Topic outline

  • Welcome!

    Welcome to the Designerly Approaches to Social Media (#DASM) -course!

    During the coming three weeks we will take a deep dive to the world of social media, how it works, how we can work in there, and how we can take advantage of it in our work? The course consist of (1) lectures and discussions every morning from Tuesday to Friday, 9.15 - 12.00 and (2) a social media project done during the course.

    Teachers: Teemu Leinonen (@teemul) & IIda Hietala

    Tools we use: Zoom, Discord server, Blogs


    • Week 1: Join or Die: The power of social media

      Join, or Die. by Benjamin Franklin (1754), a political cartoon commentary on the disunity of the Thirteen Colonies during the

      Tuesday, 20 April, 09:15 - 12:00 

      Teemu Leinonen: Introduction, assignments, study project

      Lecture: Agnieszka Pokrywka: Cyano Automaton

      Lecture: Teemu Leinonen: History of social media, critical design

      Homework: Article 1

      Wednesday, 21 April, 09:15 - 12:00 

      Fishbowl discussion on the homework reading

      Lecture: Iida Hietala: Social media industry 

      Lecture: Teemu Leinonen: Social media and geopolitics

      Homework: Article 2

      Thursday, 22 April, 09:15 - 12:00

      Fishbowl discussion on the homework reading

      Lecture: Ph.D Minttu Tikka: The active agency of ordinary people in mediatized crises

      Friday, 23 April, 09:15 - 12:00

      Design exercise 1: Papanek's paper computer 

      Lecture: Ph.D Ksenia Mukhina: Studying urban and cultural dynamics using social media

      Design exercise 2: Three visualisations 


    • Week 2: Activists, pirates and hackers 

      The Pirate Publisher—An International Burlesque that has the Longest Run on Record by Joseph Ferdinand Keppler.

      Tuesday, 27 April, 9:15-12:00

      Lecture: Teemu Leinonen: Lets talk about AI

      Lecture: serial entrepreneur, MSSc Pauliina Seppälä: Early dreams and . . . business as usual

      Lecture: Teemu Leinonen: What will come after the Web and the Social Media?

      Wednesday, 28 April, 9:15 - 12:00

      Fishbowl discussion on the homework screening

      Lecture: Ph.D. Pekka Sauri (@pekkasauri) TBA

      Thursday, 29 April, 10:15 - 12:00

      Meeting in Töölönlahti pier in the Finlandia Hall end of the lake. Map link.

      Discussion on the homework reading

      Friday, 30 April, 9:15 - 12:00

      Discussion on the homework reading

      Lecture: PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher Salla-Maaria Laaksonen: Connective action theory and online humor as activism: the curious case of Loldiers of Odin.

      Mid-course presentations.



    • Week 3: Critical Design

      The fact that information spreads quickly means that truth can spread quickly, and lies can spread quickly.

      Tuesday, 4 May, 9:15 - 12:00

      Studio 1: Working on your projects

      Studio 2: Your presentations

      Wednesday, 5 May, 9:15 - 12:00

      Meeting in Töölönlahti pier in the Finlandia Hall end of the lake. Map link. We will walk to the Cafe Regatta. We will be there around 10.

      Discussion on the homework reading

      Thursday, 6 May, 9:15 - 12:00

      Studio 3: Working on your projects

      Studio 4: Working on your projects

      Friday, 7 May, 9:15 - 12:00

      Presentations


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