Social Media and the Networked Public Sphere
Innovate: Journal of Online Education hosted a web seminar featuring Ulises Mejias, research consultant at Cornell University and instructor of Columbia University's "Social Software Affordances" course. Mr. Mejias paper, "Teaching Social Software with Social Software" can be found here.
Ulises Mejias looks at the ramifications of using social software to achieve social change. His web presentation extended the arguments he began in the paper, exploring the effect social software applications have on social action and civic participation. Mejias laid out the arguments for and against the social power of social media, noting the potential for social software to augment or degrade the quality of civic discourse. Mejias and the seminar attendees frequently cited Wikipedia as an example of the dual nature of social software. Mejias structured his discussion around aspects of C. Wright Mills' book, "The Power Elite," examining the balance between democracy and authority in expression through social media, and the need for educators to include technology in their discussions of models of citizenship.
This discussion was much different than what I had expected, but was most thought provoking and enlightening.
Additional information on this presentation can be found at Ulises Mejias' blog, IDEANT here.
Innovate: Journal of Online Education can be found here. About Innovate:
Ulises Mejias looks at the ramifications of using social software to achieve social change. His web presentation extended the arguments he began in the paper, exploring the effect social software applications have on social action and civic participation. Mejias laid out the arguments for and against the social power of social media, noting the potential for social software to augment or degrade the quality of civic discourse. Mejias and the seminar attendees frequently cited Wikipedia as an example of the dual nature of social software. Mejias structured his discussion around aspects of C. Wright Mills' book, "The Power Elite," examining the balance between democracy and authority in expression through social media, and the need for educators to include technology in their discussions of models of citizenship.
This discussion was much different than what I had expected, but was most thought provoking and enlightening.
Additional information on this presentation can be found at Ulises Mejias' blog, IDEANT here.
Innovate: Journal of Online Education can be found here. About Innovate:
Innovate is a bimonthly, peer-reviewed online periodical (ISSN 1552-3233) published by the Fischler School of Education and Human Services at Nova Southeastern University. The journal focuses on the creative use of information technology (IT) to enhance educational processes in academic, commercial, and governmental settings. Our basic assumption is that innovative uses of technology in one sector can inform innovative uses of technology in each of the other sectors. ... Innovate also offers an RSS (really simple syndication) feed as well as Innovate-Live forums hosted by our partner, ULiveandLearn.
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