Digital Reading Room 2.0 -- COMP 650: Social Computing

COMP 650: Social Computing Report a Broken Link

Course orientation

Introduction

Firefox Relay

Writing reflections

https://my.cumbria.ac.uk/media/MyCumbria/Documents/ReflectiveModelRolfe.pdf

https://my.cumbria.ac.uk/media/MyCumbria/Documents/ReflectiveCycleGibbs.pdf

The portfolio and its assessment

Tutorials and references for APA citation standards are available on the Write Site

Athabasca University's graduate grading policy

Tasks: Getting ready for what comes next

Mastodon

Bluesky

GitHub

Use for the subsequent GitHub link on the same page as well

Quora

StackExchange

Landing

Use the same DRR link for "default site for this" too (the next link on the page)

WordPress

Wix

Weebly

Medium

Recommended books

Donath, J. (2014). The social machine: Designs for living online. MIT Press. https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/8340.001.0001

Unlink the URL that doesn't work, but leave it there as part of the citation? Use this DRR on the second link provided.

Ahmad, A., & Whitworth, B. (Eds.). (2014). The social design of technical systems: Building technologies for communities (2nd ed.). https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/book/the-social-design-of-technical-systems-building-technologies-for-communities-2nd-edition

Mandiberg, M. (2012). The social media reader. http://archive.org/details/TheSocialMediaReader

Introduction to social media. (2022). Open Textbook Library. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/1215

Social data analysis: Qualitative and quantitative approaches. (2021). https://pressbooks.ric.edu/socialdataanalysis/

Daly, D., Kuru, J., Schneider, N., Fripp, A., & iVoices Media Lab. (2024). Humans R social media—2024. University of Arizona. https://opentextbooks.library.arizona.edu/humansrsocialmedia/

Covello, S. (2016). Trends in digital & social media (version 19). https://pressbooks.usnh.edu/com680/

Wenger, E. (with Internet Archive). (2009). Digital habitats: Stewarding technology for communities. CPsquare. http://archive.org/details/digitalhabitatss0000weng

Benkler, Y. (2006). The wealth of networks: How social production transforms markets and freedom. https://benkler.org/Benkler_Wealth_Of_Networks.pdf

Network propaganda

Dron, J., & Anderson, T. (2014). Teaching crowds: Social media and distance learning. AU Press. https://doi.org/10.15215/aupress/9781927356807.01

Erikson, T. (n.d.). Social computing. https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/book/the-encyclopedia-of-human-computer-interaction-2nd-ed/social-computing

Little, W. (2023). Introduction to sociology (3rd Canadian ed.). BCcampus. https://opentextbc.ca/introductiontosociology3rdedition/

Together: The science of social psychology. (n.d.). Noba. https://nobaproject.com/textbooks/together-the-science-of-social-psychology

Jhangiani, D. R., & Tarry, D. H. (2022). Principles of social psychology (1st International H5P ed.). BCcampus. https://opentextbc.ca/socialpsychology/

Human behavior and the social environment II. (2020). Open Textbook Library. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/human-behavior-and-the-social-environment-ii-payne

Kennedy, V. (2018). Beyond race: Cultural influences on human life. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/beyond-race-cultural-influences-on-human-social-life

Introduction and definitions

Set up your learning diary

Ghost

Blogger

Mahara

Task: What is social software?

Go, E., & You, K. H. (2016). But not all social media are the same: Analyzing organizations’ social media usage patterns. Telematics and Informatics, 33(1), 176–186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2015.06.016

Parikh, R. (2002). Social software. Synthese, 132(3), 187–211. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020391420768

Kim, J. (2018). Morality as social software. Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects. https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/2786

Skaržauskienė, A., Tamošiūnaitė, R., & Žalėnienė, I. (2013). Defining social technologies. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on IS Management and Evaluation. ICIME, 239. https://academic-publishing.org/index.php/ejise/article/view/256

URL missing

Evans, J. (2020). Social computing unhinged. Journal of Social Computing, 1(1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.23919/JSC.2020.0002

Arora, P. (2012). Typology of Web 2.0 spheres: Understanding the cultural dimensions of social media spaces. Current Sociology, 60(5), 599–618. https://repub.eur.nl/pub/38284/Current%20Sociology-2012-Arora-599-618_AAM.pdf

Shaikh. Introduction to social computing. https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/chapter-1-updated-by-zaffar-ahmed-shaikh/8411704

Schuler, D. (1994). Social computing. Commun. ACM, 37(1), 28–29. https://doi.org/10.1145/175222.175223

Dron, J., & Anderson, T. (2014). On the nature and value of social software for learning. In Teaching crowds: Learning and social media (pp. 3–34). Athabasca University Press. https://read.aupress.ca/read/teaching-crowds/section/494844f9-0b73-4edc-b974-b054ec957e3b

Dao, D. V. (2015). Social media classification scheme in online teaching and learning activities: A consideration for educators. 2(4).

Missing link and incomplete reference info.

Boyd, D. M., & Ellison, N. B. (2007). Social network sites: Definition, history, and scholarship. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 13(1), 210–230. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1083-6101.2007.00393.x

Messinger, P. R., Stroulia, E., Lyons, K., Bone, M., Niu, R. H., Smirnov, K., & Perelgut, S. (2009). Virtual worlds—past, present, and future: New directions in social computing. Decision Support Systems, 47(3), 204–228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dss.2009.02.014

Demir, M. (2024). A taxonomy of social media for learning. Computers & Education, 218, 105091. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2024.105091

Wikipedia definition

Levin, A. (2004). https://www.alevin.com/?p=672

https://julianhopkins.com/how-to-define-social-media-an-academic-summary/

http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2004/10/tracing_the_evo.html

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/10/the-history-and-evolution-of-social-media/

Mayfield, R. https://web.archive.org/web/20160611041606/http://radio-weblogs.com/0114726/categories/socialNetworks/2002/12/07.html

Levin, A. https://www.alevin.com/?p=1298

Meatball wiki

Shirky, C. https://web.archive.org/web/20040611083925/http://www.shirky.com/writings/group_enemy.html

http://socialsoftware.weblogsinc.com/2005/09/29/approaching-a-definition-of-web-2-0/

http://www.plasticbag.org/archives/2003/05/my_working_definition_of_social_software/

Boyd, D. http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2008/01/18/lets_define_our.html

Boyd, D. http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2005/11/03/what_is_social.html

Shirky,C. https://web.archive.org/web/20030603173922/http://shirky.com/writings/group_politics.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20070322082643/http://www.socialtext.net/ssa/index.cgi?definition_discussions_elsewhere

Situating social computing

Tasks for this week

Doctorow, C. (2023). The ‘enshittification’ of TikTok. Wired. https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-platforms-cory-doctorow/

Haythornwaite, C., & Wellman, B. (1997). Studying online social networks. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1083-6101.1997.tb00062.x/full

Network propaganda.

Shirky, C. https://web.archive.org/web/20120131151808/http://shirky.com/writings/community_scale.html

https://muckrack.com/clay-shirky/articles

Boyd, D. https://web.archive.org/web/20140607031449/http://www.danah.org/books/ItsComplicated.pdf

Rheingold, H. https://www.ted.com/talks/howard_rheingold_on_collaboration

Smart Mobs

Rheingold, H. Tools for thought. http://www.rheingold.com/texts/tft/

Rheingold, H. The virtual community. http://www.rheingold.com/vc/book/

Heylighen, F. Principia cybernetica. http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/MASTHEAD.html

Wellman, B. (1979). http://0-www.jstor.org.aupac.lib.athabascau.ca/stable/2778222

Dron, J., & Anderson, T. https://learning.athabascau.ca/d2l/le/content/13143/viewContent/645162/View

Anderson, C. The Long Tail. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIZAZYsKM84

The Wealth of Networks. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wealth_of_Networks

Kelly, K. (1998). New rules for the new economy: 10 radical strategies for a connected world. Viking. https://kk.org/mt-files/books-mt/KevinKelly-NewRules-withads.pdf

Turkle, S. Alone Together. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtLVCpZIiNs

Turkle, S. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrsMbblyBrQ

Lanier, J. Who owns the future? https://www.jaronlanier.com/futurewebresources.html

Channel 4 News. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc_Jq42Og7Q

The Artificial Intelligence Channel. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCTlcj5vImk

Post-truth. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-truth

Filter bubble. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filter_bubble

This TED Talk

Echo chamber (media). Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_chamber_(media)

Good paper researching both filter bubbles and echo chambers

Donath, J. The social machine. https://covid-19.mitpress.mit.edu/social-machine

https://vivatropolis.com/judith/

Digital Habitats

Download this for free

Community of practice. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_of_practice

Networks of practice

Tobias Stone's introductory literature review

Social capital. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_capital

Video introduction

Structural holes. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural_holes

A chapter by Liu, Sidhu, Beacom and Valente

The strength of weak ties. https://web.archive.org/web/20181129065500/https://sociology.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/publications/the_strength_of_weak_ties_and_exch_w-gans.pdf

Matthew effect. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_effect

Preferential attachment. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preferential_attachment

Stigmergy. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigmergy

Metcalfe's law. Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalfe%27s_law

Reed's law. Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed%27s_law

Dunbar's number. Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar%27s_number

Erwing Goffman. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erving_Goffman

The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Presentation_of_Self_in_Everyday_Life

Social identity theory. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_identity_theory

Symbolic interactionism. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_interactionism

Mind, Self and Society. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind,_Self_and_Society

Geert Hofstede. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geert_Hofstede

Self-determination theory.

Behavioral economics. In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavioral_economics

Activity theory. In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activity_theory

Actor–network theory. In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor%E2%80%93network_theory

Somerville, I. https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/13563289910254525/full/html

This paper also provides a good overview.

Distributed cognition. In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_cognition

Cognitive ecology. In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_ecology

Andy Clark. In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Clark

Murphy, A. The extended mind. https://www.google.ca/books/edition/The_Extended_Mind/Dk-_DwAAQBAJ

This paper. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.26613/esic.4.1.172/pdf

Confirmation bias. In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

Woozle effect. In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woozle_effect

Group dynamics. In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_dynamics

Pfortmüller, F. https://medium.com/together-institute

Dron, J., & Anderson, T. Teaching crowds: Learning & social media. http://teachingcrowds.ca/

http://teachingcrowds.ca/about/the-typology-of-social-forms

https://cjlt.ca/index.php/cjlt/article/view/28315

https://rdcu.be/ch1tl

https://auspace.athabascau.ca/handle/2149/3653

https://howeducationworks.ca/

Connectivism

Rhizomatic learning

R2D2 (read, reflect, display, and do) model

This paper that attempts to seek definitions within a specific field

Anti-empathy machines