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This is the weekly schedule for Computer Mediated Communications. Follow the links to external readings and to PDF documents. All the readings are in the course text unless noted otherwise.

Contents

[edit] WEEK 1

Tue 9/2

  • Introductions

For next time:

  • Read: Campbell-Kelly “Inventing the Computer” PDF, IEEE Computing Timeline PDF


[edit] Birth of the Computer

Thur 9/4

  • Discuss readings
  • Introduce Wiki postings, assign topics

For next time:


[edit] WEEK 2

[edit] Personal Computing

Tue 9/9

  • Discuss readings

For next time:

  • Read: Rheingold “Visionaries and Convergences” PDF


[edit] Connecting the Internet

Thur 9/11

  • LAB: Education in a technology world; Wiki tutorial

For next time:

  • Read: Castells “Why Networks Matter” PDF, Benkler “Wealth of Networks” Ch1 PDF


[edit] WEEK 3

[edit] Networked Behavior & Social Mapping

Tue 9/16

  • Discuss readings

For next time:

  • Read: Barabasi “Linked” PDF; “History of the Social Web” PDF


Thur 9/18

  • AIM session (virtual class meeting), topic: networked behavior: geography of the internet

For next time:

  • Read: Bell “Community and CyberCulture “ PDF, Bruckman “Perspectives on Community” PDF, Norris “The Bridging and Bonding Role of Online Communities” PDF

[edit] WEEK 4

[edit] Virtual Communities: Dynamics

Tue 9/23

  • Discuss readings
  • Introduce Virtual Community Analysis project

For Next Time:

  • Read: Turner “Where Counterculture Met the New Economy” PDF


Thur 9/25

  • LAB: Virtual community introduction, Telegarden

For Next Time:

  • Read: Bell “Identities in CyberCulture” PDF, “Gender, Identity, Language” PDF


[edit] WEEK 5

[edit] Identity & the Avatar

Tue 9/30

  • Discuss readings

For Next Time:

  • Read: “Managing Impressions Online” PDF


Thur 10/2

  • LAB: Identity formation and management, user forums and online dating

For Next Time:

  • Read: Kollock “The Economies of Online Cooperation” PDF, Resnick & Zeckhauser “Trust Among Strangers in Internet Transactions” PDF


[edit] WEEK 6

[edit] Virtual Communities: Trust & Reputation

Tue 10/7

  • Discuss readings

For Next Time:

  • Read: “Craigslist Founder: Internet Proves People are OK” PDF


Thur 10/9

  • LAB: Trust & reputation systems: ebay, craigslist

For Next Time:

  • Read: Naugton “Blogging and Emerging Media Ecosystems” PDF, Drezner “Power and Politics of Blogs” PDF


[edit] WEEK 7

[edit] Communal Acts: Blogs, Vlogs & RSS

Tue 10/14

  • Discuss readings
  • Virtual Community Analysis papers due

For Next Time:

  • Read: “Blog Usability Report” PDF


Thur 10/16

  • LAB: Blogs and Vlogs

For Next Time:

  • Read: Boyd “Friends Friendster and Myspace Top 8” PDF, “Teens and Social Media” PDF


[edit] WEEK 8

[edit] Communal Acts: MySpace, Facebook

Tue 10/21

  • Discuss readings

For Next Time:

  • Read: “Myspace Case 1” PDF, “Myspace Case 2” PDF, “Facebook Case 1” PDF, “Facebook License Agreement” PDF


Thur 10/23

  • LAB: Social Networks, facebook & myspace

For Next Time:

  • Read: Castronova “Synthetic Worlds” Ch.2&3, “Alone Together” PDF


[edit] WEEK 9

[edit] Communal Acts: Gaming & MMORPGs

Tue 10/28

  • Discuss readings, watch “Gamer Revolution” excerpts
  • Introduce 2nd Life project

For Next Time:


Thur 10/30

  • LAB: Living in 2nd Life

For Next Time:

  • Read: “Wikipedia Growth” PDF, Rosenzweig “History and Open Source” PDF, “Revenge of the Experts” PDF, Dessauer “New Media, Internet News, and the News Habit” PDF


[edit] WEEK 10

[edit] Open Source vs. Expert Knowledge: Wikis

Tue 11/4

  • Discuss readings
  • Introduce YouTube project

For Next Time:


Thur 11/6

  • LAB: open source movements, information & software design

For Next Time:


[edit] WEEK 11

[edit] Free Culture: Piracy, Property

Tue 11/11

  • Discuss readings
  • Introduce Virtual Community Design project

For Next Time:


Thur 11/13

  • LAB: DRM, Creative Commons

For Next Time:

  • Read: Zimmer “Search 2.0” PDF, “YouTube vs. Viacom” PDF


[edit] WEEK 12

[edit] Information Privacy, Google & YouTube

Tue 11/18

  • Discuss readings

For Next Time:

  • Read: “Keeping the Internet Neutral” PDF, “Global Internet Filtering” PDF


[edit] Net Nuetrality & Content Control

Thur 11/20

  • Discuss readings, EFF

For Next Time:

  • Read: Rheingold, “Smart Mobs” excerpts PDF, “The Future of the Internet” PDF, Turkle “Can You Hear Me Now?” PDF, “The Autumn of Multitaskers” PDF

[edit] WEEK 13

[edit] The Future of CMC

Tue 11/25

  • Discuss readings
  • YouTube Projects due (optional extra credit)

Thur 11/27 (NO CLASS – Thanksgiving Break)

[edit] WEEK 14

Presentations Schedule

Tue 12/2

  • Deadline to complete 2nd Life assignment
  • Design Project Presentations, Day 1


Thur 12/4

  • Design Project Presentations, Day 2

[edit] WEEK 15

Tue 12/9 (NO CLASS – Monday Schedule)


Thur 12/11

  • Design Presentations, Day 3
  • All Virtual Community Design project material due
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