Editing Online Communities and Crowds (Winter 2022)
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: [https://canvas.northwestern.edu/courses/160351 Canvas] for announcements, submitting assignments, and file sharing. | : [https://canvas.northwestern.edu/courses/160351 Canvas] for announcements, submitting assignments, and file sharing. | ||
: [https://northwestern.hosted.panopto.com Panopto] for recorded, asynchronous lectures. | : [https://northwestern.hosted.panopto.com Panopto] for recorded, asynchronous lectures. | ||
: [https://northwestern.zoom.us/ | : [https://northwestern.zoom.us/ Zoom] for remote, synchronous course meetings and guest speaker visits. | ||
: [https://discord.com Class discord server] (invite available via Canvas or instructors) for chat, lightweight Q&A, etc.. | : [https://discord.com Class discord server] (invite available via Canvas or instructors) for chat, lightweight Q&A, etc.. | ||
: [https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/Northwestern_University/Online_communities_and_crowds_(Winter)/home Wikipedia Assignment dashboard] for everything related to the Wikipedia Assignment. | : [https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/Northwestern_University/Online_communities_and_crowds_(Winter)/home Wikipedia Assignment dashboard] for everything related to the Wikipedia Assignment. | ||
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:February 4: Improve/polish articles, publish articles (move them into the main namespace) | :February 4: Improve/polish articles, publish articles (move them into the main namespace) | ||
:February 11: Final revisions to articles before reflective essay. | :February 11: Final revisions to articles before reflective essay. | ||
:February | :February 15: Reflective essay due. | ||
===== Undergraduate ===== | ===== Undergraduate ===== | ||
====== Exam ====== | ====== Exam ====== | ||
Undergraduate students in the course will be required to complete a take-home exam late in the quarter that will cover material from lectures and from the assigned readings. The exam will consist of | Undergraduate students in the course will be required to complete a take-home exam late in the quarter that will cover material from lectures and from the assigned readings. The exam will consist of two short essay prompts. The prompts will cover course materials up to the point of the exam; they will emphasize synthetic understanding of course materials and will not require outside research. We estimate the exam will only take a couple of hours to complete, however, given the circumstances, we will make it available during two days and students may complete it at any time during that window. | ||
: Exam available: March 7 | : Exam available: March 7 | ||
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Undergraduate students in the course will also be required to complete two Community Advising assignments (CA1 and CA2, for short). For each assignment, you are invited to serve as an expert advisor to the leaders and members of an online community or crowd and to provide evidence-based insights into how to better address a specific challenge they face. | Undergraduate students in the course will also be required to complete two Community Advising assignments (CA1 and CA2, for short). For each assignment, you are invited to serve as an expert advisor to the leaders and members of an online community or crowd and to provide evidence-based insights into how to better address a specific challenge they face. | ||
'''CA1: 1500-1800 words''' | '''CA1: 1500-1800 words''' | ||
For CA1, the teaching team will select the community/crowd as well as the challenge. In elaborating your recommendations to address the challenge, we expect you to draw on sources and evidence provided as part of the course (readings, lecture, section materials, etc.). You may, but absolutely do not need to draw on additional sources. | For CA1, the teaching team will select the community/crowd as well as the challenge. In elaborating your recommendations to address the challenge, we expect you to draw on sources and evidence provided as part of the course (readings, lecture, section materials, etc.). You may, but absolutely do not need to draw on additional sources. | ||
'''CA2: 2000-2250 words''' | '''CA2: 2000-2250 words''' | ||
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: CA1 announced: February 2 | : CA1 announced: February 2 | ||
: CA1 due: February | : CA1 due: February 8 | ||
: CA2 topic proposal: February 9-March 2 | : CA2 topic proposal: February 9-March 2 | ||
: CA2 due: March 16 | : CA2 due: March 16 | ||
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Graduate students in the course will be required to complete an original research project. This project may take the form of (1) a detailed research plan/proposal; (2) a replication/revisit of an important and influential study; (3) a completed original research manuscript (i.e., a "submission-ready" draft of a journal article or conference paper). Please note that you are also required to submit an abstract/proposal for the project and you must submit a new abstract/proposal at least two weeks before the project due date if you want to change the topic/direction substantially. | Graduate students in the course will be required to complete an original research project. This project may take the form of (1) a detailed research plan/proposal; (2) a replication/revisit of an important and influential study; (3) a completed original research manuscript (i.e., a "submission-ready" draft of a journal article or conference paper). Please note that you are also required to submit an abstract/proposal for the project and you must submit a new abstract/proposal at least two weeks before the project due date if you want to change the topic/direction substantially. | ||
: Project abstract/proposal due: February | : Project abstract/proposal due: February 22 | ||
: Completed project due: March 16 | : Completed project due: March 16 | ||
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==== Lectures ==== | ==== Lectures ==== | ||
# Identity: The presentation of online self | # Identity: The presentation of online self | ||
# Privacy, context, and disclosure | # Privacy, context, and disclosure | ||
# Anonymity: Threat or menace? | # Anonymity: Threat or menace? | ||
==== Assignments ==== | ==== Assignments ==== | ||
===== Community Advising Assignment #1 ===== | ===== Community Advising Assignment #1 ===== | ||
* | * Challenge and setting details distributed on 2/2. Completed assignment due 2/8. | ||
===== Wikipedia Assignment (all) ===== | ===== Wikipedia Assignment (all) ===== | ||
: [https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/Northwestern_University/Online_communities_and_crowds_(Winter)/timeline#week-5 WikiEdu dashboard timeline for this week] | : [https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/Northwestern_University/Online_communities_and_crowds_(Winter)/timeline#week-5 WikiEdu dashboard timeline for this week] | ||
* | * Peer review of another group's article completed. | ||
* Revise article in response to peer review. | |||
* Move articles into "main namespace" late this week. | |||
===== Undergraduate ===== | ===== Undergraduate ===== | ||
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* Acquisti, Alessandro, Laura Brandimarte, and George Loewenstein. [https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.aaa1465 Privacy and human behavior in the age of information]. Science 347.6221 (2015): 509-514. | * Acquisti, Alessandro, Laura Brandimarte, and George Loewenstein. [https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.aaa1465 Privacy and human behavior in the age of information]. Science 347.6221 (2015): 509-514. | ||
* Hill, Benjamin Mako, and Aaron Shaw. [https://mako.cc/academic/hill_shaw-hidden_costs_of_requiring_accounts-PREPRINT.pdf The Hidden Costs of Requiring Accounts: Quasi-Experimental Evidence From Peer Production]. Communication Research (2020): 0093650220910345. | * Hill, Benjamin Mako, and Aaron Shaw. [https://mako.cc/academic/hill_shaw-hidden_costs_of_requiring_accounts-PREPRINT.pdf The Hidden Costs of Requiring Accounts: Quasi-Experimental Evidence From Peer Production]. Communication Research (2020): 0093650220910345. | ||
* | * Nazanin Andalibi, Margaret E. Morris, and Andrea Forte. 2018. [https://doi.org/10.1145/3274288 Testing Waters, Sending Clues: Indirect Disclosures of Socially Stigmatized Experiences on Social Media]. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 2, CSCW, Article 19 (November 2018), 23 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3274288 | ||
==== Additional resources ==== | ==== Additional resources ==== | ||
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# Governance of and by (and within?) platforms | # Governance of and by (and within?) platforms | ||
# Order from chaos? Governance in autonomous communities | # Order from chaos? Governance in autonomous communities | ||
==== Assignments ==== | ==== Assignments ==== | ||
===== Community Advising Assignment #1 ===== | ===== Community Advising Assignment #1 ===== | ||
* | * Completed assignment due 2/8. | ||
===== Wikipedia Assignment (all) ===== | ===== Wikipedia Assignment (all) ===== | ||
: [https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/Northwestern_University/Online_communities_and_crowds_(Winter)/timeline#week-6 WikiEdu dashboard timeline for this week] | : [https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/Northwestern_University/Online_communities_and_crowds_(Winter)/timeline#week-6 WikiEdu dashboard timeline for this week] | ||
* Complete revisions to Wikipedia articles this week. | |||
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===== Undergraduate ===== | ===== Undergraduate ===== | ||
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* Gillespie, Tarleton. 2018. [https://culturedigitally.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Gillespie-Governance-ofby-Platforms-PREPRINT.pdf Governance of and by platforms]. In Sage Handbook of Social Media, Jean Burgess,Thomas Poell, and Alice Marwick (eds). | * Gillespie, Tarleton. 2018. [https://culturedigitally.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Gillespie-Governance-ofby-Platforms-PREPRINT.pdf Governance of and by platforms]. In Sage Handbook of Social Media, Jean Burgess,Thomas Poell, and Alice Marwick (eds). | ||
* Read and compare/contrast the [https://wiki.gnome.org/action/show/Foundation/CodeOfConduct GNOME Code of Conduct] with the [https://ubuntu.com/community/code-of-conduct Ubuntu Code of Conduct v2.0]. | * Read and compare/contrast the [https://wiki.gnome.org/action/show/Foundation/CodeOfConduct GNOME Code of Conduct] with the [https://ubuntu.com/community/code-of-conduct Ubuntu Code of Conduct v2.0]. | ||
===== Graduate ===== | ===== Graduate ===== | ||
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==== Additional resources ==== | ==== Additional resources ==== | ||
* Hampton, Rachelle. 2019. [https://slate.com/technology/2019/04/black-feminists-alt-right-twitter-gamergate.html The black feminists who saw the alt-right coming]. Slate. | * Hampton, Rachelle. 2019. [https://slate.com/technology/2019/04/black-feminists-alt-right-twitter-gamergate.html The black feminists who saw the alt-right coming]. Slate. | ||
* Ilori, Tomiwa. 2020. [https://slate.com/technology/2020/08/social-media-content-moderation-african-nations.html Content moderation is particularly hard in African countries]. Slate. | * Ilori, Tomiwa. 2020. [https://slate.com/technology/2020/08/social-media-content-moderation-african-nations.html Content moderation is particularly hard in African countries]. Slate. | ||
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==== Lectures ==== | ==== Lectures ==== | ||
# How do they do it? Community production dynamics | # How do they do it? Community production dynamics | ||
# Social production, social failures | # Social production, social failures | ||
==== Assignments ==== | ==== Assignments ==== | ||
===== Undergraduate ===== | ===== Undergraduate ===== | ||
* Benkler, Yochai. 2006. [https://cyber.harvard.edu/wealth_of_networks/Download_PDFs_of_the_book The Wealth of Networks]. Yale University Press. Ch. 2 excerpt (pp. 29-34) & Ch. 3 (all). | * Benkler, Yochai. 2006. [https://cyber.harvard.edu/wealth_of_networks/Download_PDFs_of_the_book The Wealth of Networks]. Yale University Press. Ch. 2 excerpt (pp. 29-34) & Ch. 3 (all). | ||
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==== Additional resources ==== | ==== Additional resources ==== | ||
=== Week 8: Profit (02.23) === | === Week 8: Profit (02.23) === | ||
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# Whither alternatives? | # Whither alternatives? | ||
==== Assignments ==== | ==== Assignments ==== | ||
===== Undergraduate ===== | ===== Undergraduate ===== | ||
* Mary Gray and Siddharth Suri. 2019. Ghost Work. | * Mary Gray and Siddharth Suri. 2019. Ghost Work. (excerpts). | ||
* Nathan Schneider. 2018. [https://doi.org/10.1177/0038026118758533 An internet of ownership: Democratic design for the online economy]. The Sociological Review 66, no. 2 (March 2018): 320–40. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038026118758533 | |||
===== Graduate ===== | ===== Graduate ===== | ||
* Abhishek Nagaraj and Henning Piezunka. 2020 (unpublished ms). [https://abhishekn.com/files/openstreetmap_google_feb2020.pdf How Competition Affects Contributions to Open Source Platforms: Evidence from OpenStreetMap and Google Maps]. | * Abhishek Nagaraj and Henning Piezunka. 2020 (unpublished ms). [https://abhishekn.com/files/openstreetmap_google_feb2020.pdf How Competition Affects Contributions to Open Source Platforms: Evidence from OpenStreetMap and Google Maps]. | ||
==== Additional resources ==== | ==== Additional resources ==== | ||
* Juliet B. Schor and Manuel Vallas. 2020. The sharing economy: Rhetoric and reality. Annual Review of Sociology. | * Juliet B. Schor and Manuel Vallas. 2020. The sharing economy: Rhetoric and reality. Annual Review of Sociology. | ||
* Juliet B. Schor. 2020. After the gig: How the sharing economy got hijacked and how to win it back. University of California Press. | * Juliet B. Schor. 2020. After the gig: How the sharing economy got hijacked and how to win it back. University of California Press. | ||
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# FATE and other horizons of AI | # FATE and other horizons of AI | ||
==== Assignments ==== | ==== Assignments ==== | ||
===== Undergraduate ===== | ===== Undergraduate ===== | ||
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===== Graduate ===== | ===== Graduate ===== | ||
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==== Additional resources ==== | ==== Additional resources ==== | ||
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==== Lectures ==== | ==== Lectures ==== | ||
# The future of online communities | # The future of online communities | ||
==== Assignments ==== | ==== Assignments ==== | ||
===== Undergraduate ===== | ===== Undergraduate ===== | ||
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===== Graduate ===== | |||
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==== Additional resources ==== | ==== Additional resources ==== |