{"id":18917,"date":"2014-07-17T07:00:35","date_gmt":"2014-07-17T11:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/?p=18917"},"modified":"2014-07-16T15:55:58","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T19:55:58","slug":"best-class-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/cyborgology\/2014\/07\/17\/best-class-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Best. Class. Ever!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"best<\/a>Okay, readers, it\u2019s time to get to work. I recently found out that I get to teach a New Media and Society course in spring 2015. The course, housed in Sociology, \u00a0is geared toward upper-level undergraduates and will be listed under \u201cSpecial Topics,\u201d which basically means it\u2019s a trial run with the potential for eventual inclusion in the official course catalog. I have had this course milling around in my head for quite awhile now, and have an outline ready.<\/p>\n

What would really make the course great, though, is input from the scholarly community (broadly conceived). Since Cyborgology has a truly fantastic scholarly community, I’m asking for help here.<\/p>\n

Below, I outline the general topics I\u00a0plan\u00a0to cover. Your job is to\u00a0suggest content\u00a0for any of these topics. You can list them in the comments. I will combine everyone\u2019s suggestions, along with my own existing list, and construct a follow up post. Suggestions can include books, journal articles, blog posts, videos, and popular media pieces in written or visual form.<\/p>\n

This only works if you participate, so please, everyone, give me what you’ve got and spread widely.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

General Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Theories of Technology and Society<\/strong><\/p>\n

2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Theories of Communication<\/strong><\/p>\n

3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Social Media: A History and Recent Trends<\/strong><\/p>\n

4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Utopias and Dystopias<\/strong><\/p>\n

5)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Political Economy of Social Media\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

6)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>The Public Sphere<\/strong><\/p>\n

7)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Privacy and Publicity<\/strong><\/p>\n

8)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Self and Identity<\/strong><\/p>\n

9)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Interpersonal Relationships<\/strong><\/p>\n

10)\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Opting Out<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Jenny Davis is on Twitter and happy to take suggestions there, too:\u00a0@Jenny_L_Davis<\/a><\/p>\n

Image\u00a0Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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