lecture notes dtc356

1. information
everywhere
search, browse, trends and those pesky algorithms
Tuesday, January 28, 14

2. sociality + digital information
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3. cognitive surplus
• digital information everywhere
• web platforms promote production
• human generosity
• more leisure time
• doing nothing / doing something
• communal value
• civic value
Tuesday, January 28, 14

4. what do we do with all that
information?
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5. atoms vs bits
Tuesday, January 28, 14

6. the stacks (yesterday?)
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7. the stacks (today?)
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8. metadata...why?
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9. neutral?
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10. search...what does it mean?
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11. twitter trends...assumptions
Tuesday, January 28, 14

12. trends / trending
explained
opaque/revealing?
what information do we really get?
“who? how?
“when”
Tuesday, January 28, 14