Hi Scott, Just looked at your links... Could you contextualize these a bit? How long do these courses run? Surely not a single semester with all the readings assigned, right? On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Scott MacLeod <helianth@gmail.com> wrote:
Barry and Lee,
Great and thanks.
I added this
Rainie, Lee and Barry Wellman. 2012. Networked: The New Social Operating System. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
as reference to the following World University and School (which is like Wikipedia with MIT OCW with free degrees planned for a first, matriculating, online, Bachelor's degree class in 2014, accrediting on MIT OCW in CA), wiki subjects:
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Network_Society and http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Internet_Studies and http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Society,_Technology_and_Science ...
I'll look to use it in the related course I teach, as well.
Thank you for writing this, Scott
http://scottmacleod.com http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University
On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Barry Wellman <wellman@chass.utoronto.ca> wrote:
It's textbook choosing season, and I hope you'll think about our Networked book. I taught nicely from the pdfs last year. And it's less than $20. Recommended by Manuel Castells, Vint Cerf, Clay Shirky, and others. (Full list on Amazon).
Here's the jacket blurb:
Daily life is connected life, its rhythms driven by endless email pings and responses, the chimes and beeps of continually arriving text messages, tweets and retweets, Facebook updates, pictures and videos to post and discuss. Our perpetual connectedness gives us endless opportunities to be part of the give-and-take of networking.
Some worry that this new environment makes us isolated and lonely. But in Networked, Lee Rainie and Barry Wellman show how the large, loosely knit social circles of networked individuals expand opportunities for learning, problem solving, decision making, and personal interaction. The new social operating system of "networked individualism" liberates us from the restrictions of tightly knit groups; it also requires us to develop networking skills and strategies, work on maintaining ties, and balance multiple overlapping networks. Rainie and Wellman outline the "triple revolution" that has brought on this transformation: the rise of social networking, the capacity of the Internet to empower individuals, and the always-on connectivity of mobile devices. Drawing on extensive evidence, they examine how the move to networked individualism has expanded personal relationships beyond households and neighborhoods; transformed work into less hierarchical, more team-driven enterprises; encouraged individuals to create and share content; and changed the way people obtain information. Rainie and Wellman guide us through the challenges and opportunities of living in the evolving world of networked individuals.
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S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:barrywellman http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php
Just published: NETWORKED: The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie and Barry Wellman. MIT Press. http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=12791
http://www.amazon.com/Networked-New-Social-Operating-System/dp/0262017199/re...
http://www.amazon.ca/Networked-New-Social-Operating-System/dp/0262017199/ref...
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