Artists of Information. Case studies of authors, film stars, musicians, fashion designers, hackers, pilgrims, and others whose work demonstrates the vital crossings between the cultures of the arts and of information. Each case study was created by a team of undergraduate students and includes an overview, interactive timeline, annotated links, discussion issues, and a bibliography.
Essays. Short essays written by individual students in association with their team projects on an "artist of information."
Team projects created by students in this course in Fall 1999:
- Sir Francis Bacon (Randy Evered, Ryan McGuire, Garren Tinney, Thai Tran)
- Cathedral de Compastela (Laura Fabrick, Geri Ferguson, and Christina Valadez)
- Coco Chanel and Fashion (Jennifer Dunn and Jennifer Kerbes)
- Charlie Chaplin and Silent Films (Mary Durham, Josh Handler, Adam Racusin, Nicole Simonian)
- Bob Dylan and Social Consciousness (Todd Abbott, Ryan Degheri, Laura Nurse, and Kelly Robinson)
- The King and the Media (on Elvis Presley) (Anthony Cirincione, Oliver Greene, and Erik Hoegh-Guldberg)
- Kevin Mitnick: Hackers and Information Exchange (Matthew Brink, Soumontha Thipsouvanh, and Nathaniel Weber)
- The Power of Propaganda (Aaron Jordan and Aleksandra Rode)
- Public Enemy and MP3 (Keir Dubois and Anjula Narang)
- Radiohead and the Post-Modern Society (Erica Brower, Patrick Jensen, Michael Rankin, Freddy Sipowicz, and Mario Tanny)
- Virtual Capitalism (Maribel Andrade, Christine Chu, Ryan Conolley, Mark Hutchison)
Individual short essays written by undergraduates in this course in Fall 1999:
- Todd M. Abbott, "The Evolution of Communication"
- Maribel Andrade, "Information and Electronic Commerce: Is It for Everyone?"
- Matthew W. Brink, "Infotheft in the Age of Information"
- Erica Brower, "MP3's and the Music Industry"
- Christine Chu, "Directions"
- Tony Cirincione, "Poor Talents Paying Bills (Elvis Presley)"
- Ryan Conolley, "The Rise of Technology-based Capitalism"
- Ryan A. Degheri, "Dylan and Media"
- Keir Dubois, "Corporate Fear of the MP3"
- Jennifer Dunn, "Styles of Dress as Reflections of Social Conditions"
- Mary Durham, "The Rise of Technology and Film throughout the Twentieth Century"
- Randy Evered, "Sir Francis Bacon's Advancement of Learning and Information on the Internet"
- Laura Fabrick, "Understanding Pilgrimage through Journals: An In-Depth Look at Viaggio in Ponente written by Domenico Laffi"
- Geri Ferguson, "The Cult of Santiago"
- Erik Hoegh-Guldberg, "I Have Seen Elvis"
- Josh Handler, "Silent Film Meets the Talkies: A Brief History"
- Mark Hutchison, "ELECTRONIC-Commerce How It Is Affecting American Industry"
- Patrick Jensen, "The Dadaists and Radiohead: The Distribution of Ink-Printed Text Versus Hypertext"
- Jennifer Kerbes, "Different Perceptions of Black Women in Advertising"
- Anjula Narang, "Music Speaks"
- Laura Nurse, "Dylan's Desire - How Bob Seems to Always be One Step Ahead of his Adoring Public: The Information Environment During the Making of the Album"
- Michael Rankin, "Radiohead: Data and Dada"
- Aleksandra Rode, "The Infiltration of German Propaganda Into American Culture"
- Nicole T. Simonian, "Charlie Chaplin: Film as Information"
- Freddy Sipowicz, "Radiohead"
- Mario Tanney, "Radiohead and the Jubilee 2000 Campaign"
- Samantha Thipsouvanh, "Hackers: Control and Property"
- Michael Garren Tinney, "Culture and Information (Sir Francis Bacon)"
- Thai Tran, "The Need for Bacon's Philosophy Works in This Complicated World"
- Christina Valadez, "The Pilgrimage to Cathedral of Compostela"
- Nathaniel Weber, "Myth of the Hacker
