INFO I202 (3563) / SOC S240 (4621) Social Informatics 11:30-12:45, MW, DW 1135 Spring 2012

Dr. Joshua J. Wells 2271 Wiekamp jowells@iusb.edu 520.4434 (during office hours)

Office Hours: Tues (08:30-11:00), Wed (09:45-10:15, 12:45-13:15, 15:45-16:15), and by appointment Objectives: This course considers the omnipresent role technology plays in our human existence and how technological behaviors may be studied. We will learn how humans' very ancient need for tools still affects social structures, definitions of humanity, and processes of invention associated with information and communication technologies. You will engage with professional scientific literature that broadly covers the ideas contained in social informatics, including anthropology, sociology, cognitive science, and medical studies. To provide you with a deeper understanding of how human beings function with hardware and software, you will learn to critically examine the effects of cultures, societies, sciences, politics, and economics on the modern ways that people are born, invent, reproduce, consume, and die immersed in technologies and human-built environments. Required Textbook: none Required Research Articles and Web Link URLs: Listed items are distributed through Oncourse Resources or available through the URL provided. You are expected to do the readings before the date listed. You are expected to watch or listen to all listed online media on your own time, even the ones you do not write about. Required Accounts: You are required to create two free data service accounts outside of the IU system and share the usernames with the instructor and the rest of the class to coordinate on class activities. You may share existing accounts or create new ones with bogus demographic information as you see fit. Google: https://accounts.google.com/SignUp (instructor: jowells.at.iusb.edu@gmail.com) Twitter: http://twitter.com (instructor: http://twitter.com/evolvedtech) Required Newspaper: You are required to browse the New York Times Science and Technology sections each week. You should come to class prepared to connect current events to our core readings, and to weekly readings as relevant. Students will be chosen at random daily to share their finds. The printed NYT is available free of charge to students at IUSB in Wiekamp Hall, the Student Activities Center, and Northside Hall. <http://www.nytimes.com/pages/technology/index.html> Course Grading Categories: Fifteen Weekly Written Responses to course readings (2% each) Technology Assessment Paper (15%) Media/Event Review #1 (10%) Media/Event Review #2 (10%) Social Information Stream Report (10%) Final Social ICT Review Paper (15%) Attendance and Participation (10%) *attendance and examination of in-class assignments will be randomly conducted 30% (15 * 2%) 15% 10% 10% 10% 15% 10%

IUSB and INFO I202 / SOC S240 Classroom Policies

Class is Subject to Change: This syllabus provides an outline of the plan for the semester and the expectations for students in this course. The instructor reserves the right to make any major or minor modifications or additions to the syllabus as needs arise through the semester. Changes to the syllabus will be announced in class, through email, and/or through the Oncourse web site. Students are expected to make themselves aware of changes when they occur and proceed accordingly. ACADEMIC HONESTY STATEMENT: It is the responsibility of the student to know of the prohibited actions such as cheating, fabrication, plagiarism, academic, and personal misconduct, and thus, to avoid them. All students are held to the standards outlined in the code. Please reference the entire Code of Student Rights, Responsibilities, and Conduct at http://www.dsa.indiana.edu/Code/. Any violation may result in serious academic penalty, ranging from receiving a warning, to failing the assignment, to failing the course, to expulsion from the University. Accommodations for Students with Disabilities: Any student who feels that an accommodation may be needed based on the impact of a disability should contact Disabled Student Services at 520-4832 in Room 120 of the Administration Building. Staff will work to coordinate reasonable accommodations for students with documented disabilities. Accommodations for Religious Holidays or Observances: Any student who requires an absence from class, or a temporary extension for an assignment due to a religious holiday or other observance during this semester is requested to contact the instructor before the end of the second week of class. Coursework Communication Policy: All electronic communication for this class must be conducted through IUSB email. The instructor will not send email messages to addresses that are not on the iusb.edu domain. Students are expected to check their email and specified areas of the Oncourse site for course information. Be aware, email is not a pager, and a reply may take up to two business days. Paper Submission Policy: Term papers will only be accepted as RTF (Rich Text Format) files uploaded to Oncourse based on templates provided. Students are expected to familiarize themselves with the system in advance, and complete their work with enough time to avoid upload errors. Late papers will not be accepted. Papers that do not meet the minimum size requirements (FULL PAGES OF TEXTUAL REPORTING - NOT COUNTING HEADERS, TITLE PAGES, BIBLIOGRAPHIES, ETC.) will not be accepted (GRADE 0) or will be failed (GRADE F) at the instructors discretion. Students are encouraged to visit the instructor with rough drafts during office hours or appointments; however the instructor does not review rough drafts over email, and will not review a rough draft within 24 hours of the due date. There are no resubmissions. Cellular Telephone, PDA, and Laptop Policy for Classroom: Cellular telephone use is not permitted during class; if you have an emergency need to retain contact, please turn the device to silent and leave the classroom if you must take an emergency call. PDA and laptop use is permitted for note taking; a zero-tolerance policy is in place for use of your PDA or laptop to message others, play games, or conduct any activity other than course note taking and any infraction will result in your inability to use any device in the classroom. NO ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION OR DATA DEVICE IS TO BE VISIBLE AT ANY POINT DURING TEST DAYS; if any device is visible, it will be assumed to be used for electronic cheating on the test and you will be asked to leave the classroom without an opportunity to complete the test. Statement on Course Expectations Regarding Science and Human Evolution: This is a course which in part covers the scientific concept of human evolution and the scientific study of the human past. Students are expected to understand the concepts and terminology of scientific anthropology and to communicate them in their course writings, and also to pass exams which may include those concepts and terms.

Table 1: I202 / S240 Semester Schedule Week (Class Dates) W1 (9, 11 J) W2 (16, 18 J) W3 (23, 25 J) W4 (30 J, 1 F) W5 (6, 8 F) W6 (13, 15 F) W7 (20, 22 F) W8 (27, 29 F) W9 (5, 7 M) (12, 16 M) W10 (19, 21 M) W11 (26, 28 M) W12 (2, 4 A) W13 (9, 11 A) W14 (16, 18 A) W15 (23, 25 A) W16 (30 A) Topic Introduction Human evolution & technology Augmentation & enhancement Futurism Unconferences & PowerPoint Free information & digital literacy Militarism Digital divides Built environments #1 planned SPRING BREAK Built environments #2 unplanned Waste Work Learning & Play Families Love & Sex FINAL PRESENTATIONS Mon: Rough draft of Project #1 in class (Penalty for failure) Wed: Some time for Project #1 group work Fri: Project #1 paper due by 10pm Mon/Wed: Project #1 Presentations (Mandatory, see below) Mon: Rough draft of film review #1 in class (Penalty for failure) Fri: Film/Event Review #1 due by 10pm Mon: Individual work to compile Twitter lists for Project #2 Mon: Group work on completed Twitter lists for Project #2 SPRING BREAK Wed: Group presentations of Twitter lists for Project #2 Wed: coordinate groups proposing final project topics Wed: Bring 3 good articles for final paper (Penalty for failure) Mon: Rough draft of film review #2 in class (Penalty for failure) Fri: Film/Event Review #2 due by 10pm Mon: Rough draft of final paper in class (Penalty for failure) Mon: Final paper due by 10pm *Mandatory Attendance* Find your entire final exam schedule online http://kb.iu.edu/data/aobf.html Mon: No class, MLK Holiday Mon: Choose software training for Project #1 Important Dates

Table 2: Reading Assignments (PDF on Oncourse unless otherwise noted).

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Author Title (*articles with an asterisk can be used for your media reviews) *Hanson Beyond the Skin Bag: On the Moral Responsibility of Extended Agencies *Forsythe Anthropology as Invisible Work *Kling Introduction to Social Informatics (Chapter 1) *Clynes & Kline Cyborgs & Space *Van Schaik Tool Use in Primates *Hogle Enhancement Technologies and the Body *Keating Homo Prostheticus: Problematizing Computer-Mediated Interaction *Wang Social Computing *Franklin Science as Culture *Hamilton Traces of the Future *Reis Socio-scientific Controversies Buchanan Sick of Canned Keynote Speeches *Gross The Structure of PowerPoint Presentations Kirsner Take Your PowerPoint and (unconference) *Stark PowerPoint in Public *Bawden Dark Side of Information Overload *Kolbitsch How Emerging Communities Shape the Information we Consume *Joint Force Command Joint Operating Environment 2008 (Part II.I Cyber) *Arkin Ethical Robots in Warfare *Drew Drone Flights Leave Military Awash in Data *Mockenhaupt The Future Its Unmanned Donnely Long Distance Warriors; Fleming Campaign Asks for Treaty to Limit War Robots; AP Military Drones a la Video Games; MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30810070/ *Leye UNESCO, ICT Corporations & Development: Modernization Resurrected *Noh Internet Inequality and Growth *Crabtree Hybrid Ecologies in Emerging Physical-Digital Environments *Galloway Intimations of Everyday Life: Ubiquitous Computing & the City *Price Ubiquitous Computing Model for User Control of Privacy *Rangaswamy Business of Internet Cafes in India *Salinger Reflexive Framework for Development *Johnson Tsunami of Electronic Waste *Nnorom e-Waste Management Practices *Williams Environmental, Social, and Economic Implications of Reuse and Recycling of PCs *Bluewolf packet & Bluewolf website: http://www.bluewolf.com *Kulkarni Outsourcing Insights *Ito Digital Youth Project, Summary White Paper *Ito/Battanti (c. 5) Hanging Out, Messing Around and Geeking Out: GAMING *Ito/Lange (c. 6) Hanging Out, Messing Around and Geeking Out: CREATIVE PRODUCTION *Ito (c. 7) Hanging Out, Messing Around and Geeking Out: WORK Material on Oncourse and project website http://digitalyouth.ischool.berkeley.edu/report *Ito/Boyd (c. 3) Hanging Out, Messing Around and Geeking Out:INTIMACY *Ito/Horst (c. 4) Hanging Out, Messing Around and Geeking Out: FAMILIES *Ito (c. 7) Hanging Out, Messing Around and Geeking Out: WORK *Delmonico Cybersex and the e-Teen *Quinn Describing Sexual Behavior in the Era of the Internet *Ross Typing, Doing, & Being: Sexuality & the Internet

Table 3: Media Assignments

Week 1 2 3 4 5 Title, & Availability (format: F/Flash, QT/Quicktime, RP/Real Player, WM/Windows Media) Ape Genius, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/apegenius/program.html (QT/WM) An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube, http://mediatedcultures.net/youtube.htm (F) Metropolis (in class [1927, Fritz Lang]) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXZQROAqRNQ (F) OR Ray Kurzweil on Human-Machine Intelligence http://onpoint.wbur.org/2005/10/03/rise-of-the-machines (F) TOO SHORT, NOT A TOPIC FOR MEDIA REVIEW Cloud Camp Founder Dave Nielsen http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9pw13_cloud-camp-founder-teaches-how-to-s_tech (F) See also http://www.cloudcamp.org (website) Ignite Videos http://igniteshow.com (F) from OReilly Media http://oreilly.com (website) Example how-to Ignite http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGENcskRGRk (F) Interview with Microsoft researchers on e-Memory, http://onpoint.wbur.org/2009/09/14/e-memory-and-you (F) Where Twitter is Taking Us, http://onpoint.wbur.org/2012/01/03/where-twitter-is-taking-us (F) Interview with Peter Singer on Robotics and War, http://onpoint.wbur.org/2011/07/11/global-drone-war (F) OR WikiLeaks, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/wikileaks (F) (extra option) The King and the Web, http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/blog/2009/08/swaziland_the_k.html (F) *6 min, not to be used alone for review* Interview with Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/10403 (F) OR The Bandwidth Crunch http://onpoint.wbur.org/2010/03/22/the-bandwidth-crunch (F) Interview with Google CEO Eric Schmidt http://onpoint.wbur.org/2009/05/28/video-google-ceo-eric-schmidt(F) CHOOSE TWO IF DOING MEDIA REVIEW Mobile Phones Fight Poverty, http://www.ted.com/talks/iqbal_quadir_says_mobiles_fight_poverty.html (F) *15 min, not to be used alone for review* Hole in the Wall, http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/india/thestory.html (RP) *8 min, not to be used alone for review* How Kids Teach Themselves with Tech http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_shows_how_kids_teach_themselves.html (F) *21 min, not to be used alone for review* Open-Source Learning, http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/richard_baraniuk_on_open_source_learning.html *15 min, not to be used alone for review* Digital Dumping Ground, http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/ghana804 (F) Reading the Media-News Future http://onpoint.wbur.org/2011/02/07/ipad-rise-applications (F) OR When Machines Do the Work http://onpoint.wbur.org/2011/11/02/when-machines-do-the-work (F) OR 1-800-India (IUSB Library Reserve), http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/1-800-india/introduction/70 (website) Connecting the World [for education] http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/hector_ruiz_on_connecting_the_world.html (F) OR Digital Youth Project Interviews, http://onpoint.wbur.org/2008/11/26/digital-youth (F) OR Deep in the World of Warcraft, http://onpoint.wbur.org/2010/03/30/warcraft-civilization (F) (extra option) The Most Wired Place On Earth, http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/south_korea802 (F) *13 min, not to be used alone for review* Growing Up Online, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kidsonline (F) OR Digital Nation (focus on family-related topics) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/digitalnation (F) American Porn, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/porn (F) OR The Internets Impact on Sex and Society http://onpoint.wbur.org/2006/04/07/the-internets-impact-on-sex-and-society (F)

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WEEKLY RESPONSE REQUIREMENTS Papers due weekly before 11am Mondays Fifteen weekly written responses to our course readings must be submitted during the semester. These will be submitted through the Oncourse Assignments section as in-line text before 8am the first Monday of the week (with the exception of Weeks 1 and 2, which are due by 11am Wednesday). Late submissions will not be counted. These are worth 30% of your course grade in total and failure to keep on top of the readings will almost certainly lead to a poor grade. Each written response must be AT LEAST 250 WORDS LONG (less than a single page, double-spaced). No partial credit will be given for submissions below the minimum length. The topic of these postings is generally open. However, you must do two things: 1. Use terms and concepts from that weeks assigned readings to support observations. 2. Provide a question you create about sociocultural or ethical behavior with technology, related to the readings, that you would like the class to discuss. FILM/EVENT REVIEW REQUIREMENTS Papers due on Fridays: 24 Feburary and 13 April, before 10pm. Discuss the subject and presentation of the films and/or guest lecturers for class (see Table 3: Media Assignments) using terminology and concepts from your readings, class notes, and other activities. These are not to be simply reiterations of the plots or subject matter, but rather critical assessments and analyses of the topics presented. Each review is worth 10% of your course grade. Each review should minimally utilize the Kling article on social informatics (W1), the Hanson article on ethics (W1), and at least two of the starred required readings (see Table 2: Reading Assignments) for the week of the film/event. This means that ideas from those items should show up in your discussion, be referenced with in-text citations, and properly listed in your bibliography. Use of other course readings beyond the minimum is encouraged. Structural Requirements To write AT LEAST 600 BUT NO MORE THAN 900 WORDS OF BODY TEXT, utilizing the course RTF file template. The template has one-inch margins, Arial 12 point font, and is double-spaced with no extra spacing between paragraphs. A separate cover page (not counted in minimum) !DO NOT WRITE A HEADER ON PAGE 1! A separate bibliography page in MLA style that lists all required and extra items (not counted in minimum). Include all URLs referenced in your paper. In-text citations using MLA style for quotes or specific references to concepts from sources, or to add clarity in your discussion. <http://www.indiana.edu/~libugls/Publications/electronic_mla.html>

PROJECT 1: TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT Paper due Friday, 10 February, before 10pm. Presentation due Monday, 13 February, in class. This project involves an individual paper about your material culture usage related to information and communication technologies (ICTs), and a group presentation of your findings as part of a team of your classmates. The total project is worth 15% of your final grade. Each individual must bring a minimum 300 word rough draft to class (see schedule). Failure to bring the rough draft will result in a 10% penalty to your project grade. You will gain new software skills using free downloads from IUware <http://kb.iu.edu/data/agze.html>, and free training modules from Lynda.com <http://kb.iu.edu/data/aywb.html> to engage in one or more training exercises for a total of at least two hours. You may use software and training materials from other sources (e.g., Google Earth, Open Office, Zotero, etc.), however you MUST get approval first! Content Requirements Describe and analyze how you have augmented your cyborg capabilities through these ICTs. Investigate the biological, social, ideological, and personal repercussions of your new training. How might your use of the new technology be similar or different compared to other users? Also, discuss the strengths and limitations of the training modules. Evaluate how you felt about the training setup (easy? hard? why?), and interface (intuitive? problematic? how?) and consider how they might be improved (be realistic). You are REQUIRED to use the articles by Hanson (W1), Kling (W1), Van Schaik (W2), and Keating (W3) as sources in your paper, to list them in the bibliography, and refer to their ideas repeatedly. Use of other course readings beyond the minimum is encouraged. Use of external resources is allowed, but should not replace the importance of the required articles. Structural Requirements To write AT LEAST 900 BUT NO MORE THAN 1500 WORDS OF BODY TEXT, utilizing the course RTF file template. The template has one-inch margins, Arial 12 point font, and is double-spaced with no extra spacing between paragraphs. Images, graphs, tables, etc. DO NOT count toward your minimum. A separate cover page (not counted in minimum) !DO NOT WRITE A HEADER ON PAGE 1! A separate bibliography page in MLA style that lists all required and extra items (not counted in minimum). Include all URLs referenced in your paper. In-text citations using MLA style for quotes or specific references to concepts from sources, or to add clarity in your discussion. <http://www.indiana.edu/~libugls/Publications/electronic_mla.html> A nicely formatted table within the report file (not counted in word minimum), listing the names of the training materials you completed, the time spent on each (in minutes, round up), and the URL of the resource if it is not provided by Lynda. Presentation Requirements: Each team member will contribute to a slide presentation in Google Docs (other multimedia can augment this) that presents a synthesis of the groups findings. Each group will discuss how the experiences of the individual members may be compared and contrasted per the project criteria. Each group will have a specific time limit, based on class size. Failure to contribute and participate in an informative presentation with your group will result in a 25% penalty to your project grade. However the group with the best presentation will earn 1% extra credit to their final class grade. 7

PROJECT 2: CREATE A USEFUL SOCIAL INFORMATION STREAM Use your course Twitter account to create lists of useful sources of news and information that are broadcast through this particular social-networking/microblogging resource. Explain the usefulness of the lists in a short report, make the list available to the class, and coordinate with others on a group presentation to the class about how to use your lists and why. You must create one or more lists (no more than three) and find at least 50 sources of Twitter information to follow with your lists. Each list should have 20 or more sources that it follows. The lists you create should reflect a useful professional purpose or interest (no game cheats, Ashton Kutcher, or other #StupidStuff). For example, see the instructors Twitter list for open source geographic information systems https://twitter.com/#!/EvolvedTech/open-source-gis-info/members. Please feel free to discuss your plans and problems with your classmates and the instructor in class or online. See these websites for useful tips about how to get started: http://www.pulselearning.com/how-to-use-twitter-for-professional-development the value you get from Twitter depends on how you nurture it. http://www.bridging-the-gap.com/how-to-use-twitter-for-professional-networking Twitter is really all about real-time professional conversations. Report Content Requirements Write a brief paper explaining the utility and rationale for your lists. Why did you choose the topics? What information does each list provide? How did you search and select the sources? How could you categorize the different kinds of sources the list follows? Who should follow this list, and why? You are REQUIRED to use the articles by Hanson (W1), Kling (W1), Bawden (W6) and Kolbitsch (W6) as sources in the bibliography, and to use their ideas to add depth and clarity to your paper. You may use other course readings or external sources as desired after fulfilling the requirements. Report Structural Requirements To write AT LEAST 300 BUT NO MORE THAN 500 WORDS OF BODY TEXT, utilizing the course RTF file template. Each list should receive roughly equal attention. A separate cover page (not counted in minimum) !DO NOT WRITE A HEADER ON PAGE 1! A separate bibliography page in MLA style that lists all required and extra items (not counted in minimum). Include all URLs referenced in your paper. Enter your lists in the bibliography as electronic sources and include their URLs. In-text citations using MLA style for quotes or specific references to concepts from sources, or to add clarity in your discussion. <http://www.indiana.edu/~libugls/Publications/electronic_mla.html> Presentation Requirements: Each team member will contribute one slide per list to a presentation in Google Docs (other multimedia can augment this) that presents a synthesis of the groups findings. Lists and the sources they contain should be compared and contrasted per the project criteria. Each group will have a specific time limit, based on class size. Failure to contribute and participate in an informative presentation with your group will result in a 25% penalty to your project grade. However the group with the best presentation will earn 1% extra credit to their final class grade. 8

PROJECT 3: LITERATURE REVIEW OF SOCIAL SCIENCE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY Paper due Monday, 23 April, before 10pm. Presentation due during scheduled final exam time. This project involves individual and group work on a particular aspect of information and communication technology. You will write an individual paper assessing library research you have conducted, and help present a group presentation of your findings as part of a team of your classmates. The total project is worth 15% of your final grade. Your group will choose an appropriate aspect of technological behavior. Each group member will write an analytical review about a series of at least 3 unique, complementary, professional studies on the topic (e.g., an article in a professional research journal, a detailed organizational white paper, scholarly book, etc.). Because social informatics can be such a broad topic, each group must submit a brief proposal for their project by (see schedule). Secondly, each individual must bring their three sources to class for inspection (see schedule). Thirdly, each individual must bring a minimum 900 word rough draft to class (see schedule). Failure to bring the rough draft or all three resources will each result in a 10% penalty to your project grade. Content Requirements Use definitions and concepts from class resources (and cite them) to analytically review each of your three articles in your report. You are REQUIRED to use the articles by Hanson (W1), Kling (W1), Van Schaik (W2), and Keating (W3) as sources in your paper, to list them in the bibliography, and refer to their ideas repeatedly. Use of other course readings beyond the minimum is encouraged. Use of further external resources is allowed, but should not replace the importance of the required articles. Thematically, the report should contain the following sections: (1) Introduction to the topic discussed in your studies and the general theme of each study, about 1 page; (2, 3, 4) A minimum 1 page synopsis for each study, describing the particular subject, methodology, and conclusion; (5) An evaluation of ethical and social practices surrounding ICTs in this series of studies, including a statement on how you think future efforts should be focused on that topic, at least 1 page. Structural Requirements To write AT LEAST 1500 BUT NO MORE THAN 2000 WORDS OF BODY TEXT, utilizing the course RTF file template. The template has one-inch margins, Arial 12 point font, and is double-spaced with no extra spacing between paragraphs. Images, graphs, tables, etc. DO NOT count toward your minimum. A separate cover page (not counted in minimum) !DO NOT WRITE A HEADER ON PAGE 1! A separate bibliography page in MLA style that lists all required and extra items (not counted in minimum). Include all URLs referenced in your paper. In-text citations using MLA style for quotes or specific references to concepts from sources, or to add clarity in your discussion. <http://www.indiana.edu/~libugls/Publications/electronic_mla.html> Presentation Requirements: Each team member will contribute to a slide presentation in Google Docs (other multimedia can augment this) that presents a synthesis of the groups findings. Each group will discuss how the findings of the individual members may be compared and contrasted per the project criteria. Each group will have a specific time limit, based on class size. Failure to contribute and participate in an informative presentation with your group will result in a 25% penalty to your project grade. However the group with the best presentation will earn 1% extra credit to their final class grade. 9