The Social Web

Mål og innhald

The course introduces students to theories about and technologies for the social web, with applications such as community building, mass collaboration, social networking, blogging, and social gaming. The aim is to give students a thorough understanding of social web technologies and social network services and their application, including issues such as privacy, ethics, trust, reputation, and addiction. Topics to be addressed include the history of the social web, social navigation, social network theory, diffusion of technology and participation. Finally, the course will investigate the power of social technology by examining uses such as social justice, marketing and political change.

Læringsutbyte/resultat

Upon completion of the course the student should be able to:

• present important theories relevant to the social web.
• demonstrate theoretical knowledge of social technology.
• explain about privacy, ethics, trust and reputation in the use of social technologies.
• demonstrate theoretical knowledge of the power of social technology.
• demonstrate familiarity with a broad range of social technologies.
• describe and explain basic concepts of the social web.
• compare and contrast different social technologies.
• analyze and evaluate social technologies.
• use social technologies for various purposes.

Undervisningssemester

Autumn

Eksamenssemester

Autumn

Undervisningsspråk

English

Studienivå

Bachelor

Institutt

Department of Information Science and Media Studies

Krav til studierett

Open

Krav til forkunnskapar

None

Tilrådde forkunnskapar

INFO100 or equivalent

Fagleg overlapp

INFO115 overlaps 5 ECTS with INFO114

Undervisning og omfang

Lectures (16-20 hours), Seminars (16-20 hours)

Vurderingsformer

Portfolio assessment:

• Two semester assignments, individual and/or group based (15% each)
• Group project (40%)
• Individual Reflection Note (30%)

Karakterskala

Letter grade (A-F).

Emneevaluering

The course is evaluated by students every three years, and by the responsible lecturer

each year.

Kontaktinformasjon

studieveileder@info.uib.no