Readings and assignments are subject to change. Please always check here.
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1 | 1/18 | Intro & Community: Face to Face and Online | Reading:
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1/20 | Third Places | Reading:
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2 | 1/25 | Research Methods | Reading:
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1/27 | Research Ethics | Reading:
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3 | 2/1 | Ethics Continued: Disguising Subjects in Published Accounts |
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2/3 | The Social, the Technical, the Political | Reading:
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4 | 2/8 | Design Factors | Reading: Online Site: | |
2/10 | Theory of Identity | Reading:
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5 | 2/15 | Identity Online | Reading:
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2/17 | Gender Online | Reading:
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6 | 2/22 | Reputation | Reading:
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2/24 | Deviant Behavior | Reading:
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7 | 3/1 | Midterm | Closed book. | |
3/3 | Governance | Reading:
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8 | 3/8 | Social Roles | Reading:
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3/10 | Participation and Lurking | Reading:
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9 | 3/15 | Leadership and Hosting | Reading:
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3/17 | Class cancelled |
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10 | 3/22 & 3/24 | Spring Break (no class) | ||
11 | 3/29 | Online Privacy | Reading:
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3/31 | Social Networks | Reading:
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12 | 4/5 | Social Networks Continued | Guest Lecture Reading: | |
4/7 | Community Study Presentations | Due: | ||
13 | 4/12 | Community Study Presentations, Continued | ||
4/14 | Innovative Design in Online Communities | Please famaliarize yourself with these sites before class. | ||
14 | 4/19 | Guest Lecturer: Brant Chee, PatientsLikeMe | Online sites: If you will be absent for the Passover holiday, please email the instructor and TA, and we'll arrange to videotape this class. | |
4/21 | Online Cooperation and the Open Source Movement | Reading:
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15 | 4/26 | Wikipedia and the nature of "truth" | Reading:
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4/28 | Design Presentations (optional) + Final Exam Review | |||
16 | TBD | Final Exam | TBD Final Exam Schedule |
Readings and assignments are subject to change.