week 2
M 01-Sep No Classes — Labor Day
- * Continue posting (and modifying/clarifying) ideas for group focus/issues
— current long-lists:
W 03-Sep Read/Discuss: Electronic Monuments Preface + Introduction (pp. ix-xxxi) *PDF in D2L
- » Focus: Method of Study, Class Perspective, On-going study
— “Civic Engagement through New Media?” (Internet Public Sphere)
» Blog Entry First Entry due Wed. 9pm; classmate comment due Thursday
- Notes:
- 200–300 words, informal (“bloggerly” voice = between scholarly & personal)
- Discuss first reading, E.M. Introduction
— suggest: link specific point from reading / class discussion to personal example
(particularly, observations about social issue or network media & activities) - More on blogging as assignment here
- Additionally, comment on classmate’s post — by Thursday
* update Thursday night: complete poll of your choices for group focus (issue/topic) — to arrange by preferences
F 05-Sep Read/Discuss:
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Jenkins, “Why Participatory Culture Is Not Web 2.0” (2010)
+ Zuckerman, “The connection between cute cats and web censorship” (16-July 2007)
- » Finalize groups by topic/issue; setup group sites/accounts
- * Begin “network witness”
— posting on group site and documenting on personal blog