Social Software Dynamics Paper
Description: For this assignment, you will examine some aspect of social software dynamics; basically the "how" and "why" of participation in one or more social tools. Instead of looking at the practical aspects of using social software in libraries, you will look at how these tools encourage (or discourage) participation or how social software has impacted traditional forms of communication and learning.
Topic examples include:
1. Motivations of Wikipedians
2. How community forms in the Blogosphere
3. Building a successful wiki community
4. Success factors for applications relying on user generated content
5. How community forms in Flickr and YouTube
6. Effect of social software on traditional teaching and learning
Please feel free to use these topics or create one of your own.
This paper will require research on the web and in quality journals or books. You can use examples from the literature and from actual communities/tools.
Length: 10 - 15 pages, 12 point font, double-spaced
References: The minimal number of references you should have is five. There is no maximum.
Style: You are free to use whatever style guide you are most comfortable with (APA, MLA, Chicago) for your paper, just remember to use it consistently in every aspect of your paper.
Due Date: Your paper topic must be e-mailed to me for approval by March 4, 2008.
The paper itself is due April 8, 2008, 11:59 pm PT
To Submit: E-mail your paper in .doc, .docx or .pdf format to me at meredithfarkas(at)gmail.com.
