Content and readings original

Part I: Self-presentation Online and Offline

Week 2 - Monday & Wednesday, Sept 11 & 13

Developing the Online Self

Readings

• Goffman, E. “Introduction.” The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life (1956)
• Baym, N. Chapter 1 and 2 in Personal Connections in the Digital Age (2010)

Videos

• Video: Kayla Muldrow - Night of Eloquence 2017 Stand and Deliver (3:04)]

Week 3 - Monday & Wednesday, Sept 18-20

The Networked Self

Readings

• Marwick, A. E., & boyd, d. (2010). “I tweet honestly, I tweet passionately: Twitter users, context collapse, and the imagined audience,” New Media & Society (2011)
• Meyer, Robinson "How Instagram Opened a Ruthless New Chapter in the Teen Photo Wars: The Two Apps that Dominate High School Social Life"
• Papacharissi, Z. “Without You, I’m Nothing: Performances of the Self on Twitter,” International Journal of Communication 6 (2012). (: this text is rather dense and you should focus on pp. 1989-1992 and 2001-2002 (pp. 1-4 and pp. 13-14 in the pdf).)
• Thompson, Rachel “This Snapchat feature can tell you if your crush is into you,” Mashable.com, June 28, 2016 -

Week 4 Monday & Wednesday, Sept 25-27

Taste Performances and Authenticity

Readings

• Hunt, Elle “Instagram Star Essena O'Neill Quits 2D Life to Reveal True Story
• Liu, H. (2007). Social network profiles as taste performances. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 13 (1), 13.
• Marwick, A. E., & Boyd, d. “To See and Be Seen: Celebrity Practice on Twitter.” Convergence (2011)
• Mendelson, A. L. and Papacharissi, Z. “Look At Us: Collective Narcissism in College Student Facebook Photo Galleries,” pp. 251-273 in A Networked Self (2011) (OPTIONAL)
• O'Neill quits Instagram claiming social media 'is not real life," The Guardian (OPTIONAL)

Videos - in-class

• Video: Essena O'Neill video on YouTube

Part II: Sociality in Digital Contexts: Dating, Relationships, and Communities

Week 5 - Monday & Wednesday, Oct 2-4

Online Dating, Relationships and Love

Readings

• Ellison, N., Heino, R. & Gibbs, J. “Managing Impressions Online: Self-Presentation Processes in the Online Dating Environment.” Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. (2006)
• Poulsen, Kevin. “How a math genius hacked Okcupid to find true love,” Wired.com, January 21, 2014
• Rudder, Christian. "We experiment on human beings," OK Trends - Dating Research from OKcupid

Videos

• Videos: Excerpt from Black Mirror, Season 1 Episode 3, “The Entire History of You” – Available on Netflix (OPTIONAL)

Week 6 - Monday & Wednesday, Oct 9-11

Groups and Communities

Readings

• Boyd, D. “Social network sites as networked publics: Affordances, Dynamics, and Implications,” pp. 39-58 in A Networked Self (2011)
• Parks, M. ““Social Network Sites as Virtual Communities,” pp. 105-123 in A Networked Self (2011)

Videos - In-Class

Video: “The Pleasures of Community” on YouTube

Week 7 - Monday & Wednesday, Oct 16-18

Readings

• None.

Review

• Storify Story Project Assignment 1: Storify account and profile – to Canvas Assignments - coming DUE next online period.

Week 8 - Monday & Wednesday, Oct 23-25

Readings

• McCabe, J. “Resisting Alienation: The Social Construction of Internet Communities Supporting Eating Disorders.” Communication Studies (2009) (OPTIONAL)
• Gross, L. “Somewhere there’s a place for us: Sexual Minorities and the Internet,” Technological Visions (2004)
• Renninger, B. “Where I can be myself …where I can speak my mind: Networked counterpublics in a polymedia environment,” New Media & Society (2014)

Review & DUE

• Due! Storify Story Project Assignment 1: Storify account and profile – to Canvas Assignments

Part III: Virtual Worlds: Second Life & the Promise of a New Life Online

Week 9 - Monday & Wednesday, Oct 30-Nov 1

The history of virtual worlds

Readings

• Sanchez, J. “A Social History of Virtual Worlds,” in Library Technology Reports (2009)
• Taylor, T.L. “Finding New Worlds,” in Play between worlds: Exploring online game culture (2006)

Videos

• Life 2.0 (2010) - Available on Netflix (OPTIONAL)

Week 10 - Monday & Wednesday, Nov 6-8

Possibilities and Risks in Online Environments

Readings

• Banet-Weiser, Sarah & Miltner, Kate M. (2016) “#MasculinitySoFragile: culture, structure, and networked misogyny,” Feminist Media Studies, 16:1, 171-174
• Gardner Becky et al. (2016) https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/12/the-dark-side-of-guardian-comments

Readings & Podcasts - In-Class

• Podcast: “If you don’t have anything nice to say, say it in ALL CAPS”

Review & DUE

• Due! Storify Story Project Assignment 2: Pre-draft – to Canvas Assignments by [day & date], 11pm

Week 11 - Monday & Wednesday, Nov 13-15

Moral Panics

Readings

• LaRose, R, Kim, J. and Peng, W. “Social Networking: Addictive, Compulsive, Problematic, or Just Another Media Habit?” pp. 59-81 in A Networked Self (2011)
• Livingstone, S. “Taking risky opportunities in youthful content creation: teenagers’ use of social networking sites for intimacy, privacy and self-expression,” New Media Society (2008) 10: 393
• Nussbaum, Emily. “Kids, the Internet, and the End of Privacy”. New York Magazine (2007) (OPTIONAL / POSSIBLE)

Review

• Review - Work on Storify Story Project Assignment 3 – Due to Canvas Assignments and to Storify Story Canvas Discussion

Week 12 - Monday & Wednesday, Nov 20-22

Prep for Test 2

Readings

None.

Review

• Review - Continue to Work on Storify Story Project Assignment 3

Week 13 - Monday & Wednesday, Nov 27-29

Work on Projects

Readings

• None

Review

• Preview Unit 14 (online)
• Review Storify Story Project Assignments 3 & 4 - (they are coming DUE in the next online period)

Week 14 - Monday & Wednesday, Dec 4-6

Storify Story Projects DUE

Readings

• None

Review & DUE

• Review Storify Story Project Assignments (Assignments 3 & 4) – Final Storify Story, to Canvas Assignments and to Storify Story Canvas Discussion DUE
• DO: Storify Story Project Assignment 4 – Peer Review in Canvas Discussion.
  • Post a link to the Storify Story to the Storify Story Canvas Discussion;
    • Review THREE (3) of your peers’ Storify Stories on the Canvas Discussion by [day & date].

LAST CLASS - IN-PERSON (DECEMBER 14)

Activities (in-class)

• Wrap-up activities / FINAL INSTRUCTIONS
• Instagram Postings / Due Dates
  • Write two (2) takeaway posts (in class)
  • Substantive responses to four (4) other posts

DUE DATES: Monday, 12/11 (1st post); Wednesday, 12/13 (3+ replies).

• All posts must occur by 11 pm.

Course Evaluation

• Complete course evaluation