Editing Online Communities (UW COM481 Spring 2024) (section)

=== April 4 (Thursday): Commitment I, Reddit ===
'''Lectures:'''  (watch ''before'' class)

* [https://uw.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=23e5151e-8a96-4f42-8995-b1410002476d Class Preview]
* [https://uw.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=04b9eab1-0672-4f15-9ad1-b1400166e2b7 Commitment Part 1 (1/3): Introduction and Identity] [18m06s]
* [https://uw.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=63e2fd27-e82c-46c6-a73e-b140016720aa Commitment Part 1 (2/3): Bonds] [11m20s]
* [https://uw.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=4d084a16-e15c-4f09-bb1e-b14001675a96 Commitment Part 1 (3/3): Normative and needs-based] [19m01s]
* '''Content warning: Video discusses racial/ethnic hatred''' Erin Marie Saltman about [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY71088saG4 extremist communities online] [11m30s]

'''Resources:'''

* [https://canvas.uw.edu/files/118496288/download?download_frd=1 Reading Note #3] (Requires Canvas access)
* [https://canvas.uw.edu/files/117852029/download?download_frd=1 Lecture Slides] (Requires Canvas access)
* [https://canvas.uw.edu/files/118495071/download?download_frd=1 Class Preview Slides] (Requires Canvas access)
* [https://canvas.uw.edu/files/118863476/download?download_frd=1 In-Class Slides] (Requires Canvas access)
* [https://canvas.uw.edu/files/118880269/download?download_frd=1 Case Boards] (Requires Canvas access)

No Class Video Recording -- sorry!

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'''Required Readings:'''

*  [[#Component 1: The Theory and Practice of Online Communities|BSOC]], Chapter 3, pg 77-102 
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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 don't feel obligated to look longer than that, and don't read materials you find upsetting!) 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/AmItheAsshole/ /r/AmITheAsshole aka /r/AITA] — "a catharsis for the frustrated moral philosopher in all of us"
* [Case] [https://www.reddit.com/r/AskVet/ r/AskVet/] -- "A place where you can ask veterinary medicine related questions and get advice from veterinary professionals."

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