Task List

Collect your First 50 Twitter Followers (or gain a new 100 followers)
Read about the Four Components To Managing A Social Media Presence
Share in the Discussion: SoMe Goals and Objectives
Report when you have completed the Activity: First 50 Followers (you'll probably have to come back and finish this one in a week or two)

Read the articles and watch the videos about The Early Days: The Well and BBS
Read the articles and watch the videos about CompuServe, Prodigy, and AOL
Watch the documentary, We Live in Public
Share a reflection or join the conversation in Discussions: Consistent Human Behaviors we see across social networks and use of social media.

Read the articles and watch the videos about Buzz and Wave
Read the articles and watch the videos on the page Why Do Social Networks Fail?
Participate in Tweetchat: What Happened to MySpace?
Read the articles on the page, Facebook Rising
Share your experiences or ask a question in Discussion: Social Media Outside the U.S.

Watch the video on YouTube: More than Meets the Eye
Participate in the Tweetchat: YouTube Memes. Include the hashtag #youtube and the class hashtag, #CNSoMe.
Read the articles and watch the videos on the page, Pinterest Sneak-Attack!
Participate in the debate Discussion: Is Flickr a Social Media platform?

On the Way to the Web: The Secret History of the Internet and Its Founders, by Michael A. Banks [under $5]
YouTube: Online Video and Participatory Culture, by Jean Burgess, Joshua Green, Henry Jenkins, and John Hartley [under $15]

Dive into Twitter by engaging your followers and participating in the tweetstream.
Give examples of past computer-based social networks and social media and compare them with modern-day sites and services.
Explain the kinds of human behaviors and needs served by social media across times and technologies.
Consider how the technology, infrastructure, and culture of the time influence the success or failure of a platform.
Learn lessons from some of the recent social media failures.
Explain how YouTube is an example of social media and give examples of influencial memes and movements on the real world culture.
Compare and contrast the three largest social media platforms in use today.