Editing Interpersonal Media (Winter 2020) (section)

=== January 15 (Wednesday): Commitment (Part I) ===

'''Resources:'''

* [https://canvas.uw.edu/files/61023097/download?download_frd=1 Week 2 Reading Note] (Requires UW Access)
* [https://canvas.uw.edu/files/61305033/download?download_frd=1 Lecture Slides] (Requires UW Access)
* [https://uw.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=582845b6-441d-42b0-aa8c-ab3c005b7d61 Video Recording of Lecture & Case] (Requires UW Access) [Note: The mic died for the last 10 minutes of the case.]
* [https://canvas.uw.edu/files/61306080/download?download_frd=1 Case Boards]  (Requires UW Access)

'''Required Readings:'''

* BSOC, Chapter 3, pg 77-102 (Section 1)

In this case, we're going to be looking at five different "subreddit" communities within Reddit. In some of these cases, there is an enormous amount of material on the pages and subpages. Poke around for 10 minutes or so (please not more!) until you get a sense for who is participating and how and why people build commitment to the site such that you will be comfortable answering the questions in the reading note. Please ''do not'' post on the sites or disrupt them in any way. We're guests in their communities and you only need to look:

* [Case] [https://www.reddit.com/r/aww/ /r/aww] — "Things that make you go AWW! -- like puppies, bunnies, babies, and so on..."
* [Case] [https://www.reddit.com/r/udub/ /r/udub] — "the unofficial subreddit of the University of Washington"
* [Case] [https://www.reddit.com/r/SeattleWA/ /r/SeattleWA] — "the active Reddit community for Seattle, Washington and the Puget Sound area"
* [Case] [https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/ /r/NoSleep] — "a place for authors to share their original horror stories"
* [Case] [https://www.reddit.com/r/CasualPizzaCats/ /r/CasualPizzaCats] - a World of Warcraft guild