Do you have Twitter assignments?
Dear Colleagues: Do any of you have any meaningful and effective Twitter assignments for 100 and 300 level social media classes you could consider sharing with me? I look forward to your responses. Thanks. Franklin -- Franklin Nii Amankwah Yartey, Ph.D Associate Professor of Communication Communication Department University of Dubuque 2000 University Ave Dubuque, Iowa, 52001 Office: Van Vliet 311 Email: fyartey@dbq.edu Phone: 563-589-3181 Fax: 563-589-3416 http://www.franklinyartey.com/ <http://www.dbq.edu/>
I’ve gotten some powerful feedback on this UG assignment: Set up two new, unique profiles on the same social network site (such as Twitter or Reddit) or networked gaming site (such as Steam or Xbox Live). For one profile, create an identity that is clearly female, of a non-white ethnicity, a non-Christian religion and/or non-heteronormative. For the other profile, present yourself as a young, heterosexual, white Christian cis male. Spend at least half an hour using each profile to publicly express political opinions, using common hashtags if appropriate. Use identical language to express identical opinions for both profiles. These opinions may be at any point on the political spectrum from left to right, but not explicitly abusive or offensive. Collect the responses each of your two profiles receives from the other members of the social network, analyze their similarities and differences, and discuss your impressions in a 1-2 page write-up and send to us via the Blackboard dropbox. Also be sure to delete your fake profiles once you have completed the assignment. Aram Sinnreich Associate Professor American University SOC [https://www.american.edu/soc/] Research Fellow Center for Media & Social Impact [http://www.cmsimpact.org/] Books: Mashed Up [http://mashed-up.com/] The Piracy Crusade [http://piracycrusade.com/] Music: Dubistry (new album) [http://dubistry.bandcamp.com/] Brave New Girl [https://www.facebook.com/FreshCutSoul/] aram.sinnreich.com [http://aram.sinnreich.com/] | @aram [http://twitter.com/aram] On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 5:17 PM, Franklin Yartey <fyartey@gmail.com> wrote: Dear Colleagues: Do any of you have any meaningful and effective Twitter assignments for 100 and 300 level social media classes you could consider sharing with me? I look forward to your responses. Thanks. Franklin -- Franklin Nii Amankwah Yartey, Ph.D Associate Professor of Communication Communication Department University of Dubuque 2000 University Ave Dubuque, Iowa, 52001 Office: Van Vliet 311 Email: fyartey@dbq.edu Phone: 563-589-3181 Fax: 563-589-3416 https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.franklinyartey.com_&... <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.dbq.edu_&d=DwIGaQ&c=... > _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__aoir.org&d=DwIGaQ&c=U0G0... Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__listserv.aoir.org_listin... Join the Association of Internet Researchers: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.aoir.org_&d=DwIGaQ&c...
Hi Franklin, Aram, and all, For several years, I worked with colleagues to develop what became an accidental MOOC. We had pre-service and practicing educators work with students in K-12 to create content and share it on Twitter through the #WalkMyWorld hashtag. The work spurred many discussions about privacy, security, and digital identity. The project website <http://walkmy.world/> has the learning events for the three years of the project. We may run the MOOC again soon in the future. Please feel free to use/remix any/all of the learning events if they're of value. - Ian _________________________ W. Ian O'Byrne, Ph.D. College of Charleston wiobyrne.com Be sure to subscribe to my newsletter. On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 1:43 PM, Aram Sinnreich <aram@american.edu> wrote:
I’ve gotten some powerful feedback on this UG assignment: Set up two new, unique profiles on the same social network site (such as Twitter or Reddit) or networked gaming site (such as Steam or Xbox Live). For one profile, create an identity that is clearly female, of a non-white ethnicity, a non-Christian religion and/or non-heteronormative. For the other profile, present yourself as a young, heterosexual, white Christian cis male. Spend at least half an hour using each profile to publicly express political opinions, using common hashtags if appropriate. Use identical language to express identical opinions for both profiles. These opinions may be at any point on the political spectrum from left to right, but not explicitly abusive or offensive. Collect the responses each of your two profiles receives from the other members of the social network, analyze their similarities and differences, and discuss your impressions in a 1-2 page write-up and send to us via the Blackboard dropbox. Also be sure to delete your fake profiles once you have completed the assignment.
Aram Sinnreich Associate Professor American University SOC [https://www.american.edu/soc/] Research Fellow Center for Media & Social Impact [http://www.cmsimpact.org/]
Books: Mashed Up [http://mashed-up.com/] The Piracy Crusade [http://piracycrusade.com/]
Music: Dubistry (new album) [http://dubistry.bandcamp.com/] Brave New Girl [https://www.facebook.com/FreshCutSoul/]
aram.sinnreich.com [http://aram.sinnreich.com/] | @aram [ http://twitter.com/aram]
On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 5:17 PM, Franklin Yartey <fyartey@gmail.com> wrote: Dear Colleagues: Do any of you have any meaningful and effective Twitter assignments for 100 and 300 level social media classes you could consider sharing with me? I look forward to your responses.
Thanks.
Franklin
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Hi All, I do something similar. I divide the class into groups and ask each group to find the profile of one individual (someone not in the class) on three different social media platforms (usually Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, or Instagram). I then ask each group to create and present to the class a comprehensive user persona that reflects what’s been learned about the individual across all three platforms. As a class, we discuss the differences and similarities across the platforms, with a focus on the assumptions and biases inherent in the platforms, how the structural constraints and user information practices of each platform shape online personas and our perception, and the possible motivations for individuals who share different types of information in each channel. Hope this is helpful! Best, Diana Diana L. Ascher, MBA Doctoral Candidate Department of Information Studies University of California, Los Angeles 290 Charles E. Young Drive North Los Angeles, CA 90095 dianaascher@ucla.edu <mailto:dianaascher@ucla.edu> @dianaascher <http://twitter.com/dianaascher>
On Jul 10, 2017, at 10:43 AM, Aram Sinnreich <aram@american.edu> wrote:
I’ve gotten some powerful feedback on this UG assignment: Set up two new, unique profiles on the same social network site (such as Twitter or Reddit) or networked gaming site (such as Steam or Xbox Live). For one profile, create an identity that is clearly female, of a non-white ethnicity, a non-Christian religion and/or non-heteronormative. For the other profile, present yourself as a young, heterosexual, white Christian cis male. Spend at least half an hour using each profile to publicly express political opinions, using common hashtags if appropriate. Use identical language to express identical opinions for both profiles. These opinions may be at any point on the political spectrum from left to right, but not explicitly abusive or offensive. Collect the responses each of your two profiles receives from the other members of the social network, analyze their similarities and differences, and discuss your impressions in a 1-2 page write-up and send to us via the Blackboard dropbox. Also be sure to delete your fake profiles once you have completed the assignment.
Aram Sinnreich Associate Professor American University SOC [https://www.american.edu/soc/] Research Fellow Center for Media & Social Impact [http://www.cmsimpact.org/]
Books: Mashed Up [http://mashed-up.com/] The Piracy Crusade [http://piracycrusade.com/]
Music: Dubistry (new album) [http://dubistry.bandcamp.com/] Brave New Girl [https://www.facebook.com/FreshCutSoul/]
aram.sinnreich.com [http://aram.sinnreich.com/] | @aram [http://twitter.com/aram]
On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 5:17 PM, Franklin Yartey <fyartey@gmail.com> wrote: Dear Colleagues: Do any of you have any meaningful and effective Twitter assignments for 100 and 300 level social media classes you could consider sharing with me? I look forward to your responses.
Thanks.
Franklin
-- Franklin Nii Amankwah Yartey, Ph.D Associate Professor of Communication Communication Department University of Dubuque 2000 University Ave Dubuque, Iowa, 52001 Office: Van Vliet 311 Email: fyartey@dbq.edu Phone: 563-589-3181 Fax: 563-589-3416 https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.franklinyartey.com_&... <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.dbq.edu_&d=DwIGaQ&c=... > _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__aoir.org&d=DwIGaQ&c=U0G0... Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__listserv.aoir.org_listin...
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I offer my graduate research students a Twitter Extra Credit assignment, and have it on my website for anybody to use: jeffreykeefer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/SPSRPM-Twitter-Extra-Credit-090616v5.docx <http://jeffreykeefer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/SPSRPM-Twitter-Extra-Credit-090616v5.docx> Hope it can be useful for anybody here! ----- Jeffrey Keefer, Ph.D. jk904@nyu.edu <mailto:jk904@nyu.edu> Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeffreyKeefer <https://twitter.com/JeffreyKeefer> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreykeefer <http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreykeefer> Website: www.jeffreykeefer.com <http://www.jeffreykeefer.com/> Blog: www.silenceandvoice.com <http://www.silenceandvoice.com/>
On Jul 10, 2017, at 5:17 PM, Franklin Yartey <fyartey@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Colleagues: Do any of you have any meaningful and effective Twitter assignments for 100 and 300 level social media classes you could consider sharing with me? I look forward to your responses.
Thanks.
Franklin
-- Franklin Nii Amankwah Yartey, Ph.D Associate Professor of Communication Communication Department University of Dubuque 2000 University Ave Dubuque, Iowa, 52001 Office: Van Vliet 311 Email: fyartey@dbq.edu Phone: 563-589-3181 Fax: 563-589-3416 http://www.franklinyartey.com/ <http://www.dbq.edu/> _______________________________________________ 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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I've had 300-level (and grad) students in my media studies courses create Twitter bots as a way of exploring agency, materiality, inscriptions, infrastructures, etc. It's worked for nontechnical students too (a related assignment in grad school is actually how I learned Python). The bots don't need to be technically complex or challenging to be intellectually interesting. Here are the relevant snippets from my syllabus last year: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XuajU_4F2wigVbk0DQCoRmGhVXaUhqmHtZC4pCMD... ___________________________ Sent by the magic of mobile technology
On Jul 14, 2017, at 8:10 AM, Jeffrey M Keefer (NYU) <jk904@nyu.edu> wrote:
I offer my graduate research students a Twitter Extra Credit assignment, and have it on my website for anybody to use: jeffreykeefer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/SPSRPM-Twitter-Extra-Credit-090616v5.docx <http://jeffreykeefer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/SPSRPM-Twitter-Extra-Credit-090616v5.docx>
Hope it can be useful for anybody here!
----- Jeffrey Keefer, Ph.D. jk904@nyu.edu <mailto:jk904@nyu.edu>
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeffreyKeefer <https://twitter.com/JeffreyKeefer> LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreykeefer <http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreykeefer> Website: www.jeffreykeefer.com <http://www.jeffreykeefer.com/> Blog: www.silenceandvoice.com <http://www.silenceandvoice.com/>
On Jul 10, 2017, at 5:17 PM, Franklin Yartey <fyartey@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Colleagues: Do any of you have any meaningful and effective Twitter assignments for 100 and 300 level social media classes you could consider sharing with me? I look forward to your responses.
Thanks.
Franklin
-- Franklin Nii Amankwah Yartey, Ph.D Associate Professor of Communication Communication Department University of Dubuque 2000 University Ave Dubuque, Iowa, 52001 Office: Van Vliet 311 Email: fyartey@dbq.edu Phone: 563-589-3181 Fax: 563-589-3416 http://www.franklinyartey.com/ <http://www.dbq.edu/> _______________________________________________ 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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