University of Pennsylvania

fall 2010

ENGL505.941/CINE 500.941

Thursday 9am-12pm, FBH 139

Prof. Peter Decherney

decherney@sas.upenn.edu, 215-746-3156

office hours Tue 1-2pm and by appointment

Required Texts: Goldsmith and Wu, Who Controls the Internet? and Tim Wu, The Master Switch. All other readings are available through the course website.

Grade breakdown: attendance and participation (20 points), in-class presentation (20 points), annotated bibliography (20 points), 10 to 15-page research paper (40 points).