Unit 7 Assignments

 

Assignment 1

Please read the following:

1)  The Wikipedia Social Media Page

2)  Chapter 7: Peer Production, Social Media, and Web 2.0:

3) What Is a Social Media Information System (SMIS)?

4) Watch Episodes 1,2,3 about data privacy from the New York Times website.

 

Assignment 2

Read the following short article

 

Provide answers to the following

  1.  Social Media Information Systems are comprised of the same 5 components as any other system.  Identify the 5 components and who owns each in  A Social Media Information System?
  2. Break down further the Data component.  What are the data elements in a Social Media Information System?  Where are they stored?
  3. Apply the definitions in the short article above to your SM contacts and provide 3 examples of each; defenders of belief and seekers of truth.  If you don’t use any SM, make up some examples.  Do you think this way of analyzing Social Media Participants holds up?  Based on your SM connections can you find posts that don’t fit either category?  If so give some examples?

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