Readings and assignments are subject to change. Please always check the online syllabus.
Date | Topic | Readings & Online Sites |
---|---|---|
8/23 | Introduction | |
8/25 | Community: Face to Face and Online | Reading:
|
8/30 | Third Places | Reading:
|
9/1 | Research Methods | Reading:
|
9/6 | Research Ethics | Reading:
|
9/8 | Ethics Continued: Disguising Subjects in Published Accounts |
Reading:
|
9/13 | Design Factors |
Reading:
Online Site: Due: | 9/15 | Theory of Identity | Reading:
Please bring your laptop to this class. |
9/20 | Identity Online | Reading:
|
9/22 | Gender Online |
Reading:
|
9/27 | Anonymity |
Reading:
Warning: adult content. Due:
|
9/29 | Sociotechnical Systems and the Politics of Artifacts |
Reading:
|
10/4 | Managing Bad Online Behavior |
Reading:
|
10/6 | Social Roles |
Reading:
|
10/11 | Qualitative Data Analysis | Reading:
|
10/13 | Wikipedia and the Nature of "Truth"
(No class--watch video) |
Video:
|
10/18 | Fall break--no class | 10/20 | Citizen Science |
Reading:
|
10/25 | Collaboration and Crowdsourcing |
Reading:
|
10/27 | Business Models are Everything |
Reading:
I'll give my short talk on how to give a short talk. This is the last date to hand in interview transcripts. |
11/1 | Online Privacy |
Reading:
To volunteer to give a talk about your community study, email the professor and head TA before start of this class. |
11/3 | Community Study Presentations | Due: |
11/8 | Presentations, Continued | |
11/10 | Knowledge Building | Reading:
|
11/15 | Guest lecture: Sanjay Kairam, Reddit (formerly Twitch) |
Reading:
Optional, for further reading: |
11/17 | Design Presentations |
Due: |
11/22 | No class |
Due: |
11/24 | No class | |
11/29 | Design Presentations, continued | |
12/1 | Guest Lecturer: Michael Swenson, Discord |
Reading:
|
12/6 | Looking Forwards |
Reading:
As your "reading reflection," in addition to reflecting on the book chapter, please submit one to two pages on how you think online communities, social media, and the internet, will be different ten years from now. Come to class prepared to discuss your predictions. |
Readings and assignments are subject to change.