Introduction to New Media gives students a hands-on feel for the history of new media technologies and their current social impacts. This year’s course features a special focus on the most disruptive technology of the present day, namely generative artificial intelligence like ChatGPT and DALL-E.
This week defines new media and acquaints students with the course.
This week you learn contemporary AI controversies as well as how to write with a chatbot.
This week reveals how digital tools have made still and moving pictures easier to create but also less trustworthy.
This week dives into text-to-image generators.
This week introduces visual creativity with a focus on web design.
This week focuses on generating code for websites and games with AI.
This week asks how new media can reinvent storytelling in the form of rich media and games.Go to Collins Center lobby:
Bring:
Students below a B- stay until caught up or class ends.
This week looks at generating stories with AI with an emphasis on avoiding cliches.Just watch 0:00-8:20 (up to “Generating Cinematic Videos”).
⚠️ This trick is simple but doesn’t always work.
You can find the answers in the Vocabulary tab of our Class Sheet or use AI to find them. ⚠️ Chatbots can lie, so it’s best to double-check AI-generated answers.
[No Monday class due to Veterans Day holiday]
This week looks at how digital audio and virtual environments can isolate or reunite us with the world around us.
This week asks whether AI-generated animation and audio is good or bad for artists.8:20-end (Start at “Generating Cinematic Videos”).
This week focuses on AI’s future impact on education and jobs.
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