We set out to learn
How to use digital communications mindfully and effectively
Concepts
- theoretical:
- network: 6-degrees
- collective action: prisoner’s dilemma
- communication: deindividuation & depersonalization
- experimental:
- mirror studies & self-esteem
- critical: algorithmic & emergent bias
- technical: DNS and cookies
- market: online advertising
Skills
- learning how to learn
- think critically
- correlation != causation
- hunting for assumptions
- going beyond what you believe, to consider why and how (Magnabosco 2021)
- asking complex questions: is social media making us more narcissistic?
- increasing proficiency: we can better search the Web, filter email, block ads, and protect our privacy
- communicating: writing, wikis, and classroom discussion
Work
A lot of it!
- you built a website with
- ten reading responses
- four practical exercises
- wrote an essay proposal, revision, and final
(I read around 300 reading responses and gave over 200 pieces of feedback—and met my goal of returning it all within the week.)
TRACE
I appreciate your feedback and specific recommendations
reading X was useful because …;
reading Y was not because of …
So please do give feedback and don’t succumb to “checkbox fatigue”
