Social Media / Web 2.0: What you want and need to know.
For many, the terms Web 2.0 and social media have become far too overused to be meaningful. Despite this fact it’s still an area that holds our interest and captivates our imagination. I am always looking to immerse myself in new reading and learning on the subject as there really is a lot of ground to cover and despite what I think I know, I am also aware that I have much to learn. Well thanks to a website out of the Department of Media Studies at SUNY Buffalo I think I may have found one of the most comprehensive resources on Web 2.0 that currently exists.
It is the fine work of Professor Trebor Scholz for his course titled The Social Web. The site itself is not packed full of information but the course syllabus is full of required and suggested reading links that provide a tremendous overview of social media. Spanning topics ranging from the history of the social web to the future of it, and many things in between this is a tremendous resource. If you are like me and interested in the topic or ever thought about taking a course on it, you might be able to find what you were looking for right here.
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My name is Dave Sabol and I work at the intersection of online community development, technology and knowledge management for a not-for-profit professional association. Associated Knowledge is my way of capturing the insight that I gain as I navigate my way through the reinvention of our online communities and try to architect a new participatory experience for our members.
Dave–The reading list, as you note, really is great. I recommend it to anyone serious about really digging into Web 2.0. I suspect, too, that social criticism of the social Web is starting to establish a strong foothold in graduate programs across the world. A sign that the new Web is not so new anymore.
Jeff, I agree the new web is not new, but I think it’s still misunderstood by some and not understood at all by others as well. The good news is the fact that courses like this could help clarify the role that these technologies can play and perhaps give people a better understanding of the facts and fallacies.
As an add-on to this post, I turned up another recent link that compares the textbooks used by a few courses on the topic. Comparing Texts in Social Media Courses