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August 24 | Introduction |
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August 26 | Brief History of Communication Mediums Readings: Distance Matters by Olson and Olson Visualizing Email Content: Portraying Relationships from Conversational Histories by Viégas, Golder, and Donath Will hand out the book The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-line Pioneers by Standage in class |
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August 31 | Email, IM Readings: Email as Habitat: an exploration of embedded personal information management by Ducheneaut and Bellotti Designing Remail: Reinventing the Email Client Through Innovation and Integration by Kerr and Wilcox Planetary-Scale Views on a Large Instant-Messaging Network by Leskovec and Horvitz |
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September 2 | The Collective: Usenet, Question Answer Forums, Wikis Readings: Culture Matters: A Survey Study of Social Q&A Behavior by Yang, Morris, Teevan, Adamic, and Ackerman The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Social Search Engine by Horowitz and Kamvar A Jury of Your Peers: Quality, Experience and Ownership in Wikipedia by Halfaker et al |
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September 7 | Text: Signaling and backchannels, Emotion Readings: Leveraging digital backchannels to enhance user experience in electronically mediated communication by Kellog et al Emotion Rating from Short Blog Texts by Gill, Gergle, French, and Oberlander |
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September 9 | Design Project: Present new messaging interface |
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| Week 4 |
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September 14 |
Identity in Social Network Sites and Blogs Readings: Selective self-presentation in computer-mediated communication: Hyperpersonal dimensions of technology, language, and cognition by Walther Affirming the self through online profiles: beneficial effects of social networking sites by Toma |
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September 16 | Friendship and Social Capital Readings: Connection Strategies: Social Capital Implications of Facebook-enabled Communication Practices by Ellison, Steinfeld, and Lampe Social capital on Facebook: Differentiating uses and users by Burke, Kraut, and Marlow |
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September 21 | Deception online, Trust online Readings: Separating Fact from Fiction: An Examination of Deceptive Self-Presentation in Online Dating Profiles by Toma, Kancock, and Ellison Identity and Deception in the Virtual Community by Donath A Rape in Cyberspace by Dibbel |
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September 23 | Design Project: Presentation of Self |
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| Week 6 |
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September 28 | Group Dynamics Readings: Why CSCW applications fail: problems in the design and evaluationof organizational interfaces by Grudin Visualizing Real-Time Language-Based Feedback on Teamwork Behavior in Computer-Mediated Groups by Leshed et al Brainstorming groups in context: effectiveness in a product design firm by Sutton and Hargadon |
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September 30 | Social Visualization Readings: The Chat Circles Series: Explorations in designing abstract graphical communication interfaces by Judith Donath and Fernanda Viégas Social translucence: an approach to designing systems that support social processes by Erickson and Kellogg We Feel Fine at http://www.wefeelfine.org/ |
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October 5 | Social Visualization and Social Networks Visualizing Social Networks by Freeman Viral Marketing for the Real World by Watts and Peretti The Small World Problem by Milgram |
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October 7 | Design Project: Social Visualization |
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| Week 8 |
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October 12 | Audio Readings: In Situ Speech Visaualization in Real-Time Interactive Installation and Performance by Levin and Lieberman Thunderwire: a field study of an audio-only media space by Hindus et al Media spaces: bringing people together in a video, audio, and computing environment by Bly, Harrison, and Irwin. |
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October 14 | Video Readings: What Video Can and Can't do for Collaboration: A Case Study by Isaacs, E. and Tang, J. Myron Krueger, Artificial Reality [Chap 2,3] [Chap 11] Beyond Being There by Hollan and Stornetta |
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| Week 9 |
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October 19 | Trust Readings: Trust breaks down in electronic contexts but can be repaired by some initial face-to-face contact by Elena Rocco Can You Ever Trust a Wiki? Impacting Perceived Trustworthiness in Wikipedia by Kittur, Suh, and Chi |
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October 21 | In-Class Studio: midterm project discussion |
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| Week 10 |
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October 26 | Linguistic Style Readings: Mark My Words! Linguistic Style Accommodation in Social Media by Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil, Gamon, and Dumais Reading between the lines: linguistic cues to deception in online dating profiles by Toma and Hancock |
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October 28 | Mid Term Project Presentations |
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| Week 11 |
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November 2 | Social Media, Networks and Health Readings: Social use of computer-mediated communication by adults on the autism spectrum by Burke, Kraut, and Williams The Spread of Obesity in a Large Social Network over 32 Years by Christakis and Fowler |
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November 4 | Communication in Games |
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| Week 12 |
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November 9 | Surfaces, Furniture, Fashion, the Face and the Body Readings: Ambient Displays: Turning Architectural Space into an Interface between People and Digital Information by Wisneski, Ishii, Ullmer, and Yarin Should We Call it Expression or Communication? by Ekman |
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November 11 | Design Project: Communication Object |
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| Week 13 |
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November 16 | Social Spaces - what makes a social space? |
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November 18 | William Whyte - Social Life of Small Urban Spaces |
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| Week 14 |
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November 23 | Thanksgiving Break |
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November 25 | Thanksgiving Break |
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| Week 15 |
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November 30 | In Class Studio |
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December 2 | Final Project Presentations |
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| Week 16 |
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December 7 | Final Project Presentatioms |