!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> CS6470--Spring 2015--Schedule

Readings and assignments are subject to change. Please always check the online syllabus.

CS 6470: Design of Online Communities

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Date Topic Readings & Online Sites
1/12 Introduction  
1/14 Community: Face to Face and Online Reading: Recommended/Optional: Online Sites:  
1/19 Third Places Reading: Recommended: Online Site: Due:
1/21 Research Methods Reading: Recommended: Online Site:
1/26 Research Ethics Reading: Recommended: Online Site: Due:
  • Obtain ethics certification via the online basic course, if you do not already have certification.
Please do not miss this class. If you do miss this lecture, you must watch a video of class and meet with the TA.
1/28 Design Factors Meet jointly with Eric Gilbert's class
Reading: Online Site:
2/2 Ethics Continued:
Disguising Subjects in Published Accounts
Reading: Online site: Please do not miss this class. If you do miss this lecture, you must watch a video of class and meet with the TA.

Due:
2/4 Guest Lecture by Bob Kraut, CMU Join GVU Brown Bag in TSRB 132

"Crowd Work, from Production to Creativity"
2/9 Theory of Identity Reading:
  • The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, by Erving Goffman. Pages 1-58, intro & most of chapter 1.
Online Sites: Due:
2/11 Identity Online Reading: Online Site:
  • Optional: Pro Ana Tumblr. Go to Tumblr search and supply keywords "pro ana". (If you have tendancies towards eating disorders, please avoid.)
2/16 Gender Online Reading: Online Sites: Due:
2/18 Anonymity Reading: Recommended: Online sites (apps for Android or iOS; please borrow a friend's phone if necessary):
Warning: adult content.
2/23 The Social, the Technical, the Political Reading:
  • Do Artifacts Have Politics? (Use library web localizer to get free access). by Langdon Winner. (in The Whale and The Reactor)
  • Code v2.0 by Lawrence Lessig. Chapters 3& 7. (Available free online, but you may wish to buy it anyway.)
Online Site: Due:
  • HW: First interview transcript
2/25 Guest Lecture by Andres Monroy-Hernandez, Microsoft Research Join GVU Brown Bag in TSRB 132

Reading:
3/1 The Internet in China Guest lecturer: Chaya Hiruncharoenvate
Reading:
3/3 No Class (CSCW)
3/8 Social Roles Reading: Due:
  • HW: Second interview transcript
3/10 Deviant Behavior Reading:
  • A Rape in Cyberspace (or chapter 1 of "My Tiny Life") by Julian Dibbell
  • Regulating Behavior in Online Communities by Sara Kiesler, Robert Kraut, Paul Resnick, & Aniket Kittur
  • "DeviantArt: A Constructionist Community of Practice for Artists" by Barbara J. Ericson and Umashanthi Pavalanathan (shared as a resource on T-Square)
Recommended: Online Site:
3/15 Governance Reading: Recommended: Online Sites: Due:
  • HW: Third interview transcript
3/17 Participation and Lurking Reading:

Recommended:

Online Site:
3/22 & 3/24 Spring break--no class  
3/29 Online Privacy Reading: Recommended: Online Site:
  • Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) on Privacy (browse)
  • Read the privacy policies of two online sites you use. List your sites on the wiki, making sure no one else in the class has picked your sites. Come to class prepared to discuss those policies.
3/31 Constructionism & Citizen Science Reading: Recommended: Online Sites:
  • Scratch
  • Zooniverse (Pick a project (like Galaxy Zoo) and label at least two items).
4/5 The Internet in Cuba
Guest Lecturer: Michaelanne Dye
Reading:
4/7 Mechanical Turk and Turkopticon Meet jointly with Eric Gilbert's class
Readings: Online Sites:
4/12 Community Study Presentations Due:
4/14 Community Study Presentations, continued
4/19 Wikipedia and the nature of "truth" Reading: Online Sites:
4/21 Design Presentations Due:
4/26 Online Cooperation and the Open Source Movement Reading: Online Site:

Readings and assignments are subject to change.

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