MAS 961 · Designing Sociable Media
Instructor: Judith Donath

2.14 · The culture of text-based conversation

readings

assignment   · critiques and sketches here

1. Please read all the papers.

2. Write a short (~2 page) analysis of the interactions in a newsgroup. Some questions to think about include:

3. What does this conversation "looks" like? Illustrate your analysis with sketches of its structure, of the participants, etc.

Please submit the URL of your critique and sketch online by Monday evening. Copies of the readings are available outside of E15-449. If you have any problem with the online submission, send email to Kelly Dobson monster@media.mit.edu