# Text, Textuality and Digital Media

- Institution: IIT Delhi
- Department: Humanities and Social Sciences
- Teacher: Prof. Arjun Ghosh
- Level: Undergraduate
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics
- Source: [NPTEL](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109102156)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA](https://nptel.ac.in/faq) (Non-commercial use only.)
- Syllabus: [at the source](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109102156)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

The emergence of digital means of communication and representation is transforming the way human beings assimilate and engage with knowledge. To understand this process this course will study the evolution of language, narratives and representation through the history of technologies of communication – oral, written, print and the digital. It will explore concepts of copyright, censorship, authorship, nation formation. Students would engage in debates surrounding blogging, facebook, google, twitter, instagram, video games, wikipedia and other forms of electronic texts. Students who have already completed a Literature course are likely to benefit from the experience

Intended audience: Those interested in studying the history of the book and the onset of digital media

Prerequisites: 10+2

## Lectures

1. [Introduction to the Course](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109102156/631694c8658a) (YouTube)
2. [Marshall McLuhan : The Medium is the Message](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109102156/eacc56154e3c) (YouTube)
3. [Marshall McLuhan : The Gutenberg Galaxy (Part -1)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109102156/ff0a8ec49aa2) (YouTube)
4. [Marshall McLuhan : The Gutenberg Galaxy (Part -2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109102156/edc140bf963f) (YouTube)
5. [Walter Ong: Orality and Literacy (Part - 1)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109102156/ebcff36d7953) (YouTube)
6. [Walter Ong: Orality and Literacy (Part - 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109102156/68ca0786abb0) (YouTube)
7. [Walter Ong: Orality and Literacy (Part - 3)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109102156/1f97a86cfd9e) (YouTube)
8. [Dastangoi : History (Part - 1)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109102156/e44ef7036594) (YouTube)
9. [Dastangoi : Chouboli (Part - 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109102156/c542fb6757c8) (YouTube)
10. [Manuscript Culture: Europe](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109102156/f1e9f054b734) (YouTube)
11. [Manuscript Culture: India](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109102156/dfa53b28e324) (YouTube)
12. [Feudalism to Capitalism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109102156/34513b8327d3) (YouTube)
13. [Febre and Martin: ‘The Discovery of Printing’ & ‘The Chinese Precedent’](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109102156/1f0c6804e03a) (YouTube)
14. [Guteberg and Revolution 15th Century](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109102156/8ac7c29e988c) (YouTube)
15. [Consequences of Print 16-17 Century](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109102156/6506c9ece79a) (YouTube)
16. [John Dryden: \[MacFlecknoe\]](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109102156/1ad8d46a1641) (YouTube)
17. [Robert Darnton: ‘What is the History of Books?’](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109102156/3632c973f4ab) (YouTube)
18. [Benedict Anderson: ‘The Origins of National Consciousness’](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109102156/e26f5117a144) (YouTube)
19. [Manuscript Culture: India](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109102156/dfa53b28e324-2) (YouTube)
20. [Feudalism to Capitalism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109102156/34513b8327d3-2) (YouTube)
21. [Febre and Martin: ‘The Discovery of Printing’ & ‘The Chinese Precedent’](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109102156/1f0c6804e03a-2) (YouTube)
22. [Guteberg and Revolution 15th Century](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109102156/8ac7c29e988c-2) (YouTube)
23. [Consequences of Print 16-17 Century](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109102156/6506c9ece79a-2) (YouTube)
24. [John Dryden: \[MacFlecknoe\]](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109102156/1ad8d46a1641-2) (YouTube)
25. [Robert Darnton: ‘What is the History of Books?’](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109102156/3632c973f4ab-2) (YouTube)
26. [Benedict Anderson: ‘The Origins of National Consciousness’](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109102156/e26f5117a144-2) (YouTube)
27. [Colonialism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109102156/612b38263f8d) (YouTube)
28. [Print in Bengal](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109102156/c50fa3c0d346) (YouTube)
29. [Surveillance and Censorship](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109102156/147529471bec) (YouTube)
30. [Rise of the Telugu Novel](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109102156/4343104d443b) (YouTube)
31. [Publishing in Hindi and Urdu](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109102156/bca87f3446b0) (YouTube)
32. [Walter Benjamin: 'The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction'](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109102156/d1fe20d7cf55) (YouTube)
33. [Raymond Williams: 'Television'](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109102156/e80362ad0b00) (YouTube)
34. [Jay David Bolter: Seeing and Writing](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109102156/3c1d2598019d) (YouTube)
35. [Robert Coover: The End of Books Part-1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109102156/5d6a1caf6821) (YouTube)
36. [Robert Coover: The End of Books Part-2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109102156/16968aaa6ced) (YouTube)
37. [N. katherine Hayles: Electronic Literature](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109102156/5e208f0e98b7) (YouTube)