This week in LIS 201 (week 5)

Week 5: The global network society

LECTURE ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 01

• Networks of cities

This week I will distribute a list of terms and essay questions to study which will help you prepare for our first in-class exam next week. (I will probably distribute these on our course news feed.)

READINGS TO COMPLETE BEFORE DISCUSSION

• Jan A.G.M. van Dijk,"Social structure" in The Network Society (2006).
• Steve Coll, "The Internet: For better or for worse," New York Review of Books (April 07, 2011).
• Richard Florida, "How the crash will reshape America," The Atlantic (March 2009).

HOMEWORK TO COMPLETE BEFORE DISCUSSION

• If it's your week to write a 500-word article critique, you must post this to your section blog before your section meets.
• If it's your week to give a speech, prepare and practice!  Otherwise, prepare for a possible extemporaneous speech response.
• Finish the final draft of paper #1.

DISCUSSION MEETING

• First five minutes: Pop quiz? Maybe!
• Two student presentations (#7 and #8) on the readings (and two student extemporaneous responses).
• Discuss this week's lecture and required readings.
• Turn in a printed final version of paper #1.
• Review for first midterm exam.

ONLINE OVER THE WEEKEND

No online activity this weekend. Study for your exam next week.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

• Manuel Castells, "The space of flows," in The rise of the network society (1996). 
• Manuel Castells, "An introduction to the information age," City 2:7 (1997). 
• Andrew Chadwick, "Access, inclusion, and the digital divide," inInternet Politics: States, Citizens, and New Communication Technologies (2006).
• Paul Edwards et al., "Understanding infrastructure: Dynamics, tensions, and design" (2007).
• Nicholas Gane and David Beer, "Network," in New Media: The Key Concepts (2008).
• Stephen Graham and Simon Marvin, "Introduction" inTelecommunications and the city: Electronic spaces, urban places(1996). 
• Stephen Graham, "Introduction," in The cybercities reader (2004). 
• Tim O'Reilly, "What is Web 2.0? Design patterns and business models for the next generation of software" (2005). 
• Felix Stalder, "Flows and places," in Manuel Castells: The Theory of the Network Society (2006).