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CS 4472: Design of Online Communities

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Intro
January 8

  • (no reading)
Community: Face to Face
and Online
January 10

Third Places
January 15

Research Methods
January 17

Research Ethics
January 22

  • Please do not miss this class. If you do miss this lecture, you must watch a video of class and meet with the professor.
Ethics Continued:
Disguising Subjects in Published Accounts
January 24

  • Please do not miss this class. If you do miss this lecture, you must watch a video of class and meet with the professor.
Cancelled
January 29

  • principal investigator meeting
Design Factors
January 31 (ES&T L1125)

Proposal Presentations
February 5

Dan Cosley
February 7 (TSRB 132)

Theory of Identity
February 12

  • Dooce (Warning: site is known for being irreverent and using strong language.)
  • TVNewser
Identity Online
February 14

  • Second Life
    Note: it takes a while to 'understand' this site. Please reserve at least 2-3 hours for exploring it.

Guest Lecture
February 19

  • sunah suh, etsy (tentative)
Reputation
February 21

Cancelled
February 26

Deviant Behavior
February 28

Midterm
March 5

  • Closed book
Governance
March 7

Social Roles
March 12

Participation and Lurking
March 14

  • due: hw: first interview transcript
Spring Break
March 18–22

  • (no class)
Leadership and Hosting
March 26

Bill Buxton talk
March 28 (TSRB)

  • due: hw: second and third interview transcripts (by email)
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Social Networks
April 2

Social Networks Continued
April 4

New Designs for Online Communities
April 9

Community Study Presentations
April 11

Community Study Presentations, Continued
April 16

  • (no reading)
Online Cooperation and the Open Source Movement
April 18

Wikipedia and the nature of "truth"
April 23

Design Presentations + Conclusion
April 25

  • (no final)

Readings and assignments are subject to change.

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