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Asgnd
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Due
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Item |
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5%
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9/2
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ongoing |
In
Class :
--. |
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5%
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9/2
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ongoing
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Online:
-- (see Online
Exercises, below). |
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5%
each
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9/2
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??/x2
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Required
Readings:
--. |
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5%
each
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9/2
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??/x2
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Outside
Readings:
--. |
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10%
each
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9/2
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??/x2
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Outside
Readings:
These are due
the week after you present the reading, both so that
you can focus on the presentation first and so that your paper
can account for any feedback from class discussion which you
deem relevant or insightful - or worthy of attention, even if
by critique. |
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10%
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9/9
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10/21
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Movie
Review:
Select one of
the options listed in the provided movie
list. which dramatizes, satirizes, or envisions something
about cyberspace, in whatever sense (virtual reality, the Internet,
or simply computerization - and perhaps robotics or technology
general, as long as it relates to something from the
course.
Submit a paper of between three and ten pages (typed, double-spaced)
by October 21st in which you summarize, describe, explain, critique,
market, or otherwise address the movie (whether its content,
presentation, style, production, marketing, or whatever) in
some sociological manner (whether drawing directly from the
readings in the class, or by using sociological work you've
explored in previous courses.) |
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40%
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9/2
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??
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Final
Paper (if you so choose)... |
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9/2
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??
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Final
Exam (if you so choose)... |
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5%
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9/2
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9/8
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Contacting
a Group: Post
to a mailing list ("listserv")
Send (at least)
one mesage to the mailing list for graduate students in the
department. The
message may not mention that this is an assignment, for this
class, requested by a faculty member, etc.
But it may ask
or say anything - perhaps about a reading in another class,
about other students' experiences on comprehensive exams, about
a reading or piece of literature that you would like to suggest
to other students, about a data question that someone else might
be able to help you, an internship, job, or grant opportunity,
or suggested social event for graduate students in the department. |
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9/9
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9/15
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Interacting
Online:
Take
a stand, and respond to someone else's, in a group setting
Post
a second message to the socgrads-g mailing list, taking a position
on any issue. Then (probably hours or days later) post a third
message responding to someone else, disagreeing with a position
they've taken. The point is not to create a flamewar (and you
should specifically not - at least for this assignment - be
rude, profane, or insulting), but to experiene interaction online
in a group setting, and observe any reactions from others in
the setting (including variations in those reactions). Think
carefully and critically about anything that transpires, including
social characteristics of those involved. |
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9/30
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10/6
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Identity
and Synchronicity: Explore
IRC through an alternate identity (gender or otherwise)
Go to dal.net,
enter a guestname under "Chat Now!" and click "Go";
or install software on your own PC, such as MIRC
or one
of these. Use this brief command
guide or the native help screens, and take part in a channel
for a half hour or so. Being strategic about your choice of
alias, about the things you say and do, and about the pace and
structure of your conversation, play with your identity, observe
reactioins, and try to ascertain (without directly asking, of
course) whether your miscues are working - that is, do others
seem to treat you as the identity you're trying to portrary
(another gender, another age, another nationality, or something
else). |
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10/7
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10/20
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"Community"
Tools: Neighborhood
Networks
Establish an online community for
your neighborhood (defined however you like) using i-neighbors.com.
Please see this PDF file with screenshots
for complete instructions and directions.
Here are the ones that I know about: Ellis
- Eileen
- Michelle
- Jesse - Tyler
- Ella - Aneta
- Venessa - Rosilyn |
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11/17
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12/7
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The
Future: Blogs
Start
a blog through any of the free online services (for example,
try blogger.com), post
at least two messages, and link to a blog of someone else in
the class in at least one of those posts. It's quick, free,
and arguably fun. (In retrospect, this assignment should have
come at the start of the term so that you could discuss your
other online encounters in your blog. At this juncture, you
might post about readings, about the class, or about anything
else that interests you.) Think about your project as a contribution
to the Living
Web.
Once yours is up and running, send me a link so that I can add
it to this list: Ellis
- Vanessa
- Jesse -
Aneta - Tyler
- Eileen
- Ella
- Rosilynn
- Michelle |
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