• Readings
    • Classes
      • Sep 06 Fri
        • Siva Vaidhyanathan
          • Generational myth: Not all young people are tech-savvy
            • d=20080919 j=The Chronicle Review n=4 pp=B7 v=55
        • Come to class prepared to discuss the question of if and how your generation is digitally savvy.
        • Mind Tools
          • Memory improvement techniques
            • d=20130118 or=Mind Tools
        • Also: Come to class with mnemonic linking your name with something novel about yourself. For instance, I like science fiction: "Joseph the Jedi".
      • Sep 10 Tue
        • Rheingold ch=0 "Introduction"
          • Howard Rheingold
            • Net Smart: How to thrive online
              • a=Cambridge Massachusetts p=The MIT Press d=2012
        • Response: Ask a synthesis or evaluation question from Bloom's taxonomy about the reading. Then reflect on that question, perhaps by discussing how you would answer it. For instance, an example evaluation question would be: "how would you prioritize the skills Rheingold talks about in the digital age?"
        • Questions - Taxonomy
      • Sep 13 Fri
        • Rheingold ch=1 "Attention"
        • Response: As part of your reflection conduct the "online intention" exercise.
          • Attention Probes
      • Sep 17 Tue
        • Brian W. Kernighan
          • The World Wide Web
            • ch=10 bt=D Is for Digital p=DisforDigital.net d=2011
        • Response: Identify something about digital communication that you would like to learn more about, or something from the reading you found confusing.
        • Guest: Jessica McKellar
      • Sep 20 Fri
        • Review the tutorial and try to create a rich Web document prior to class related to the short reading. (No reading response required.)
        • Tutorial: Markdown
        • Jennifer Shore
          • Social media distractions cost U.S. Economy $650 billion
            • d=20121102 j=Mashable
      • Sep 24 Tue
        • Wiki assignment: Web search and evaluation
        • Rheingold ch=2 "Crap detection"
      • Sep 27 Fri
        • Rheingold ch=3 "Participation power"
          • Response: Provide three good multiple choice questions.
            • Questions - Multiple Choice
      • Oct 01 Tue
        • Wiki assignment: Filter and label your email
        • Nicholas Carr
          • Situational overload and ambient overload
            • d=20110307 j=Rough Type
        • Rachel Martin, Shayne Hughes
          • To foster communication, Bay Area boss cut off email
            • d=20130210 or=NPR Weekend Edition
        • Brooke Gladstone
          • The echo chamber revisited
            • or=On the Media d=20110617
            • Also see transcript
      • Oct 04 Fri
        • Rheingold ch=4 "Social-digital know-how"
      • Oct 08 Tue
        • Harrison Rainie, Barry Wellman
          • The social network revolution
            • ch=2 bt=Networked: The New Social Operating System a=Cambridge p=MIT Press d=2012
      • Oct 11 Fri
        • Joseph Reagle
          • Shaped: Aw shit, I have to update my Twitter
            • ch=6 bt=Comment: Likers, Haters, and Manipulators in the Age of the Web d=2014
      • Oct 15 Tue
        • Exam Review
        • Due: Reading response file
        • In your response, respond to the course so far by crafting two multiple choice questions and two short/essay questions that could appear on the exam. Conclude by providing answers, explanations, or mnemonics.
      • Oct 18 Fri
        • Exam
      • Oct 22 Tue
        • Rheingold ch=5 "Social has a shape"
      • Oct 25 Fri
        • Steven Levy
          • Secret of Googlenomics: Data-fueled recipe brews profitability
            • d=20090522 j=Wired
        • Fred Vogelstein
          • Great wall of Facebook: The social network's plan to dominate the Internet
            • d=20090622 j=Wired
        • Mike Isaac
          • With Search+, Google Fires Another Shot at Facebook
            • d=20120110 j=Wired
        • Josh Constine
          • Facebook sponsored stories ads have 46% higher CTR, 18% lower cost per fan says TBG digital test
            • d=20110503 j=Inside Facebook
      • Oct 29 Tue
        • Joseph Reagle
          • Manipulated: Which ice cube is the best?
            • ch=4 bt=Comment: Likers, Haters, and Manipulators in the Age of the Web d=2014
        • Due: Essay proposal
      • Nov 01 Fri
        • Wiki assignment: Ad Blocker
        • Please bring Hacker's Pocket Style Manual to class.
        • Wikipedia
          • Real-time bidding
            • d=20111230 or=Wikipedia
        • Don Marti
          • Targeted advertising considered harmful
            • d=20130910 cb=zgp
        • Niero Gonzalez
          • Hug it out
            • j=Destructoid d=20130309
      • Nov 05 Tue
        • NO CLASS, Meet at Anita Talk at 5:30 pm Blackman Auditorium at 5:30
        • (Reading response still due.)
        • Joseph Reagle
          • Alienated: You fail it! Your skill is not enough!
            • ch=5 bt=Comment: Likers, Haters, and Manipulators in the Age of the Web d=2014
      • Nov 08 Fri
        • Wiki assignment: Privacy footprint
        • Brian W. Kernighan
          • Data, information, and privacy
            • ch=11 bt=D Is for Digital p=DisforDigital.net d=2011
        • Adrian Short
          • Why Facebook's new Open Graph makes us all part of the web underclass
            • d=20110927 j=The Gaurdian
      • Nov 12 Tue
        • Now we are going to focus specifically on the gender element of toxic behavior.
        • In your response identify the central question of Herring, what she suggests is the answer, and two important concepts.
        • Susan Herring
          • Gender and power in online communication
            • d=2003 bt=The Handbook of Language and Gender e=Janet Holmes, Miriam Meyerhoff p=Blackwell Publishers
        • Jessamyn Smith
          • What she really said: Fighting sexist jokes the geeky way
            • d=20120319 j=geekchick77
      • Nov 15 Fri
        • OKTrends
          • How your race affects the messages you get
            • d=20091005 or=Okcupid
          • The big lies people tell in online dating
            • d=20100707 or=Okcupid
      • Nov 19 Tue
        • Toxic behavior may be the result of psychological factors.
        • John Suler
          • The online disinhibition effect
            • d=2004 bt=Psychology of Cyberspace nt=Also in CyberPsychology & Behavior 7(3) 2004
        • Greg Sandoval
          • The end of kindness: Weev and the cult of the angry young man
            • d=20130912 cn=The Verge r=20130912 13:11 UTC kw=hate
            • Warning: this article contains discussion of explicit sexual threats.
      • Nov 22 Fri
        • And another approach to conflict online is to focus upon the features of the media, in this case email.
        • Raymond A. Friedman, Steven C. Currall
          • Conflict escalation: dispute exacerbating elements of e-mail communication
            • d=2003 j=Human Relations v=56 n=11 pp=1325-1347
      • Nov 26 Tue
        • Alice Marwick, danah boyd
          • To see and be seen: Celebrity practice on twitter
            • d=201105 j=Convergence n=2 v=17 r=20111117
      • Nov 29 Fri
        • NO CLASS
      • Dec 03 Tue
        • Due: Reading response file
        • Ricardo Gomez, Stacey Morrison
          • Pushback: The growth of expressions of resistance to constant online connectivity
            • d=201403 et=iConference ve=Berlin
      • Dec 10 Tue
        • Due: Essay