Begin New Consultancy

 
week 2
 
M 01-Sep    No Classes — Labor Day

 
 
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

      • Sec­tion 028 poll here (sign-in required)
      • Sec­tion 034 poll here (sign-in required)
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F 05-Sep    Read/Discuss:

      » Final­ize groups by topic/issue; setup group sites/accounts

 
 

    * Beginnet­work wit­ness
    — post­ing on group site and doc­u­ment­ing on per­sonal blog