SUNY Oswego, Spring 2010
Location : Social Networks and the Web, BRC 421/521 » Schedule
Schedule
January:
GETTING STARTED (before Jan 25)
WEEK 1 (Jan 25-31)
February:
WEEK 2 (Feb 1-7) | WEEK 3 (Feb 8-14) | WEEK 4 (Feb 15-21) | WEEK 5 (Feb 22-28)
March:
WEEK 6 (Mar 1-7) | WEEK 7 (Mar 8-14) | WEEK 8 (Mar 15-21) | WEEK 9 (Mar 22-28) | WEEK 10 (Mar 29-Apr 4)
April:
WEEK 11 (Apr 5-11) | WEEK 12 (Apr 12-18) | WEEK 13 (Apr 19-25) | WEEK 14 (Apr 26-May 2)
May:
WEEK 15 (May 3-9) | WEEK 16 FINALS (May 10-14)
GETTING STARTED
- Read the Syllabus and familiarize yourself with the Course Contents
- Set up your accounts for the wiki, blog and media links
- Learn the wiki basics and set up your user page
- Get technical assistance by posting a question to the message board
WEEK 1 (Jan 25-31)
Readings:- Abelson et al: Ch 1, Conclusion, and Appendix
--Annotate and Discuss - Wellman: Little Boxes, Glocalization, and Networked Individualism
--Annotate and Discuss
- Make sure you've done everything under Getting Started (above)
- Watch Steal This Film II
--Discuss
WEEK 2 (Feb 1-7)
Readings:- Barabasi: Ch 1 & 2
--Annotate and Discuss - Castells: Informationalism, networks, and the network society (Part 1)
--Annotate and Discuss
- Sunday Feb 7: If you can, join the class trip to Rochester to watch We Live in Public
- How's your blogging coming along?
WEEK 3 (Feb 8-14)
Readings:- Barabasi: Ch 3, 4 & 5
--Annotate and Discuss - Castells: Informationalism, networks, and the network society (Part 2) (if that file doesn't work, try this one)
--Annotate and Discuss
- Watch Connected: The Power of Six Degrees
--Discuss - Due (end of week): The Social Life of a Wikipedia Article
WEEK 4 (Feb 15-21)
Readings:- Barabasi: Ch 6 & 7
--Annotate and Discuss - orgnet.com: Social Network Analysis, A Brief Introduction
- Hanneman & Riddle: Introduction to social network methods: Centrality and Power
'' (read Intro and Summary, scan the sections in between)
--Annotate and Discuss the two websites above together
- Review your classmates' Wikipedia projects (the 3 people below you in the course directory) and provide meaningful comments
- Begin discussing Viral Marketing Campaigns for Osw3go
- How's your linking coming along?
WEEK 5 (Feb 22-28)
Readings:- Castells: Informationalism, networks, and the network society (Part 3)
--Annotate and Discuss - Dreyfus: Anonymity versus Commitment in the Present Age
--Annotate and Discuss
- Due: Final Project Proposals (If you are doing the final project instead of the exam, please create a new wiki page (linked from your user page, like any other assignment) and tell us what kind of network you will be creating. Read the assignment description in Course Contents carefully.)
- How's your blogging coming along? (Tip: If you are working on a post but it's not quite ready yet, save it as a Draft instead of clicking Publish. That way you can go back and continue to work on it until it's ready for publication!)
WEEK 6 (Mar 1-7)
Readings:- Barabasi: Ch 8 & 9
--Annotate and Discuss - Abelson et al: Ch 6
--Annotate and Discuss
- Review Final Project Proposals (the 3 people below you in the course directory)
WEEK 7 (Mar 8-14)
I'm going to be traveling this week, so my online presence is going to be diminished. Please continue with the assigned work.Assignments:
- Chat with Guest Speaker
- Due (end of the week): Web 2.0 Parody or Projection
WEEK 8 (Mar 15-21)
Spring Recess: NO CLASSESWEEK 9 (Mar 22-28)
Readings:- Barabasi: Ch 10, 11 & 12
--Annotate and Discuss - Abelson et al: Ch 4
--Annotate and Discuss
- Review Parody or Projection assignments (the 3 people above you in the course directory) and provide meaningful comments
- How's your blogging coming along?
WEEK 10 (Mar 29-Apr 4)
Readings:- Manovich: The Practice of Everyday (Media) Life
--Annotate and Discuss - Mejias: Many-to-One: Social media and the Rise of the Monopsony (this is a chapter of the book I'm currently writing)
--Annotate and Discuss
- Are you participating in Osw3go?
WEEK 11 (Apr 5-11)
Readings:- Barabasi: Ch 13, 14 & 15
--Annotate and Discuss
- How's your linking coming along?
WEEK 12 (Apr 12-18)
- Schoonmaker: Software Politics in Brazil
- Horst: New Media Practices in Brazil
--Annotate and Discuss the two readings above together
WEEK 13 (Apr 19-25)
Readings:- Abelson et al: Ch 7
--Annotate and Discuss - Lovink: The society of the query and the Googlization of our lives
--Annotate and Discuss
- Wednesday April 21: Attend Osw3go Quest panel (if you live on campus)
- Due: All your 4 Blog Posts must be published by April 25
WEEK 14 (Apr 26-May 2)
Readings:- Abelson et al: Ch 2
- Lohr: How Privacy Vanishes Online
--Annotate and Discuss the above two readings - On The Media The Net Effect
(hear podcast or read transcript)
--Annotate and Discuss
- Conclude playing Osw3go
WEEK 15 (May 3-9)
Assignments:- Due: Comprehensive Exam (those of you not doing final projects, email me your exam by end of May 6.)
- Due: Final Projects (if you are doing a final project, your report must be posted to the wiki by May 9)
- Due: Osw3go report (instructions here ) Your report must be posted to the wiki by May 9)
- Official Course Evaluations: Go to Angel, click on Learning Modules, open the folder marked Online Course Survey -provide your feedback on this course!
- Course Wrap Up. Go to this forum to join the discussion.
WEEK 16 FINALS (May 10-14)
Assignments:- Review at least 3 Final Projects and provide meaningful feedback. A list of final projects will be forthcoming.
- May 11: If possible, attend our Osw3go community forum from 12:30 - 2:30 pm in Campus Center room 114.
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