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Social Phenomena

14 April. Social Phenomena. Class Discussion. Discuss the recent case of cyberbullying http://www.wltx.com/sports/story.aspx?storyid=60759 Specifically, discuss is people’s behavior in cyberspace different? Why do you think that it is?. Social Issues. Social networking Multiple personae

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Social Phenomena

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  1. 14 April Social Phenomena

  2. Class Discussion • Discuss the recent case of cyberbullying • http://www.wltx.com/sports/story.aspx?storyid=60759 • Specifically, discuss is people’s behavior in cyberspace different? • Why do you think that it is?

  3. Social Issues • Social networking • Multiple personae • User as consumer • Internet addiction

  4. Social Networking

  5. 6 Degrees of Separation: the Legend • Stanley Milgram (Harvard) 1967 • asked each of several volunteers in the Midwest to get a letter to a stranger in Boston • Could send a letter only to someone they knew • Median number of intermediaries was six • Hence “six degrees of separation”

  6. 6 Degrees of Separation: the Reality • Milgram experiment • Initial experimant: only 3 of 60 letters (5%) made it • Later experiments only achieved 30% • First proposed in a 1929 short story • Chains by Karinthy Frigyes

  7. Pretending to be someone else

  8. Multiple personae and avatars • Having multiple personalities in the real world is considered an illness • Is it okay in cyberspace? • What’s the difference? • Awareness • Choice of focus • Second Life

  9. Exploring Personailty Options • Get control of your life • Try new techniques • Opportunities that you would not otherwise have • How is this different from lying? • Pretending that you are someone that you are not

  10. Internet Addiction • Is it real? • What is an addiction? • Discussions • Yee • Internet Addiction Center

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