Revised Schedule
Week 9: Social Lives and Social Media
Apr 8/9— The Social Network
Apr 10/11— The Social Network, cont.
Week 10: Social Lives and Social Media
Apr 15/16— ED, 288-290
Zadie Smith, “Generation Why?”
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/nov/25/generationwhy/?pagination=false
PRINT OUT ARTICLE
1. What is Smith’s major criticism of Facebook, its creator, and its users?
2. On what grounds does Smith criticize The Social Network?
Apr 17/18— Pew Internet & American Life Project (ED 291-293)
danah boyd, “Social Network Site Taste Test: MySpace or Facebook” (ED 293295)
HW: Reflect and Write (293): 4th question; (295): 4th question
Week 11: Social Lives and Social Media
Apr 22/23— Clive Thompson, “I’m So Totally, Digitally Close to You” (ED 296-303)
The Onion, “MySpace Outage Leaves Millions Friendless” (ED 303-305)
HW: Reflect and Write (303): 1st and 2nd questions; (305): 1st and 3rd questions
Apr 24/25— Kevin Ashton, “You Didn’t Make the Harlem Shake Go Viral—Corporations
Did”
http://qz.com/67991/you-didnt-make-the-harlem-shake-go-viral-corporations-did/
PRINT OUT ARTICLE
HW: What are the larger implications of Ashton’s argument in terms of sociality in
the web and activism?
Week 12: Rhetoric in Practice
Apr 29/30— Steven Johnson, “How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live” (ED 305-310)
Art Silverblatt, “Twitter as Newspeak” (ED 311-312)
Evgeny Morozov, “From Slactavism to Activism” (ED 313-317)
Envision in Depth, 108-109
HW: Write a two-page dialogue between the three pieces we read today using
Envision in Depth 108-109 as a model.
May 1/2— They Say/I Say Working Draft Due
Print and Bring in They Say/I Say Peer Review Sheet
Week 13: Rhetoric in Practice
May 6/7— Library Visit
MAY 5: Withdrawal Deadline (drop with “W”)
May 8/9— ED, 74-92, 147-154
They Say/I Say Essay Due
THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL LEARNING WORKSHOP MUST BE
COMPLETED
Week 14: Rhetoric in Practice
May 13/14— ED, 93-113
Proposal Due
Bring in 3 Examples of Your Chosen Genre
Select the source you like the most and write 1-page about what the piece
does successfully.
May 15/16— ED, 114-146
HW: Writing Projects 1 and 2 (ED 146)
Bring in 2 Sources
Week 15: Rhetoric in Practice
May 20/21— ED, 181-191
Bring in 2 Annotations
May 22/23— Rhetoric in Practice Draft Due
Print Out and Bring Peer Review Sheet
FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL LEARNING WORKSHOP MUST BE
COMPLETED
Week 16: Rhetoric in Practice
May 27/28— Revision Day
May 29/30— Course Review
Rhetoric in Practice Project Due