Notes and Activities for October 11
Today, we’ll:
1) Review the guidelines for the Collaborative/Community Analysis project.
2) Brainstorm ideas for topics and possible research questions.
3) Examine possible sources of information and conduct some preliminary research.
Places to start:
- Find Articles (NU Library)
- JSTOR (through NU Library)
- Communication Studies Full-Text Search (NU Library)
- Google Scholar
- First Monday (Journal)
- Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
- Journal of the Hyperlinked Organization
- Pew Internet & American Life Project
- Jupiter Research
4) Discuss possible ways for hosting the Collaborative Web Project.
- Wikis (like Wikipedia)
- Content management software/blogging software (like WordPress, Movable Type, or Drupal)
Assignments for Next Class
- Read any three articles from “Group Dynamics in Cyberspace“
- Read “Communities, Audiences, and Scale“
- “Cult blog a fake, admit ‘lonelygirl’ creators“
- Watch “A Beginner’s Guide to Faking Your Death on the Internet“(Warning: Contains Profanity)
Discussion post on these articles will be next week — no discussion for this week.
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