Editing Communication and Social Networks (Spring 2020)/Social Search Assignment
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== Social Search == | == Social Search == | ||
We've read about how people in Stanley Milgram's experiments used their personal networks to find a target person. You're going to use your personal networks to find a Purdue student who has a driver’s license from Hawaii. If you personally have one, you’ll need to find someone else that has one too. If you have to ask people, please keep track of the people you contact, and make a diagram of your search. You should only contact people that you know on a first-name basis and that know you on a first-name basis | We've read about how people in Stanley Milgram's experiments used their personal networks to find a target person. You're going to use your personal networks to find a Purdue student who has a driver’s license from Hawaii. If you personally have one, you’ll need to find someone else that has one too. If you have to ask people, please keep track of the people you contact, and make a diagram of your search. You should only contact people that you know on a first-name basis and that know you on a first-name basis. | ||
In order to make this as similar as possible to the original study, you should use | In order to make this as similar as possible to the original study, you should not use Facebook or any other electronic source to see who might be from Hawaii. | ||
Write up a brief report of your experience, including the following information: | Write up a brief report of your experience, including the following information: |