Readings and assignments are subject to change. Please always check the online syllabus.
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1/6 | Introduction | |
1/8 | Community: Face to Face and Online | Reading:
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1/13 | Third Places | Reading:
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1/15 | Research Methods | Reading:
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1/20 | Research Ethics | Reading:
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1/22 | Ethics Continued: Disguising Subjects in Published Accounts |
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1/27 | Design Factors |
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1/29 | Theory of Identity | Reading:
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2/3 | Identity Online | Reading:
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2/5 | Gender Online |
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2/10 | Anonymity |
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Warning: adult content. Due:
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2/12 | No class | asb at NSF |
2/17 | The Social, the Technical, the Political |
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| 2/19 | Social Roles | Reading:
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2/24 | Deviant Behavior | Reading:
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2/26 | Governance | Reading:
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3/3 | Participation and Lurking | Reading:
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3/5 | Guest Lecture by Brooks Buffington, Co-founder of YikYak |
Join GVU Brown Bag in TSRB 132 Due:
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3/10 | No Class (President Obama speaking) | |
3/12 | Online Privacy | Reading:
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3/17 & 3/19 | Spring break--no class | |
3/24 | Constructionism |
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3/26 | Citizen Science |
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| 3/31 | Community Study Presentations | Due: |
4/2 | Community Study Presentations, continued | |
4/7 | No Class | |
4/9 | Intellectual Property and Online Remix | Guest Lecture by Casey Fiesler Reading:
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4/14 | Mechanical Turk and Turkopticon |
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4/16 | Design Presentations |
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4/21 | Online Cooperation and the Open Source Movement | Reading:
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4/23 | Wikipedia and the nature of "truth" | Reading:
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Readings and assignments are subject to change.