In the Facebook Age http://learn.bowdoin.edu/courses/sociology022 Tue, 11 May 2010 13:16:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 In Class May 11 http://learn.bowdoin.edu/courses/sociology022/2010/05/10/in-class-may-11/ http://learn.bowdoin.edu/courses/sociology022/2010/05/10/in-class-may-11/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 20:10:57 +0000 Dhiraj Murthy http://learn.bowdoin.edu/courses/sociology022/?p=363 Viral Video


And thus ends our semester. It has been a pleasure having you all in my class. As a farewell, pick one of the videos below (YouVote!).

1. South Park (Facebook Episode)

2. Virtual Revolution

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Viral Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaruNs_7okY

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Did you make the ‘greatest video ever’ (to quote J. Navarro)????

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YouTube and Participatory Culture…

Interview with Henry Jenkins:

From Danica’s Blog:

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Facebook vigilante ‘names and shames sex offenders online’

A “Facebook vigilante”, Chris Wittwer, has established a website naming 6,000 sex offenders across Britain.

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http://bit.ly/9krFMv

]]> http://learn.bowdoin.edu/courses/sociology022/2010/05/03/top-ten-reasons-to-quit-facebook/feed/ 3 Post cases of where the Internet is a Habermasian ‘public sphere’ and where it is not http://learn.bowdoin.edu/courses/sociology022/2010/04/29/post-cases-of-where-the-internet-is-a-habermasian-public-sphere-and-is-not/ http://learn.bowdoin.edu/courses/sociology022/2010/04/29/post-cases-of-where-the-internet-is-a-habermasian-public-sphere-and-is-not/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:03:22 +0000 Dhiraj Murthy http://learn.bowdoin.edu/courses/sociology022/?p=336 Post cases of where the Internet is a Habermasian ‘public sphere’ and is not.

Provide links and a short description of why you have chosen the site and made your decision.

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If you are a supporter of any Causes on Facebook, list the organizations here and list what you have done (both online and offline) through the Causes’ Facebook pages.

We will discuss what “actions” are used on Causes, which have an impact, and which are most valued as status markers.

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NB: Please bring iTouches to class this coming Tuesday so that they can be returned to IT. Another class will be using them for a project.

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Democracy: This week, you choose!

Anti-FARC Facebook Group referenced by Video

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