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October 23, 2020
Discuss the four types of process strategies and give an example of each. Also, please share any personal industry experiences (if any) with each process strategy.
October 23, 2020
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Any topic (writer’s choice)

Choose only one of the following 2 assignments:

Assignment 1: In the Poetics of Digital Media, Paul Frosh writes that ‘media are systems for the production and disclosure of worlds’ (2019, xiii). Drawing on existing research, explore ‘the world-creating capacities of media’ (p. 10) through a self-chosen case study in the form of a specific media product from contemporary visual culture (e.g. a picture, comic, animation, or video game).

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Assignment 2:  Drawing on existing research and using a self-chosen specific media product (e.g., a picture, comic, animation, or video game) as a case study, explore forms of postdigital aesthetics in contemporary visual culture.

Instructions:

5 5006 000 words, excluding title, TOC, bibliography, and notes. The assignment should include in-depth engagement with existing research as well as a detailed case study. Basic expectations are (1) that the answer engages with relevant literature (”Poetics of Digital Media” by Paul Frosh and ”Postdigital Aesthetics: Art, Computation and Design” by David M. Berry, Michael Dieter) in order to discuss conceptualizations of the aesthetic with regard to contemporary visual culture; and (2) that the answer illustrates the latter via an analysis of a specific media product (e.g., a picture, comic, animation, or video game). Furthermore, such an answer will connect the discussion of remediation to discussions of medium-specific concepts from literature on the specific type of media product the candidate has chosen for their case study, the choice of which should be well considered and demonstrate a consistently high degree of independence of thought. (with a bibliography of at least 15-25 relevant academic sources).

Literature that must be used:
1.    Poetics of Digital Media, Paul Frosh
2.    Postdigital Aesthetics: Art, Computation and Design, David M. Berry,Michael Dieter

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