Today we discussed the pros and cons of a wide range of analog and digital non-text media. we ran out of time before I could show the trailer to the film Side by Side, so watch it on your own if you wish:

A 2012 New York Times article “Film is Dead?” nicely describes how analog film works, and offers a variety of perspectives on the economic impact of the industry’s move in the digital direction.

On Wednesday, we will discuss alternative media in both print form (zines and the underground press) and electronic form (blogs, wikis, etc.)
For Wednesday, please read the following:
Eland, Thomas. “Critical Thinking, Deviant Knowledge, and the Alternative Press”
Wright, “The History and Characteristics of Zines” (Part I only)
Barnard College, About zines: Definition, Genres, How to Make a Zine
Your blogging assignment is one reading response blog post.

~Prof. Leonard