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| In and out of class, we will use a private, self-managed social network to communicate at [mediastudies.social](https://mediastudies.social). It utilizes Mastodon, an open-source software platform designed to connect with the [Fediverse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse), but we will only use it to connect with each other. | In and out of class, we will use a private, self-managed social network to communicate at [mediastudies.social](https://mediastudies.social). It utilizes Mastodon, an open-source software platform designed to connect with the [Fediverse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse), but we will only use it to connect with each other. | ||
| - | Each week before recitation on Friday, students should demonstrate their engagement with the reading in posts on mediastudies.social. This consists of two parts: | + | Each week before recitation on Friday, students should demonstrate their [[engagement_with_assigned_sources|engagement]] with the reading in posts on mediastudies.social. This consists of two parts: |
| * Complete the Quest, which is specified in each week's assignment, in a post or thread (by posting and replying to each previous post) using the hashtag \#q[number] | * Complete the Quest, which is specified in each week's assignment, in a post or thread (by posting and replying to each previous post) using the hashtag \#q[number] | ||
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| * Completion of the Quest in a thoughtful and creative fashion | * Completion of the Quest in a thoughtful and creative fashion | ||
| * Constructive contribution to the class discussion in replies | * Constructive contribution to the class discussion in replies | ||
| - | * Evidence of comprehension of, and engagement with, the assigned materials | + | * Evidence of comprehension of, and [[engagement_with_assigned_sources|engagement]] with, the assigned materials |
| Extra-credit bounties may be distributed to authors of the most successful posts. Criteria will vary as we evaluate the priorities of our shared discussion. | Extra-credit bounties may be distributed to authors of the most successful posts. Criteria will vary as we evaluate the priorities of our shared discussion. | ||
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| * Work together to foster a respectful, mature, convivial community based on mutual learning through our diverse perspectives, following basic standards of [[class etiquette]] | * Work together to foster a respectful, mature, convivial community based on mutual learning through our diverse perspectives, following basic standards of [[class etiquette]] | ||
| - | * Be present in our interactions together in class, avoiding the use of [[screen devices]] for purposes other than coursework | ||
| * Respect student privacy, keeping any materials or statements shared in class confidential unless permission is granted to do otherwise | * Respect student privacy, keeping any materials or statements shared in class confidential unless permission is granted to do otherwise | ||
| * Adhere to all [[university policies]], as well as course guidelines on [[academic honesty]]; we take responsibility for understanding them and the relevant procedures. | * Adhere to all [[university policies]], as well as course guidelines on [[academic honesty]]; we take responsibility for understanding them and the relevant procedures. | ||
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| Quest: Produce a multimedia testimony about how social media has (or has not) shaped your sense of your own identity; utilize not only text but also images, video, or audio | Quest: Produce a multimedia testimony about how social media has (or has not) shaped your sense of your own identity; utilize not only text but also images, video, or audio | ||
| - | ### Old to New Media | + | ### Old to new media |
| _Humans_: "[Old to New Media](https://opentextbooks.library.arizona.edu/humansrsocialmedia/chapter/old-to-new-media/)" | _Humans_: "[Old to New Media](https://opentextbooks.library.arizona.edu/humansrsocialmedia/chapter/old-to-new-media/)" | ||
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| Quest: Use a piece of pre-Internet social-media technology and provide a report on the experience, including visual documentation | Quest: Use a piece of pre-Internet social-media technology and provide a report on the experience, including visual documentation | ||
| - | ### Social Media Histories | + | ### Social media histories |
| Judy Malloy, "[The Origins of Social Media](https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ucb/reader.action?docID=4648372&ppg=21)," **pp. 3-33**, in Judy Malloy (ed.), _Social Media Archaeology and Poetics_ (MIT Press, 2016) [campus login required] | Judy Malloy, "[The Origins of Social Media](https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ucb/reader.action?docID=4648372&ppg=21)," **pp. 3-33**, in Judy Malloy (ed.), _Social Media Archaeology and Poetics_ (MIT Press, 2016) [campus login required] | ||
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| Quest: Create a timeline of major events in your relationship with social media | Quest: Create a timeline of major events in your relationship with social media | ||
| - | ### Privacy and Publics | + | ### Privacy and publics |
| _Humans_: "[Privacy and Publics](https://opentextbooks.library.arizona.edu/humansrsocialmedia/chapter/privacy-and-publics/)" | _Humans_: "[Privacy and Publics](https://opentextbooks.library.arizona.edu/humansrsocialmedia/chapter/privacy-and-publics/)" | ||
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| _Humans_: "[Regulation](https://opentextbooks.library.arizona.edu/humansrsocialmedia/chapter/regulation/)" | _Humans_: "[Regulation](https://opentextbooks.library.arizona.edu/humansrsocialmedia/chapter/regulation/)" | ||
| - | Artifact: 2023 AI regulations from the [United States](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/10/30/fact-sheet-president-biden-issues-executive-order-on-safe-secure-and-trustworthy-artificial-intelligence/) and [China](https://www.lw.com/en/admin/upload/SiteAttachments/Chinas-New-AI-Regulations.pdf) | + | Artifact: 2023 AI regulations from the [United States](https://web.archive.org/web/20231108231031/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/10/30/fact-sheet-president-biden-issues-executive-order-on-safe-secure-and-trustworthy-artificial-intelligence/) and [China](https://www.lw.com/en/admin/upload/SiteAttachments/Chinas-New-AI-Regulations.pdf) |
| Quest: Devise a law that would improve social-media regulation, explaining its rationale, how it would be enforced, and what new problems it might cause | Quest: Devise a law that would improve social-media regulation, explaining its rationale, how it would be enforced, and what new problems it might cause | ||
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| Quest: Choose a story in _Rest of World_ about a country outside the United States, and explain how the Internet might feel different in that country than it does here | Quest: Choose a story in _Rest of World_ about a country outside the United States, and explain how the Internet might feel different in that country than it does here | ||
| - | ### Equity | + | ### Equity and activism |
| - | _Humans_: "[Equity and Gender](https://opentextbooks.library.arizona.edu/humansrsocialmedia/chapter/equity/)" | + | _Humans_: "[Equity and Gender](https://opentextbooks.library.arizona.edu/humansrsocialmedia/chapter/equity/)" and "[Activism](https://opentextbooks.library.arizona.edu/humansrsocialmedia/chapter/ch-6-activism/)" |
| Artifact: [Feminist Principles for the Internet](https://feministinternet.org/) (2016) | Artifact: [Feminist Principles for the Internet](https://feministinternet.org/) (2016) | ||
| Quest: Propose a manifesto of principles that you believe would make the Internet more just | Quest: Propose a manifesto of principles that you believe would make the Internet more just | ||
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| - | ### Activism | ||
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| - | _Humans_: "[Activism](https://opentextbooks.library.arizona.edu/humansrsocialmedia/chapter/ch-6-activism/)," "[Online Activism in Indigenous Languages](https://opentextbooks.library.arizona.edu/humansrsocialmedia/chapter/online-activism-in-indigenous-languages/)" | ||
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| - | Artifact: HK19 Manual, [part 1](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZrIiXypVUvPIRs9JG8AsU55FkLsz81pqZstKQcbsAHc/mobilebasic) and [part 2](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UROUN37_gUqrDd4FYDFYXQAmYuXtsBAfaDLo47Im-Kk/edit#) (2019) | ||
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| - | Quest: Outline an original social-media activist campaign to achieve a desired social purpose; explain the goal, the tactics, and their expected effects | ||
| ### Information | ### Information | ||
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| _Humans_: "[Relationships](https://opentextbooks.library.arizona.edu/humansrsocialmedia/chapter/relationships/)" | _Humans_: "[Relationships](https://opentextbooks.library.arizona.edu/humansrsocialmedia/chapter/relationships/)" | ||
| - | Artifact: Ingrid Burrington, "[The Center for Missed Connections](http://www.digiart21.org/art/the-center-for-missed-connections) | + | Artifact: Ingrid Burrington, "[The Center for Missed Connections](http://www.digiart21.org/art/the-center-for-missed-connections)" |
| Quest: Create a screenshot of an invented social network that connects people in a novel way | Quest: Create a screenshot of an invented social network that connects people in a novel way | ||
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| ### Wellness | ### Wellness | ||
| - | "[Wellness](https://opentextbooks.library.arizona.edu/humansrsocialmedia/chapter/wellness)" | + | _Humans_: "[Wellness](https://opentextbooks.library.arizona.edu/humansrsocialmedia/chapter/wellness)" |
| Artifact: Jonathan Haidt and Jean Twenge, "[Social Media and Mental Health: A Collaborative Review](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w-HOfseF2wF9YIpXwUUtP65-olnkPyWcgF5BiAtBEy0/edit)" (ongoing) | Artifact: Jonathan Haidt and Jean Twenge, "[Social Media and Mental Health: A Collaborative Review](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w-HOfseF2wF9YIpXwUUtP65-olnkPyWcgF5BiAtBEy0/edit)" (ongoing) | ||
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| Quest: Design a set of rules for a social-media network for kids | Quest: Design a set of rules for a social-media network for kids | ||
| - | ### Our Transformed Selves | + | ### Our transformed selves |
| _Humans_: "[Our Transformed Selves](https://opentextbooks.library.arizona.edu/humansrsocialmedia/chapter/our-transformed-selves/)" | _Humans_: "[Our Transformed Selves](https://opentextbooks.library.arizona.edu/humansrsocialmedia/chapter/our-transformed-selves/)" | ||
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| Quest: None---focus on your pitches! | Quest: None---focus on your pitches! | ||
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| - | [ [[note:introduction_to_social_media|Notes]] ] | ||