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INFOSYS 296A: Participatory Media

Fall 2005

Course Description

Course will meet September 20 - November 22.

Two hours of seminar discussion per week. This study group explores political activism in the Net context, as well as key aspects such as mass media, political communications, and smart mobs: emerging forms of technology-enabled collective actions. We will read and discuss issues, theories and real world examples from the US, Philippines, Korea, Mexico, China, and elsewhere. We will focus on blogging, online forums and other emerging media forms such as photo-sharing, tagging, RSS, wiki-based communities and read about theoretical aspects of socio-technological networks as well.

In addition to analytic readings, the class will directly engage in collective knowledge-gathering and construction of a public good. Students will engage in social bookmarking and collectively construct a resource wiki on class topics.

Prerequisites

Open to other Schools and Departments on UC Berkeley campus.