| Week 1 The Social Nature
of Technology |
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Aug 31 |
Start-up
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Assignment
1 due |
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Sep 02 |
Social Nature of Technology
- Fischer: Ch. 1, 2, 3
- Rogers: Ch. 1
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Skim Ch. 2 |
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| Week 2 |
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Sep 07 |
Diffusion of Innovation
- Fischer: Ch. 4
- Rogers: Ch. 7 (partial), 8
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Sep 09 |
The Meaning of Technology
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Ch. 7 is optional |
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| Week 3 |
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Sep 14 |
The Social Construction of Technology
- Kline & Pinch (1999)
- Bijker (1995): pp. 251-252
- Pinch & Bijker (1987)
- Kline (2003): pp. 51-58, 65-6
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Pinch & Bijker: Pay most attention to the discussion of SCOT,
pp. 28-47
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Assignment
2 assigned |
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Sep 16 |
Configuring Users
- Friedman & Nissenbaum: pp. 21-28
- Oudshoorn & Pinch: pp. 1-16
- Grint & Woolgar: pp. 65-78, 91-94, rest optional
- Don & Petrick: optional
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Don & Petrick is optional, relates
to personas in IS 202 |
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| Week 4 Mobile Phones and
the Construction of Identity |
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Sep 21 |
The Mobile Phone: how does Mobility change Phone Use and
Users?
- Rogers: case study on cell phones, pp. 259-265
- Palen, Salzman & Youngs
- Cooper
- Ling (2004): Ch. 4
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Cooper: focus on pp. 20-26 |
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Sep 23 |
What are the Rules for Mobile Phones?
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Assignment 2 due
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| Week 5 |
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Sep 28 |
Frontstage / Backstage Behavior
- Goffman, Behavior: Ch. 6
- Goffman, Presentation: pp. 1-31, 51-53, 58-59, 106-109, 112,
136-139, 208-209, 248-251; optional: pp. 77-93, 128-129
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Sep 30 |
Identity and Deception Online
- Donath
- Turkle: pp. 210-232
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| Week 6 |
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Oct 05 |
Comparative Case Study: Japan, Norway, and, by Implication,
US
- Barry
- Yu, Sacher, Louden: pp. 173-183, rest optional
- Ito & Okabe
- Ling (2004): Ch. 7
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Oct 07 |
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| Week 7 The Social Nature
of Information: Written Texts and Representations |
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Oct 12 |
The Social Nature of Information, Knowledge, and Learning /
Communities of Practice
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Oct 14 |
The Social Nature of Recorded Information: Documents
- Levy
- Brown & Duguid
(1996)
- Glushko / McGrath: Ch. 1
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| Week 8 |
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Oct 19 |
Genres
- Yates & Orlikowski: pp. 299-311, 316-318
- Agre: sections 1,2,4,5
- Killoran: optional
- Miller (1995)
- Miller & Mather (1998)
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Oct 21 |
The Social Nature of Classification and Representation
- Bowker & Star: Intro, Ch. 10
- Goodwin: pp. 606-612, 615-634
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Assignment 3 assigned
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| Week 9 Research Methods |
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Oct 26 |
Case Study: Elections
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Oct 28 |
Data Collection and Methods I: Quantitative
- Interactive Methods Table
- Trochim: Measurement Basics
- Pew Internet & American Life Project
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Focus on the Pew report and understanding
how survey research is used. Use the readings on measurement and methods
to better understand the Pew survey and conclusions. |
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| Week 10 |
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Nov 02 |
Data Collection and Methods II: Qualitative
- Blomberg, Burrell & Guest
- Weiss: Ch. 2
- Patton: pp. 339-383
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Skim these readings to get a sense of
the methods that are available, and the principles for using them.
You’ll need these readings when you actually do this kind of
work for some of your other courses. |
Assignment
3 due |
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Nov 04 |
Focus Groups
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| Week 11 Networks, Organizations
and the Social Nature of CMC |
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Nov 09 |
Networks
- Garton, Haythornthwaite & Wellman
- Carter: Hebb (examples will be handed out in class)
- Resnick
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Nov 11 |
Veteran's Day
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| Week 12 |
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Nov 16 |
CMC
- Kiesler & Sproull
- Olson & Olson
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Nov 18 |
Virtual Organization
- Kollock & Smith
- Desanctis & Monge
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| Week 13 |
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Nov 23 |
The Firm
- Venkatraman
- Powell
- Johnson & Rice: pp. 157-161
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Nov 25 |
Thanksgiving
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| Week 14 Designing with
and for Users |
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Nov 30 |
Design and Understanding Work
- Laurel: Ch. 5
- Ackerman
- Beyer & Holtzblatt: Ch. 1
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Dec 02 |
Politics of Design / Value-centered Design
- Winner
- Joerges: Optional
- Woolgar & Cooper: Optional
- Introna & Nissenbaum
- Ducheneaut & Watts
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Joerges and Woolgar / Cooper are comments
on Winner |
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| Week 15 Wrap up |
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Dec 07 |
Ethics / The Information Profession
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Dec 09 |
Wrap up, Review
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