entertainment. Routledge.
Bryant, J.,
& Zillmann, D. (eds.) (1991). Responding
to the Screen: Reception and Reaction Processes, pp.
217-226.
Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Shrum, L. J. (ed.)
(2004). The Psychology of
Entertainment Media: Blurring the Lines between Entertainment and
Persuasion. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
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