Online Identity, Group and Community Behavior (072)


Course Topic Outline

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12/04/07: Course Overview and Expectations

12/06/07: Introduction to Identity Concepts

12/11/07: Online Identity

12/13/07: Presentation of Self Online: Case Studies

12/18/07: Technical Approaches to Managing Identity

12/20/07: Identity Management: Implementation Issues

01/08/08: Understanding Community

01/10/08: Changing Community Patterns

01/15/08: Online Community

01/17/08: Applying "Old School" Community Theory to Online Communities

01/22/08: Online Communities: Case Studies

01/29/08: Designing for Community

02/05/08: Online Competition and Collaboration

02/12/08: Politics and Money

02/19/08: Bad Behavior Online