Posted by undhon392 on February 27, 2008
This is the required reading for class on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 for class discussion
http://www.slate.com/id/2184487
The Wisdom of the Chaperones
Digg, Wikipedia, and the myth of Web 2.0 democracy.It’s getting harder to be a Wikipedia-hater. The user-generated and -edited online encyclopedia—which doesn’t even require contributors to register—somehow holds its own against the Encyclopedia Britannica in accuracy, a Nature study concluded, and has many times more entries. But even though people are catching up to the idea that Wikipedia is a force for good, there are still huge misconceptions about what makes the encyclopedia tick. While Wikipedia does show the creative potential of online communities, it’s a mistake to assume the site owes its success to the wisdom of the online crowd.
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Posted by undhon392 on February 26, 2008
My sincere apologies for my absence Monday….but there will also be no class on Friday 2/29 so you may begin your Spring Break. We’ll catch up on content some other way. Rumor has it many of you were ready to talk about the book and other related material! See you tomorrow for class.
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Posted by undhon392 on February 21, 2008
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Posted by undhon392 on February 20, 2008
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Posted by undhon392 on February 8, 2008
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/02/08/juicy
Gossip and Slander at a Campus Near You
In the annals of online discourse, “did you hear about [student]’s nose job?” isn’t among the best of what the Internet has to offer. It also isn’t the worst. An anonymous Web site that’s caught the attention — and provoked the ire — of students across the country has already unleashed comments like that one, and much worse, in carefree, unregulated and sometimes vicious discussion threads that have raised privacy concerns and condemnations on several campuses… (more at article)
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