Two-Thirds Oppose Being Tracked on the Internet

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/30/business/media/30adco.html

Interesting study done by the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California, Berkeley about Internet privacy.

"ABOUT two-thirds of Americans object to online tracking by advertisers — and that number rises once they learn the different ways marketers are following their online movements."

Question 4 : Gender + Sexuality

HOW DO ISSUES OF GENDER + SEXUALITY INFLUENCE THE STRUCTURES AND PROCESSES OF QUALITATIVE INTERNET RESEARCH?
Lori Kendall


Despite the fact that many of the taboos about sex have been lifted in Western culture, Kendall notes that when it comes to a researcher's own sexual preferences, involvements or tendencies in relationship to their work, there is still a monumental taboo. Very few researchers have risked breaking it, and notably Kendall mentions that had she acted on her sexual feelings during her research, she would probably not have the courage to write this piece. Her main point is not just that researchers often have sexual feelings towards their subjects, but that by acknowledging these emotions, and by exploring them further it might be possible to conduct more meaningful research resulting in a deeper understanding of the subjects.

• Kendall makes a case for "doing qualitative work with the whole body, and not cutting off certain types of experiences as irrelevant or inappropriate, even in situations, such as wholly online social interactions, in which the body might seem relatively unimportant." (p.101) When a researcher explores their sexual feelings instead of suppressing them, they often gain greater insights into other cultures.
• By illustrating the differences in interviews with BlueSky members and LiveJournal participants, Kendall explains how the fact that she was only ever attracted to BlueSky members is connected to some intrinsic values of the actual groups: namely BlueSky's group cohesion and identity. (p.105)
• Gender issues: Kendall illustrates the hegemonic systems of both femininity and masculinity, and explains how different types of women were treated within the BlueSky community. She goes on to explain that her suppression of her own erotic feelings was inherently tied to her particular position in the feminine hierarchy, and that both of these factors affected her research. "..I recounted discussions in which BlueSky participants depict "nerdettes" as fat and unattractive. My own feelings as the potential butt of these jokes therefore became part of my analysis, but that is nowhere represented in the next. Making that linkage clear could only have strengthened the analysis." (p.113)
• Kendall also touches on issues of power; whether researchers feel that they are more or less powerful than their subjects, this interplay is always at work, especially when factoring in sexual feelings. The author cites Markham in explaining that researchers have the privilege of choosing whether or not their own embodiment is an issue in the research, even while critically observing the embodiment of participants. (p.115)

Questions:

1. What's your opinion on the interplay of ethics and ego as far as which actually guides researchers more?

2. Do you agree with Kendall's main point that by acknowledging and exploring the researcher's sexual feelings it is possible to gain a greater understanding of the subject? What are the potential risks? Is it actually unethical to have a sexual relationship with a subject? When is it important to disclose sexual involvement and when is it not?

3. Do you agree with Kendall's theory that the researcher's own sexual feelings and gender perceptions profoundly impact the research itself, even when the subject is an online community?

4. Do you think it is ethical for a researcher to ignore his or her own sexual feelings (and not include them in any analysis), but to simultaneously be critically studying the sexual feelings of their subjects?

Digital Music Study looking for input

I subscribe to a lot of music and media production lists, and this post is related to the discussion after class about the business models being obsoleted by digital distribution technologies.

The aim of the study is to analyze trends in the way music is consumed and distributed, and to some extent produced and appreciated.

The survey was developed by The Max Planck Society in cooperation with The Academy for Humanities and Economics in Lodz (Poland) and FOEM. The research project was consulted during conferences and workshops at The Oxford Internet Institute, Roskilde University and Panteion University. The project leader is Dr. Patryk Galuszka. He holds a Phd in Economics and specializes in Cultural Industries.

Question 3: Privacy

QUESTION 3: HOW DO VARIOUS NOTIONS OF PRIVACY INFLUENCE DECISIONS IN QUALITATIVE INTERNET RESEARCH -Malin Sveningsson Elm

The issue of privacy in qualitative research is more than just informed consent. The author breaks it down into public and private as a continuum but also states “it depends” on the research being conducted.

Public and Private as a Continuum, Not a Dichotomy
There are different variations of public and private online.

• PUBLIC ENVIRONMENT- requires no registration, available for everyone (open chat rooms)

• SEMI-PUBLIC- available for most people. It requires membership and registration.

• SEMI-PRIVATE- only available to some people or organization. Has formal requirements for registration.

• PRIVATE- creator of content invites guests. Sender of content specifies who is allowed to see it.

Elm goes on to examine whether or not the Internet is public or private and comes to the conclusion: public and private is a perception, not a fact. And although someone posts information online, it does not guarantee that they want a researcher to use that information.

Researchers need to think about how easily information is accessed through particular sites as well as the user’s understanding of their information as private or public. Since information posted online could be considered sensitive or not sensitive. There are different degrees of privacy within the Internet along with how the user views his/her privacy.


Questions:

• Can a researcher truly be sensitive to privacy information on the Internet and using ethics when what is considered private differs based on the individual? What determines if information is sensitive if posted online?

• Should a creator of content online be notified if a researcher decides to use information?

• Who is considered a public or private person on the Internet? Is it easier to violate someone’s privacy online?

• What role does audience play online in regards to Privacy? Should information be used if the user did not expect a researcher to be the actual audience?

Research Question (Ethnography)

Research Question (Ethnography) Leo and Stacey

What makes a content management system open-source community successful?



Description:

We would like to focus on the Drupal, Joomla, and Plone communities. We will do this by observing online Joomla, Drupal, and Plone groups, attending meet ups, and conventions. We will also interview individual users of each software framework in order to get a sense of their personal reasons for using the product (brand loyalty, community connection, etc). We would like to see if there are any differences between the community connections for each of the content management systems and also, what the individual justifications for contributing to the open-source software without compensation might be. We feel that studying the differences between the Plone, Drupal and Joomla communities might allow us to figure out how to build other successful models for other open-source communities.

Specific communities to study:

Drupal Association
Drupal.org Forum
DrupalCon
Acquia
Lullabot
Joomla.org Forum
Joomla!Kur
JomSocial
Joomlapolis
Plone.org Forums
PloneCon

We would conduct interviews on and off line, observe forums, and visit specific shops for each software framework.

Some specific questions we will ask:

What aspects do users feel make their community successful?
Why do users contribute to the community?


Advantages/Disadvantages

We believe that there are only advantages to using the Ethnography method for our subject matter. The best being that there is a rather large pool of open-source users both online in forums and in real life at meet ups and conventions. Also, there are no real risks for subjects involved in our study.

Political Economy Approach

I. Research question
In what ways do free and open source software invoke and revise traditional notions of property and production?

II. Research Methods

• Clarify the terminology e.g. free versus open software
• Document successful examples and unsuccessful examples of free/open source software
• Examine free/open software in terms of copyleft versus copyright
• Draw upon various resources e.g. Free Software Foundation, GNU, theorists
• Market penetration of GNU versus Windows/Mac/Linux
• Compare the user/communities between GNU versus Windows/Mac/Linux in terms of connectivity and socioeconomic substructures
  

Resources

From GNU.org:

What is free software?

Free software is a matter of liberty, not price. To understand the concept, you should think of free as in free speech, not as in free beer. Free software is a matter of the users' freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software. More precisely, it refers to four kinds of freedom, for the users of the software:

• The freedom to run the program, for any purpose (freedom 0).
• The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
• The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor (freedom 2).
• The freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements to the public, so that the whole community benefits (freedom 3). Access to the source code is a precondition for this.'
• Situate research within an historical context of traditional economies e.g. other gift economies
  

Chris Anderson: "Every industry that becomes digital eventually becomes free."




Historical Gift Economies

Potlatch

III. Advantages and Disadvantages

Advantages

• Allows for a broader scope of investigation
• Examines the larger socioeconomic systems in which the software is produced, distributed, and used

Disadvantages

• Doesn't allow for specific, quantitative analysis
• More difficult to hone in on specific examples to support analysis
  
• External economic forces - current economic collapse - may alter the findings
  

Discourse Analysis

Question: To understand what social context drives the climate of fear associated with the Free Software Movement, specifically by studying online discourse of both sides.

II. Because we are interested specifically the social context surrounding the fear of The Free Software Movement, we would primarily study:

- Forums
- Chat rooms
- Blogs
- Comments on blogs and news sites
- Social media sites (Facebook, Twitter)
- Live discourse, such as conventions, talks, meetings, etc.

Other discourse would be useful to study as a secondary resource:

- News: print + online
- Academic journals
- Trade publications
- Court transcripts

In order to participate + observe we would involve ourselves in the specific social media outlets we were studying, ie posting on blogs/forums/chat rooms/social media sites. We would also attend events that would allow us to observe + participate in live discourse/dialogue.

III. One the most notable advantages of this particular approach is that hopefully we would have an accurate sense of the social context surrounding this particular issue. The drawback of studying these social types of discourse is that they tend to be less precise and concise than academic or professional publications would be. Blogs can be an exception to this rule depending on who is authoring them and what their particular background/standpoint is.

Question 2: Online & Offline Data Issues

Shani Orgad responded to the question of how researchers can make sense of the issues involved with the collection and interpretation of data from online and offline constructs.

In summary her essay highlights the intertwined realm of the Internet in people's lives and the difficulty of deciding how to collect offline and online data for research and then sift through the collection to make structured and compelling arguments. Traditionally online has been viewed as a "virtual landscape" of less "authentic" or "truthful" experiences and data. Yet, platforms such as television and telephones are considered an offline landscape by those same traditional standards – save for Maria Bkardjieva’s argument of “on-page, on-screen, on-line and off.” As we move forward with innovation and technology, online and offline are merging in various ways to erase the silos of varying degrees of authenticity.

There are situations that call for just online data formulate answers to questions. There are situations that call for only offline data to formulate answers to questions. And there are situations that call for data to be collected from both areas to find answers. Yet, there will ultimately have to be a decision as to how any of the data helps to answer the root questions of research and study objectives.

Some study cases will present a situation that the notions of offline and online are one in the same. There will be others that will present situations that require the two notions are divided and may or may not influence the other. The complex issue of using online and offline data virtually boils down to a rather un-formulaic "it depends..."

How the study will be structured will be based mostly on the objective of the study as it relates to the subjects in the study. It would not be out of the question for a study to begin from one notion, offline or online, and migrate into the other in an effort to gain more validity and context of the data sets. Though there are difficulties moving from online to an offline environment without garnering the trust of the subjects or finding potential subjects “lurking” about the online landscape.

After sorting through the difficulties of performing research online and offline, there will be another juncture of difficulty of interpreting the data. Are the two realms separate? Are they intertwined as one? Does one only help to provide context to the other in an effort to understand the data better? Again, the study objectives will dictate the inclusion or exclusion of the corresponding data.

Then comes the problem of presenting the data in a fashion that reflects the nature of the study and objectives. Determining how to quantify between online and offline data sets again will have to be constructed around the goals of the research and how they effectively and accurately represent the findings.


In an effort to boil the chapter down and iron out the remaining elements: be aware of the objectives of your study and how the subjects’ integration of Internet elements effect each person’s “online” and “offline” lives as they relate to your questions. Not all situations will bare the same stipulations with regard to collecting and interpreting the data. Every situation could be different and will need to be analyzed to allow for the best research methods to be used.

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As a simple informal test of research, I posted a question to my Twitter and Facebook accounts to try and get a glimpse into what people who use social media think of social media as.

The question:

Do you consider social media a productive common communication tool like a phone or just a gadget/toy to play with?

The results:

191 Facebook friends - 13 responses
202 Followers - 3 responses

Responses:

Dana
I think for a lot of people, it has transformed from one into the other. I think many social networking sites were created to be gadgets/toys to play with and have kind of evolved into a useful tool. Ive made a few bucks here and there from marketing myself on social networking websites. Nothing wrong with that!

Barbara
For me, it's a productive communication tool. It helps get things done, you can learn from it, and connect to people when you couldn't do it ordinarily. Case in point, you're asking this question in a media based format to get the information you need to be productive.

Sandra
it's a communication tool. have you seen the recent harvard study on this? http://bit.ly/wh7wa

Stephen
it's a gadget, and either people will get tired of it or it'll start getting regulated. In my humble opinion.

chris_lawson
@joshualawton SM is useful. Not toy. It keeps me informed of stuff I am interested in via a format I can manage and use. Good 4 my needs.

Brittany
definitely use it as a tool. i met my roommate here and made a bunch of friends via facebook before coming to georgetown.

Brenda
Narcissistic / voyeuristic addictive time-consuming toy

Issac
Common tool for me.

Monica
gadget for the most part

Trevor
A tool that hasn't yet reached its potential. It's a great way to monitor what people are thinking/wondering about. It's less useful in finding story contacts.

Barbara Ford
@joshualawton It's a pair of brown shoes that go with everything. Functional and available.

Silvia
A combo of the above mentioned.

Mike
Drunken Monkeys Hoooo!!!!!

Richard
It helped me to save money on my AT&T bill via the 15% discount. (In ten years that will be $1500 in savings.) Crowdsourcing the info on what discounts my friends got helped me to get that 15% discount.

Mark Leffingwell It's a toy. Mostly people say what they are doing like "I'm riding my bike" or "at a movie". Nothing useful. Over Twitter (posted on both Facebook and Twitter in response)

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• What are some difficulties with the "research" with regard to collecting the data and then eventually interpreting the data?
• Would this be a valid online only research project?
• What elements of offline research would help contextualize the study?
• How should the final data set be presented?
• What do the number of responses in relation to the number of people polled mean? How would this effect a resulting study?

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One of the responses included information about two Harvard Business school studies – one about Twitter and one about social media users – as well as a link to a story in the Miami Herald about how social media and technology is altering the governance landscape. Both of these articles highlight the ever changing integration of digital media and the Internet into our lives, blurring that line of offline and online slightly more each day. How will this effect your studies?

Blog For Micro Mobile Technologies and Their Cultural Impact

I don't know if anyone has read this blog before, but I occasionally enjoy it. Textually is a blog dedicated to mobile devices and their cultural impact. It is produced in Geneva and is highly SMS oriented. It sort of reads like a critically informed technology flea market. Just thought it fit in well with PPP.

Internet Inquiry Question One

How can qualitative internet researchers define the boundaries of their projects?

Synopsis

Christine Hine considers the boundaries of internet studies and proposes ways in which to construct internet research projects, focusing on the connection between theory and methodological choices. She stresses the importance of defining one's analytic approach. Her own theoretical framework is shaped by her background in science and technology studies, as well as ethnographic scholarship. She views ethnography as an effective method for understanding contemporary society and shaping the boundaries of projects because it takes an immersive approach that engages in relevant practices both online and offline. At the same time, she believes that the meaning of technologies is constructed differently within various cultural contexts and that research methods must remain flexible, as the research objects themselves are emergent, not predetermined. She views the development of technologies as a social process and believes that social dynamics are at the heart of new technologies. Furthermore, she sees technologies as having multiple identities and "interpretative flexibility" since different social groups view them differently. Therefore, research design must be a reflexive process that is re-evaluated every stage of a project.

Themes

• Boundaries: spatial (who, what, where to start and stop a study, physical and virtual locations), temporal (time spent), relational (relationships between researchers and people they study)
• Immersion: social phenomena not uniquely confined to online or offline sites; internet as both an imagined and architected place
  
• Cultural complexity: adjusting methods to suit; "the interfaces, the affinities, the confrontations, the interpenetrations and the flow-through, between clusters of meaning and ways of managing meaning" (Hannerz)

Websites

• 73UrbanJourneys.com
• TouchGraph Google Browser
  

Research Recommendations

• Deciding where to start (what to study) and when to stop (what to exclude) ensures that research questions are coherently addressed and adapted to the cultural landscape that emerges
• Working out methodologically the boundaries of a project is tied to where one feels a study should travel analytically
  
• The depth and breadth of a study must be decided within the parameters of a given disciplinary approach or theoretical framework
• Technology development and technology appropriation are well suited to ethnographic approaches
• Beginning by focusing on a culture, rather than rigid, narrowly defined questions, allows for practices, identity, and social dynamics to emerge organically
• Quality in research design relies on a good fit among question, phenomenon, and method
  

Discussion Questions

• In what ways does Hine address the various ethnographic strategies we've discussed, such as textual analysis, interviews, and policital ecenomy approach? What are some examples she gives?
  
• Hine states: "The social dynamics of production and use carve out boundaries between users and producers, create and sustain power relations and hierarchies, and define the sanctioned use of technologies." How does this challenge the contention that technologies are produced asocially?
• How does our understanding of cultural complexity challenge the traditional construction of ethnography as the study of a particular bounded field site?
  
• Further, how do concepts such as scapes (mediascapes, technoscapes, etc.), mobilities, networks, and trans-local connections offer new theoretical possibilities for ethnographic research?
• Hine believes ethnography is increasingly construed as the exploration and description of the practices of locating, connecting, siting, and bounding. How does this help us to understand the internet not only as a tool or place, but as a way of being?
• Hine presents various examples of innovative internet studies and addresses the issue of engagement. How active should ethnographers in virtual fields be in relation to the particular technologies that they study? What are the pros and cons?

Approaches to studying Free Software: in-class assignment

Methods Assignment

Each pair of students will be assigned one of the four methods discussed in class to apply to research on the Free Software Movement. You don’t have to actually conduct the research but please write a brief proposal that describes how you would approach the topic using your assigned method. We'll work on this in class today and Monday. Please post your proposal on the blog when you are finished.

Your proposal should include the following:

I. A research question that reflects the method that is being used.
II. A description of what your research will entail. Be as specific as possible given the time constraints. (What sites will you analyze, who will you talk to, what laws, court cases, policies will you look into, how will you observe/participate in the movement?)
III. The advantages and disadvantages of your particular method in terms of what you will know once your research is carried out.

Some information to get you started

Free Software Foundation

Why Open Source Misses the Point

Philosophy of the GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)

Salon | The free software story

Salon | 21st: Apache's free-software warriors

Free software movement - Wikipedia

Syllabus

DMST4850: Digital Media Research Methods
Fall 2009
M/W 12:00-1:50
Sturm Hall 434
Professor: Adrienne Russell
Email: adrienne.russell@du.edu
Office: Sturm Hall 216
Office Hours: Wednesdays 4:00-5:00 and by appointment
Course blog: http://dmsresearch2009.blogspot.com/

DIGITAL MEDIA RESEARCH METHODS explores strategies and techniques for conducting research in the area of digital media studies. It is also a course in applied theory and will engage the ideas of major historical and contemporary thinkers in order to build on and respond to their work on the intersection of technology, culture and various forms of power. The goals of the course are: 1) the strengthen your ability to critically assess digital media technologies and practices and the various methods used to research them; 2) to build the skills and knowledge necessary to create theoretically informed digital media artifacts and analyses; and 3) to implement these skills in writing your master’s project/thesis proposal.

The format of the course will combine the study and discussion of published works; analysis of digital media projects; and a project or thesis proposal that sets out your program of research that includes an exploration the convergence of theory and practice in the digital media of your choice.

REQUIRED TEXTS

Mizuko Ito, Daisuke Okabe, and Misa Matsuda Eds. Personal, Portable, Pedestrian. MIT Press, 2005.

Markham, Annette, and Nancy Baym Eds. Internet Inquiry. Sage, 2009.

ASSIGNMENTS
Book Reviews (10%)
A book review of Personal, Portable, Pedestrian due Wednesday, Oct. 4. While it might be helpful to consult other reviews on the book, and you should definitely talk to your classmates about the book, please write a completely original (i.e. not plagiarized, not even one phrase) review that discusses the book in the context of the methodological issues brought up in Internet Inquiry. It should be organized like an essay, with a thesis and a few points or examples to back it up. Please do not summarize but rather try to capture the overall theme of the book and explicate its theoretical and methodological underpinnings.

Initial Proposal (10%)
Prepare a 20-minute proposal of your project, followed by discussion. Also submit a short written document (5-7 double-space pages) for your class project on the day of your presentation. Your proposal should include the following:
i. CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATION: themes and content; theoretical/critical contexts; supporting material (including literature and media reviews); production and development skills; desired outcome (including media formats and delivery modes)
ii. PROJECT GOALS: establish what you expect to learn while creating this project; also relate previous coursework and experience to the proposed work
iii. OUTLINE: sketch a basic outline of anticipated workflow and process stages
iv. TIMELINE: you should also project a timeline along with your outline, estimating the time you anticipate needed to complete each step.
v. ABSTRACT: summarize your project in 150 to 200 words

II) Class Facilitations:
Internet Inquiry (10%)
You will be responsible for leading a class discussion on one chapter of the book Internet Inquiry. Each chapter poses a question. Your job will be to briefly present the issues that are raised by the question and to bring into the conversation examples that go beyond those provided in the text.

Literature & Media Reviews (10%)
You will be responsible for conducting a class session related to your proposed project. You will be asked to assign a reading of 2-4 texts (50-100 pages) and 1-5 examples of digital media, depending on the length of the reading assignments and the time-commitment of the examples. This material will provide you an opportunity to synthesize information, concepts, media, and strategies relevant to your class project. Please turn in a written literature and media review (7-10 double-spaced)

Guidelines: Biographical/historical information, as well as demonstrations, projections, video clips, and so forth, are kept to a minimum. Beyond a basic introduction to each writer or work, such information is relevant to the critical/theoretical issues involved in your project. The presentation prepares the class for a focused discussion of your project plans. While maintaining a critical focus, the presentation should cover a range of issues and concepts from the focal texts. Supporting materials or Web-based resources should be effectively chosen, maintaining the presentation focus rather than taking the presentation off on a tangent.

III) Proposal (40%)
Your thesis or project proposal should follow the below thesis proposal guidelines (taken from the DMS Graduate Handbook). Note guidelines for projects and thesis proposals are different in DMS Graduate Handbook but for the purpose of this course all students should follow the thesis guidelines.

Guidelines: Thesis proposals run between 25-30 double-spaced pages, with additional pages for storyboards, mock-ups, site maps, and so on. While the final format may vary according to the direction of the primary advisor, all thesis proposals should include the following:

1) Overview of the Thesis: this may take the form of a general introduction to the topic, research, design, and production of the work being proposed. This section should address the work’s scope, the approach to be used to examine its subject matter, and the student's interest in the subject and the research methods employed. The thesis proposal should also address the digital media production necessary for its completion, including design elements, format and delivery.

2) Literature and Media Review: a student should include a review of the literature and media related to the specific topic, providing a clear and succinct statement of the questions and issues that the Thesis will address. This review should provide a critical analysis examining the approach to the topic and the proposed work’s design and production, highlighting the specific issues in the debate about that approach. The discussion should make clear where the student places herself or himself within that debate to justify the approach applied to the Thesis. The proposal should include a discussion of the contributions the study will make to the existing discourse on the thesis topic.

3) Outline and Timeline: the student should include a brief outline of each component or chapter, accompanied by a timeline for completion.

4) Thesis Abstract: summarize the thesis in 150-200 words.

IV) In-class and online discussions (20%)
You will receive an invitation via email to join the course blog. Please follow the directions in the email. This is not an extended discussion format as much as it is a graffiti wall and an ongoing exercise in collaborative linking. At least every other week you should contribute to our blog a link and a short review (1 paragraph) of a site, article, art project, news story, or other resource relevant to that week's reading assignments. GENERAL POLICIES
Attendance
Attendance is required. If you can’t make it to class because you are sick or because of an emergency please find out what you missed from a classmate.

Academic Honesty Please be honest in your work. You are expected to express your thoughts in your own words and to use citations when using other people’s words or ideas.

SCHEDULE: Please come to class prepared to discuss the reading assigned for that day.

WEEK 1 | Transformations: Studying Digital Media
Monday Sept 14| Introductions, course plan and intro

Wednesday Sept 16 | Reading: Internet Inquiry, Introduction; Web.studies, Introduction to the New Edition; Personal Portable Pedestrian, Introduction and Chapter 1.

WEEK 2 | Defining Boundaries and Collecting Data
Monday Sept 21| Reading: Internet Inquiry: Question One; Personal Portable Pedestrian Chapters 2 and 3; Consumer Health Info on the Web by Mary Stansbury (I'll email it to you).

GUEST SPEAKER: Mary Stansbury Associate Professor & Program Chair, Library & Information Science
Morgridge College of Education, University of Denver

Check out:
ArtLab http://www.artlab.org.uk/
Mike Wesch’s Digital Ethnography of YouTube Project http://mediatedcultures.net/youtube.htm
Digital Youth Research
http://digitalyouth.ischool.berkeley.edu/

Wednesday Sept 23 | Reading: Internet Inquiry: Question Two; Personal Portable Pedestrian, Chapters 4 and 5.

WEEK 3 | Privacy, Gender, Sexuality
Monday Sept 28 | Internet Inquiry: Question Three; Personal Portable Pedestrian, Chapters 6-9
Wednesday Sept 30 | Internet Inquiry: Question Four; Personal Portable Pedestrian, Chapters 10-13.

WEEK 4 | Research Quality, Relevance and Generalizability

Monday Oct 5 | Internet Inquiry: Question Five; Personal Portable Pedestrian, Chapters 14 and 15.

Wednesday Oct 7 | Internet Inquiry: Question Six, Personal Portable Pedestrian
Book Review Due


WEEK 5 |
Monday Oct 12 | project proposals
Wednesday Oct 14 | project proposals


WEEK 6 |
Monday Oct 19| research workshop Penrose
Meet at Penrose research instruction room
Wednesday Oct 21 | lit review writing workshop

WEEK 7 |
Monday Oct 26 | Media and Lit Review Presentation
Wednesday Oct 28 | Media and Lit Review Presentation

WEEK 8 |
Monday Nov 2 | Media and Lit Review Presentation
Wednesday Nov 4 | Media and Lit Review Presentation

WEEK 9 |
Monday Nov 9 | Media and Lit Review Presentation
Wednesday Nov 11| Media and Lit Review Presentation

WEEK 10 |
Monday Nov 16| Media and Lit Review Presentation
Wednesday Nov 18| Media and Lit Review Presentation


FINAL | Proposals Due: 12:00pm, Monday, November 23, 2008