Readings and assignments are subject to change.
| Week |
Date |
Topic |
Readings & Online Sites |
| 1 |
1/8 |
Introduction |
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1/10 |
Community: Face to Face and Online |
Reading:
Further reading (optional):
Online Sites:
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| 2 |
1/15 |
Third Places |
Reading:
Online Site:
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1/17 |
No class |
asb at the NSF |
| 3 |
1/22 |
Research Methods |
Reading:
- Interviewing as Qualitative Research, by IE Seidman,
chapters 1, 4, and 6
Online Site:
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1/24 |
Research Ethics |
Reading:
Recommended:
Online Site:
Due:
Please do not miss this class. If you do miss this lecture, you
must meet with the instructor. |
| 4 |
1/29 |
Ethics Continued:
Disguising Subjects in Published Accounts |
Reading:
Online Site:
Due:
- Obtain ethics certification via the online
course, if you do not already have certification.
Please do not miss this class. If you do miss this lecture, you
must meet with the instructor. |
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1/31 |
Design Factors |
Reading:
Online Site:
Due:
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| 5 |
2/5 |
Theory of Identity |
Reading:
Online Sites:
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| 6 |
2/7 |
Identity Online |
Reading:
Online Site:
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2/12 |
Gender Online |
Reading:
- "The Strange Case of the Lectronic Lover," by
Lindsey Van Gelder (electronic
reserve)
- "Boyz and Gurlz" in Cyberville by Stacy Horn
- "TinySex and Gender Trouble", in Life on the
Screen by Sherry Turkle (chapter 8)
- Gender
Swapping on the Internet by Amy Bruckman
Online Site:
Due:
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2/14 |
Constructionism |
Reading:
- Papers by Amy Bruckman:
Recommended:
- "Battle Lessons: What the Generals Don't
Know" by Dan Baum in The New Yorker Magazine
- Jan 17, 2005, pg 42-48 (electronic
reserve)
Online Site:
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| 7 |
2/19 |
Midterm |
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| |
2/21 |
Deviant Behavior |
Reading:
- A
Rape in Cyberspace (or chapter 1 of "My
Tiny Life") by Julian Dibbell
- Approaches
to Managing Deviant Behavior in Virtual Communities,
panel, CHI 94, by Amy Bruckman, Pavel Curtis, Cliff
Figallo, and Brenda Laurel
- Managing
Deviant Behavior in Online Communities., panel,
CHI 2006. Amy Bruckman, Catalina Danis, Cliff Lampe,
Janet Sternberg, and Chris Waldron.
Recommended:
- "Banished!" and "Who Let the Nazi In?" (chapters
7 and 8) in Cyberville by Stacy Horn, pp. 157-220. (electronic
reserve)
- "The Purple Guest" (Chapter 3) in "My
Tiny Life" by Julian Dibbell
Online Site:
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| 8 |
2/26 |
Governance |
Reading:
Recommended:
- AOL Terms of Service (skim)
Online Sites:
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2/28 |
Social Roles |
Reading:
Online Site:
Due:
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| 9 |
3/4 |
Leadership and Hosting |
Reading:
- "Leadership: The Buck Stops Here." Chapter
5 in Community Building on the Web by Amy Jo Kim (electronic
reserve)
Recommended:
Online Site:
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3/6 |
Participation and Lurking |
Reading:
- "Lurker
demographics: counting the silent" by Blair
Nonnecke and Jenny Preece.
Proceedings of CHI 2000, April 1 - 6,
2000, The Hague, Netherlands, pp. 73-80.
- "Alone together?": exploring the social dynamics
of massively multiplayer online games by Nicolas Ducheneaut
et al. Proceedings of CHI 2006. (electronic reserve)
Online Site:
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| 10 |
3/11 |
Virtual Architecture |
Reading:
- "Cybrids" by Peter Anders (electronic
reserve)
- Marcos Novak's
Website (skim; parts are broken)
- Read "Liquid Architectures in
Cyberspace" (on TSquare under "resources"). Skim beginning.
Read carefully from page 248 to the end.
Recommended:
- "How did My Garden Grow" (Chapter 5) in "My
Tiny Life" by Julian Dibbell
Online Site:
- SF0
Note: Actually signing up for the site and trying it is optional. If you
do so, pease do not do anything unethical, illegal, or that defaces property.
Use good judgement.
Recommended Online Site:
Due:
- HW: First interview transcript
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3/13 |
Online Privacy |
Reading:
Recommended:
- "Privacy policies as decision-making tools, an evaluation
of online privacy notices." by Carlos Jensen and Colin Potts.
Proceedings of CHI 2004. (electronic reserve)
Online Site:
- Electronic Frontier
Foundation (EFF) on Privacy (browse)
- Read the privacy policies of two online sites you use. List
your sites on the coweb, making sure no one else in the class
has picked your sites. Come to class prepared to discuss those
policies.
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| 11 |
3/18 & 3/20 |
Spring Break (no class) |
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| 12 |
3/25 |
Case Study: Second Life |
Reading:
- Find an article about Second Life. Add it to the class
wiki on TSquare, making sure no one has picked it yet.
Try to find a scholarly article rather than a popular
press one if you can. Come to class prepared to summarize
your article and discuss why it is interesting.
Online Site:
- Second Life
Please spend at least 5 hours on the site. Make one simple
object.
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3/27 |
Wikipedia and the nature of "truth" |
Reading:
Online Site:
Due:
- HW: Second interview transcript
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| 13 |
4/1 |
Website Review |
See websites on Tsquare wiki |
| |
4/3 |
Children Accessing Controversial Information |
Reading:
Recommended:
Online Sites:
- From this list
of Internet filters, pick two filters and see
if you can use the developer's website to figure
out how they work and what criteria they use for
filtering.
- Club Penguin
Due:
- HW: Third interview transcript
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| 14 |
4/8 |
Online Cooperation and the Open Source Movement |
Reading:
Online Site:
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4/10 |
Guest Lecture |
Richard Weil, Community Director for Cartoon Network New Media
Online Site:
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| 15 |
4/15 |
Presentations:
Community Designs |
Due:
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4/17 |
Presentations:
Community Designs (continued) |
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| 16 |
4/22 |
Presentations:
Community Designs (continued) |
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4/24 |
Final Exam Review |
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Readings and assignments are subject to change.