The Internet is always changing! This chart compares what happens in ONE MINUTE on the Internet — this year’s minute is compared with last year’s minute.
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Source: Pew Research Center, November 2013; Quartz, November 2013
Week 16 class meeting & assignment due
For our final class meeting — on Wednesday, Dec. 4 — read MacKinnon’s “Afterword to the Paperback Edition” (pages 251–268).
We will sum up the course and see what conclusions you have reached.
Reaction paper 5 (covers Part 5) is due at 10 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 2, in E Learning.
Week 14 class meeting
For our class meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 20, all you have to do is the reading (one chapter). It’s a long one! But as the conclusion of the hardcover edition, it sums up the book and points toward the future.
The “Afterword to the Paperback Edition” provides updates from 2012. We’ll read that for the final week of the semester.
To find the reading that is required, check the Course Schedule page, and find Week 14 in the list.
Please be prepared to discuss and ask questions about the assigned reading during class.
Week 13 class meeting
This week, two chapters in the book are assigned.
As always, find them on the Course Schedule.
The fifth and final reaction paper will cover all of Part 5 in MacKinnon’s book.
Find the due date on the Course Schedule.
Week 12: Assignment due Monday
The fourth reaction paper is due on Monday, Nov. 4, at 10 a.m. You will need to submit it in UF’s E Learning.
The requirements and instructions are all here: Required Work.
Comments on your previous reaction papers are available to you in the Assignments section of E Learning.
After you’ve submitted your paper, do the reading assigned for this week’s class (Week 12) — see the Course Schedule.
Week 11 class meeting
For our class meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 30, all you have to do is the reading.
To find the reading that is required, check the Course Schedule page, and find Week 11 in the list.
Please be prepared to discuss and ask questions about the assigned reading during class.
Week 10 class meeting
For our class meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 23, all you have to do is the reading.
To find the reading that is required, check the Course Schedule page, and find Week 10 in the list.
Please be prepared to discuss and ask questions about the assigned reading during class.
Note: There is no PowerPoint for this week.
Week 9: Assignment due Monday
The third reaction paper is due on Monday, Oct. 14, at 10 a.m. You will need to submit it in UF’s E Learning.
The requirements and instructions are all here: Required Work.
There is no reading assigned for this week’s class (Week 9) — see the Course Schedule.
Comments on your reaction papers 1 and 2 are available to you in the Assignments section of E Learning.
Note: There is no PowerPoint for this week.
Week 8 class meeting
For our class meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 9, all you have to do is the reading.
To find the reading that is required, check the Course Schedule page, and find Week 8 in the list.
Please be prepared to discuss and ask questions about the assigned reading during class.
Update (Oct. 10): See the PowerPoint from class (week 8).
Week 7 class meeting
This week, two chapters in the book are assigned.
As always, find them on the Course Schedule.
Have you been wondering how to review the PowerPoints from class? They are linked after class in the post for that week. For example, to find the PowerPoint from Week 6, open the Week 6 post. You will see the link at the bottom of the post.
Complete links to everything shown in the presentation are IN the presentation. The links are in the notes below the slide.
Update (Oct. 6): See the PowerPoint from class (week 7).
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