Teaching: Replacing *NetSmart* (2012)
For the last five years I've been using Howard Rheingold's *Net Smart: How To Thrive Online* (2012). It's been great because it introduces lots of important ideas in the context of learning how to be a more informed and capable netizen. For example, how to be mindful, skeptical, and make use of the power of social networks. Five years on, though, the book is a bit dated (e.g., discussion of the del.icio.us social bookmarking site). I am thinking I should look for alternatives. I don't think I'll be able to find a single book to replace it, but I hope to find a more current reading or two (perhaps chapters from different books) that cover similar ground. I welcome recommendations! "Attention," ch=1 : multi-tasking; executive control; intention & mindfulness when online - Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, *The Distraction Addiction* (2013). Excellent, but a whole book rather than a chapter or two. "Crap detection," ch=2 : appropriate skepticism, finding credible sources, fake news "Participation power," ch=3 : participatory culture, folksonomy, playbor "Social-digital know-how," ch=4 : evolution of cooperation, Dunbar's number and scale, social dilemmas (tragedy of commons, public goods, prisoner's dilemma) "Social has a shape," ch=5 : strength of weak ties, 80/20, long tail I've put this in a Google Doc too, if you want to make a suggestion there. <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hb5_jZAOSNriIOjmJGQkRyOGodeWb-XhyeUGU5iLHXY/edit?usp=sharing> Thank you for any suggestions :-)
I am going to use Mary Chayko's Superconnected and Simon Lindgren's Digital Media & Society as the main books for my new courses. Both are recent (2016/2017) and not too expensive (relatively) Mathias
Joseph Reagle <mailto:joseph.2011@reagle.org> July 13, 2017 at 08:41 For the last five years I've been using Howard Rheingold's *Net Smart: How To Thrive Online* (2012). It's been great because it introduces lots of important ideas in the context of learning how to be a more informed and capable netizen. For example, how to be mindful, skeptical, and make use of the power of social networks.
Five years on, though, the book is a bit dated (e.g., discussion of the del.icio.us social bookmarking site). I am thinking I should look for alternatives. I don't think I'll be able to find a single book to replace it, but I hope to find a more current reading or two (perhaps chapters from different books) that cover similar ground.
I welcome recommendations!
"Attention," ch=1 : multi-tasking; executive control; intention & mindfulness when online
- Alex Soojung-Kim Pang, *The Distraction Addiction* (2013). Excellent, but a whole book rather than a chapter or two.
"Crap detection," ch=2 : appropriate skepticism, finding credible sources, fake news
"Participation power," ch=3 : participatory culture, folksonomy, playbor
"Social-digital know-how," ch=4 : evolution of cooperation, Dunbar's number and scale, social dilemmas (tragedy of commons, public goods, prisoner's dilemma)
"Social has a shape," ch=5 : strength of weak ties, 80/20, long tail
I've put this in a Google Doc too, if you want to make a suggestion there.
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hb5_jZAOSNriIOjmJGQkRyOGodeWb-XhyeUGU5iLHXY/edit?usp=sharing>
Thank you for any suggestions :-) _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
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Thank you Mathias (and others who continue to add options to the Google Doc.) On 7/13/17 10:33 AM, Mathias Klang wrote:
I am going to use Mary Chayko's Superconnected Simon Lindgren's Digital Media & Society
Both of those look useful, especially Chayko, and I will investigate further.
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