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Online Social Networks
Three Years of "Teaching Facebook"
Fred Stutzman
School of Information and Library Science
UNC-Chapel Hill
fred.stutzman@unc.edu
Harambee Net Workshop, July 2010
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Outline
1 Overview
INLS 490 at SILS-UNC
2 Concepts that work
Philanthropy
Policy Development
Novel Design
3 Market Opportunities
Jobs and Credentials
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Outline
1 Overview
INLS 490 at SILS-UNC
2 Concepts that work
Philanthropy
Policy Development
Novel Design
3 Market Opportunities
Jobs and Credentials
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Course Overview
Courses
Online social networks - 5 semesters
Relational perspectives on computer mediated
communication - 1 semester
84 students
70% graduate, from ILS, CS, Mass Communications
30% undergraduate, from IS, Business, Psychology
Materials:
http://fredstutzman.com/teaching.html (http://bit.ly/inls490)
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Course Evaluation
Data Collection
Time diary of social network site use
Analyzing a Social Network
High level analysis of a wide range of social network sites
Final Project
Students have high level of flexibility - system design and
evaluation, policy documentation, original research
Oriented towards areas of interest, professional
development
6. Overview Concepts that work Market Opportunities Questions Resources
Outline
1 Overview
INLS 490 at SILS-UNC
2 Concepts that work
Philanthropy
Policy Development
Novel Design
3 Market Opportunities
Jobs and Credentials
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Philanthropy
Students are inspired by charitable aspects of social media
E.g. Twestival, Grobanites for charity, Kiva
What are the dynamics of charitable networks? What
works, what doesn’t?
How can charities incorporate social media?
Functional questions: What kind of tools should charities
adopt, what policies should guide use of social media?
Personal ideas and projects
How can students organize on behalf of the charity?
What tools are most effective? How do students "message"
in personal networks?
8. Overview Concepts that work Market Opportunities Questions Resources
Outline
1 Overview
INLS 490 at SILS-UNC
2 Concepts that work
Philanthropy
Policy Development
Novel Design
3 Market Opportunities
Jobs and Credentials
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Policy Development
Organizational Policy
Privacy policies inside and outside the organization
Questions: Dynamics of privacy within organizational
networks, reach of personal disclosures.
Educational policy
Best practices for use of social technology in education
Questions: What networks work? Ning vs. Facebook
groups.
Legislative Policy
Building policy feedback loops, informing relevant
legislation
10. Overview Concepts that work Market Opportunities Questions Resources
Outline
1 Overview
INLS 490 at SILS-UNC
2 Concepts that work
Philanthropy
Policy Development
Novel Design
3 Market Opportunities
Jobs and Credentials
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Novel Design
Applied Research
Content analysis: Examining discussion threads,
comparing organizational properties
Network analysis: Analyzing network properties, examining
tie strength in networks, graphing networks (All can be
done by hand).
Tool Development
Examples: Novel social network sites (e.g. Voicethread),
building on existing API (Facebook applications, Twitter
applications).
Documentation Development
Students wish to "explain" these technologies - to new
adopters, within the organization, etc.
Development of videos, webpages, online tutorials, etc.
12. Overview Concepts that work Market Opportunities Questions Resources
Outline
1 Overview
INLS 490 at SILS-UNC
2 Concepts that work
Philanthropy
Policy Development
Novel Design
3 Market Opportunities
Jobs and Credentials
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Jobs
What are the emergent opportunities for undergraduate
social media scholars?
Jobs at Facebook, Google, Microsoft? Nice, but hard to
come by.
With the growth of the socio-technical phenomenon, the
need for social media professionals move down the stack.
Extant jobs
"The Expert" - Organizations seeking students to inform
strategy (policy analysts, consultants)
"Social media outreach" - Running the Facebook page,
Twitter
Information services, technical implementation,
entrepreneurship
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Skillsets and Credentials
Skill sets
Building skills: API manipulation and application
development, analytics, evaluation, etc.
Organizational skills: Privacy, policy analysis and
development, marketing and outreach in networks,
business practice integration.
Credentials
Opportunities for CS/IS/Communications Programs
Minor concentrations in social media API development,
privacy in social media.
Downside: Loss-leading, lack of faculty
Certificate Programs and Internships
Certificates open doors to students and non-students alike
Increase opportunities for students to work with
organizations on social media
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Questions Going Forward
Content-specific modules - how can we continue the
discussion and development of what motivates students of
social media?
What supplementary courses do CS/IS students need to
become the experts, translators, outreach coordinators?
Lack of replicability of exemplars - how do we encourage
students when they can’t replicate successes?
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Resources
My courses: http://fredstutzman.com/teaching.html
(http://bit.ly/inls490)
Website: http://fredstutzman.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/fstutzman
Email: fred.stutzman@unc.edu