Formats and Archives of Electronic Media

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved

Course Description Version:6.00

Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:25:26

Study Course Information
Course Code:		KSK_080		LQF level:		Level 6
Credit Points:		2.00		ECTS:		3.00
Branch of Science:		Communication Sciences		Target Audience:		Communication Science; Information and Communication Science
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:		Normunds Kozlovs
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:		Faculty of Social Sciences
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:		Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szfrsu[pnkts]lv
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)		6	Lecture Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Lectures		12
Classes (count)		4	Class Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Classes		8
Total Contact Hours								20
Part-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)		5	Lecture Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Lectures		10
Classes (count)		3	Class Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Classes		6
Total Contact Hours								16
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Not required.
Objective:
1) To give an insight into the archive semiotics and to introduce the principles and methods of information preservation in the cultural-historical context. 2) To give an insight into the specifics of electronic media in the information age.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.	Topic			Type of Implementation		Number	Venue
1	Introduction to the study course content.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
2	Global algorithm: Historical overview of media evolution until modern electronic formats.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
3	The “Third Way” position in relation to technological determinism.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
4	Archaeology of knowledge and archive power after Foucault.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
5	Archive as a collection, an instinct of accumulation, and a reflex of purpose.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
6	Database as an archive and contemporary dominant cultural form.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
7	Contemporary art in the archives.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
8	Post-Fordism economics from copy/product to copy/algorithm.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
9	Cultural reality of electronic media: networking society.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
10	Project presentations.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
Topic Layout (Part-Time)
No.	Topic			Type of Implementation		Number	Venue
2	Global algorithm: Historical overview of media evolution until modern electronic formats.			Classes		1.00	Institute of Anatomy and Anthropology
3	The “Third Way” position in relation to technological determinism.			Lectures		1.00	Institute of Anatomy and Anthropology
4	Archaeology of knowledge and archive power after Foucault.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
5	Archive as a collection, an instinct of accumulation, and a reflex of purpose.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
6	Database as an archive and contemporary dominant cultural form.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
7	Contemporary art in the archives.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
8	Post-Fordism economics from copy/product to copy/algorithm.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
10	Project presentations.			Classes		1.00	auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Study literature and other sources, attend cultural events dedicated to electronic media (seminars, discussions, exhibitions) according to the topics of the classes.
Assessment Criteria:
• Participation in lectures. • Participation and activities in seminars. • Creative research project.
Final Examination (Full-Time):		Exam (Written)
Final Examination (Part-Time):		Exam (Written)
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:		• Describe electronic media formats, essence, typology, theoretical views. • Tell and describe the history and modern development processes of electronic media formats and archives. • Analyse the interaction between the functionality of electronic media formats and the user. • Set out the aims and methods of research in electronic media formats in different areas of communication.
Skills:		• Ability to evaluate phenomena and effects of electronic media formats. • Ability to analyse examples and authors of electronic media formats. • Skills to integrate electronic media formats in multimedia communication process.
Competencies:		• Evaluate reality by applying information about electronic media format and archive to achieve different communication goals. • Critical attitude towards research methods, content, and form of electronic media formats. • Self-critical attitude towards the value of electronic media formats and their relevance to communication needs. • Responsible, knowledge-based application of technologies in the process of evaluating electronic media formats.
Bibliography
No.	Reference
Required Reading
1	http://www.columbia.edu/cu/computinghistory/hollerith.html
2	http://www.mundaneum.org/en
3	http://archives.mundaneum.org/en/history
4	http://meta-museum.blogspot.com/2008/11/le-corbusiers-tower…
5	http://www.science.uva.nl/museum/vbush_tbl.php
6	http://www.ibiblio.org/pioneers/bush.html
7	Vannevar Bush, As We May Think: http://u-tx.net/ccritics/as-we-may-think.html
8	Traceback tehnoloģija: http://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trackback
9	http://www.dougengelbart.org/about/collective-iq.html
10	http://www.dougengelbart.org/about/vision-highlights.html
11	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertext_Editing_System
12	Hypertext the Way It Used To Be: http://xanadu.com/XanaduSpace/btf.htm
13	Par imagināro muzeju: http://www.sunypress.edu/pdf/60662.pdf
14	http://http://www.w3.org/
15	http://mootools.net/
16	http://jquery.com/
17	http://yuilibrary.com/
18	https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/docs/o…
19	https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/firebug/
Additional Reading
1	-
Other Information Sources
1	-