| W 08/26 |
Introductions |
Course website |
DB 1 |
| M 08/31 |
Filter bubles; Confirmation bias |
Facing History. Defining confirmation bias.
Pariser, E. Beware the filter bubble.
Wall Street Journal. Blue Feed Red Feed. |
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| W 09/02 |
News media 1: Introduction |
González, J. and Torres, J. Introduction. News For All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media. |
DB 2 |
| M 09/07 |
NO CLASS |
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| W 09/09 |
News media 2: Objectivity in journalism; Library research 1 |
Lowery, W. A Reckoning Over Objectivity, Led by Black Journalists.
Library Readings: Getting Started (including What is a Database and Chooseing the Right Database) and Finding Articles (inlcuding OneSearch, Subject Specific, and News Databases)
Library Research Activity
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RQ 1 |
| M 09/14 |
The digital divide |
Anderson, M and Kumar, M. Digital divide persists even as lower-income Americans make gains in tech adoption.
Nonko, E. New York’s New Broadband Plan Hopes to (Finally) Address the Digital Divide.
Winkler, J. Mapping New York City’s Digital Divide. |
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| W 09/16 |
Net neutrality |
Wu, T. Network Neutrality FAQ.
Finley, K. The Covid-19 Pandemic Shows the Virtues of Net Neutrality. |
DB 3 |
| M 09/21 |
Source evaluation |
McManus, J. Don’t Be Fooled: Use the SMELL Test To Separate Fact from Fiction Online.
Caulfield, M. Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers. Sections 2, 3, 17, 26, 27. |
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| W 09/23 |
Algorithmic bias |
O’Neil, C. Do Algorithms Perpetuate Human Bias?
Noble, S. Google Has a Striking History of Bias Against Black Girls. |
DB 4 |
| M 09/28 |
NO CLASS |
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| T 09/29 |
Misinformation; Disinformation |
Higgins, A., McIntire, M. and Dance, G. Inside a Fake News Sausage Factory: ‘This Is All About Income’.
Facts in the Time of COVID-19.
Bellware, K.. The coronavirus is spreading rapidly. So is misinformation about it.
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| W 09/30 |
Viral news |
Maheshwari, S. How Fake News Goes Viral: A Case Study. |
DB 5 |
| M 10/05 |
Wikipedia: Neutrality & Notability |
van Dijck, J. Wikipedia and the Neutrality Principle. In The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media. 2013.
Harrison, S. The Notability Blues.
Harrison, S. How Wikipedia Became a Battleground for Racial Justice. |
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| W 10/07 |
Privacy; Surveillance |
Surveillance, privacy, and security. In Chadwick, A. Internet Politics: States, Citizens, and New Communication Technologies. New York: Oxford UP, 2006.
On the Media. Our Privacy Delusions. |
RQ 2 AND DB 6 |
| M 10/12 |
NO CLASS |
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| W 10/14 |
Data visualization literacy |
Developing Visualisation Literacy (all orange menu items) |
DB 7 |
| M 10/19 |
Social media & activism |
Demby, G. Combing Through 41 Million Tweets To Show How #BlackLivesMatter Exploded.
Hu, J. The Second Act of Social-Media Activism.
OPTIONAL:
Freelon, D., McIlwain, C., and Clark, M. Beyond the Hashtags.
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| W 10/21 |
Mid semester check ins |
Use this link to see available dates & times. Choose a time between 10/15 and 10/29. Once you make an appointment, I’ll email you a Zoom link. |
DB 8 |
| M 10/26 |
Academic publishing |
Selected excerpts from McGuigan, G. S., & Russell, R. D. The Business of Academic Publishing.
Resnick, B & Belluz, J. The war to free science. (alternatively, find it here as an ad-free PDF)
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| W 10/28 |
Citation as political practice |
Ray, V. The Racial Politics of Citation.
Selected excerpts from Mott, C., and Cockayne, D. Citation Matters: Mobilizing the Politics of Citation Toward a Practice of ‘Conscientious Engagement’. |
DB 9 |
| M 11/02 |
Copyright; Creative commons; Fair Use |
U.S. Copyright Office. What is Copyright?
Benson, S. Fair Use.
University of Guelph Library. What are Creative Commons Licenses?
Creative Commons. About the Licenses.
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| W 11/04 |
Plagiarism |
CUNY Academic Integrity Policy Section 1.2. Plagiarism.
Authors Alliance. Law and Ethics of Copying: Copyright Infringement VS. Plagiarism.
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RQ 3 |
| M 11/09 |
Sampling |
Digital Music Sampling: Creativity Or Criminality?.
Sisario, B. ‘Blurred Lines’ on Their Minds, Songwriters Create Nervously.
Search up some of your favorite songs or artists in Who Sampled Who. |
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| W 11/11 |
Library research 2 |
Library Readings: Topics & Search Strategies; Finding Articles (in particular, watch the short video tutorials on using OneSearch, JSTOR, and Academic Search Complete)
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DB 10 |
| M 11/16 |
History of libraries |
Knott, C. Not Free, Not for All: Public Libraries in the Age of Jim Crow. 2015. Preface, Introduction, Epilogue. (Link is to online access thru CCNY Libraries. Alternatively, find them as PDFs in the course library.) |
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| W 11/18 |
Classification systems |
Chan, L. M. A Guide to the Library of Congress Classification. 5th ed. 1999. Pages 2-12.
Drabinksi, E. “Teaching the Radical Catalog.” in Radical Cataloging: Essays at the Front. 2008. Pages 198-202. |
DB 11 |
| M 11/23 |
Topic TBD |
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| W 11/25 |
NO CLASS |
Literature Review Rough Draft |
A 1 |
| M 11/30 |
Print archives |
Millar, Laura A. The Uses of Archives. in Archives : Principles and Practices. Pages 67-75.
Farmer, Ashley. Archiving While Black. Chronicle of Higher Education. August 2018.
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| W 12/02 |
Digital archives |
Caplan-Bricker, N. Preservation Acts: Toward an ethical archive of the web. |
DB 12 |
| M 12/07 |
Topic TBD |
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| W 12/09 |
Wrap up; Course reflections |
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DB 13 |
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Final Assignment |
Final draft due 12/20 |
A 2 |
