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Fall 2007
Thursday, 5:10 - 6:50 PM
MY 345M
Office hours: Tue., 5 - 6:30 PM, MY 260
Sarah Lohnes, Instructor
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Schedule
- 9/6 Introduction
- 9/13 Tech Determinism & SCOT
- 9/20 The Information Society
- 9/27 CMC in ICTs
- 10/4 Identity
- 10/11 Place and the Blurring of Boundaries
- 10/18 Community
- 10/25 Article Presentations
- 11/1 Social Networks
- 11/8 Interaction
- 11/15 Mobile Communication
- 11/22 No Class -- Thanksgiving
- 11/29 Online Session
- 12/6 The Network Society
- 12/13 Final Presentations
- 12/20 Final Presentations
- Note: updated 10/5/2007
Contents |
Social and Communicative Aspects of Internet Communication Technologies (ICTs)
TOPIC 2: Interaction reconsidered: the how and where of social life on the Internet
[edit] Session 4: CMC in ICTs
9/27/07
How do people communicate together online?
Guest instructor: Prof. Chuck Kinzer
- Readings
- Walther, J. (1996). Computer-mediated communication: Impersonal, interpersonal, and hyperpersonal interaction. Communication Research, 23(3), 3-43. (e-reserve on ClassWeb)
- Baym, N. (2006). Interpersonal life online. In L. Lievrouw & S. Livingstone (Eds.), The Handbook of New Media, Updated Student Edition (35-54). London: Sage.
- Bugeja, M. (2007, September 14). Second thoughts about Second Life. The Chronicle of Higher Education, p. C1. Retrieved September 11, 2007 from http://chronicle.com/weekly/v54/i03/03c00101.htm (e-reserve on ClassWeb)
- Viewings
- On the vagaries of a Second Life (requires Real Player to be installed on your computer) - CBC news report on Second Life, a good introduction to the world, about 8 min. long
- Blog
- What concept or idea intrigued you most in this weeks' readings? How/does it impact your thinking about the questions and issues that you're interested in exploring in this class?
- A note: most people have been doing a great job engaging with the first part of this assignment, reflecting on the reading. Please also make sure to address the second question by making explicit connections to the questions and issues that you wrote for yourself in your first blog entry. I want you to push your thinking around those topics! (This doesn't necessarily mean that your entries need to be longer - as I said in class, your blog entries don't have to be more than a paragraph or two - but I'd like to see both areas addressed.)
- Further readings and listening (not required)
- Digital 'Smiley Face' Turns 25 - New York Times
- Science Friday show on Second Life - guests include an academic research of virtual worlds, the Second Life CTO and co-founder, and Sherry Turkle
- KQED TV report, San Jose State University - Description of San Jose State's campus in SL, virtual office hours, and so on.
