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STS 160

— Ghosts of the Machine: How Technology Rewires our Senses

(4 units)

Historical, aesthetic and critical approaches to how information technologies produced ghost effects or a sense of terror in response to new media like the photograph, gramophone, film, typewriter, computer, Turing Machine. Focus on technological media transforms sense perception.

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Course Description: Historical, aesthetic and critical approaches to how information technologies produced ghost effects or a sense of terror in response to new media like the photograph, gramophone, film, typewriter, computer, Turing Machine. Focus on technological media transforms sense perception. Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s), Extensive Writing/Discussion 1 hour(s). Cross Listing: TCS 160 . Grade Mode: Letter. General Education: Arts & Humanities (AH) or Social Sciences (SS); Visual Literacy (VL); Writing Experience (WE). Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s), Extensive Writing/Discussion 1 hour(s). Cross Listing: TCS 160 . Grade Mode: Letter. General Education: Arts & Humanities (AH) or Social Sciences (SS); Visual Literacy (VL); Writing Experience (WE).

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