Neuphilologisches Institut
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg

HAUPTSEMINAR:
COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION

Oliver M. Traxel

SS 13
Tu 14-16

Room: ÜR 15


SCHEDULE

Here you find the suggested course schedule. Each student is required to give a presentation. Presentations may be based on the secondary literature found in the Bibliography. Publications which may be consulted as a starting point are mentioned below though you are required to use further sources and draw up own corpora for analysis.


Session Date Topic Presentations
       
1. 23.4. Introduction  
2. 30.4. Netspeak (Crystal 2004; Crystal 2006, chs. 2 & 3) Maximilian Mattausch, Stefanie Salm, Manuel Troll
3. 7.5. E-Mails (Crystal 2006, ch. 4; Frehner 2008, ch. 2) Felix Reisner, Simon Schwartz, Stefanie Winkler
4. 14.5. Chatgroups (Asynchronous and Synchronous) (Crystal 2006, ch. 5) Laura Luff, Christopher Ollanketo, Senta Seibert
  21.5. no class due to Pentecost break  
5. 28.5. MUDs (Cherny 1999; Crystal 2006, ch. 6; Mud Connector) Björn Bayer, Florens Fischer, Philipp Pöhlmann
6. 4.6. MMOs & MMORPGs (Friedline & Collister 2012; Heinecke 2007; www.mmorpg.com) Johannes Gaar, Manuel Pfeifroth, Anna Ziegler
7. 11.6. Guest Lecture: Prof. Dr. H. J. Neuhaus (University of Münster) (attendence compulsory)
8. 18.6. Blogging & Microblogging (Crystal 2006, ch. 8.1; Crystal 2011, ch. 3; Levinson 2012, ch. 3 & 6; Myers 2010; Zappavigna 2012); Discussion of Coursework Isabel Bieber, Franziska Elsper
  25.6. no class due to external commitments  
9. 2.7. Instant Messaging & Texting (Crystal 2006, chs. 8.2 & 9; Crystal 2008; Tagg 2012) Melanie Hahn, Anja Höneise, Katrin Kehne
10. 9.7. Social Networks (Beer 2008; Bolander & Locher 2010; Boyd & Ellison 2007; Levinson 2012, ch. 2) Luisa Hovhannisyan, Carolin Jäger, Frank Pirner
  5.8. Latest Date of Submission (10-12 o'clock, HiWi office)
  9.9. Latest Date of Late Submission (10-12 o'clock, HiWi office)


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