On Tuesday the 17th we will move to the last section of our class, discussing “Network Theory” and how networked media require us to rethink certain media paradigms. Read all of Duncan Watts, Six Degrees.
Final Project: As a final you will need to write a six to eight page paper (approx. 2500 words) focused on one of the issues we have raised in the class. The best way to address this assignment is to find one of your weekly posts which most interested you, and expand upon it, turning it into a polished work. This piece should be narrowly focused. Since you only have 6-8 pages it needs to be specific, about one narrow idea. That is teens and new media is too broad, social networking sites is too broad a topic, teens and social networking sites is still too broad a topic. Teens and privacy on social networking sites is more in the right scope. Double space your paper and use a citation format. (I don’t particularly care which one, APA, MLA, just pick one and use it consistently.)
Although it is not required I highly recommend that sometime in the next two weeks you give me a draft of the idea you are thinking about writing on. This doesn’t have to be anything polished, but it will help me to point you in the right direction, suggest which readings from class you might want to consider using etc.
Papers are due by 10:00AM on December 11th.