
New Student? Start Here	See Current Course Activity	Feb 25 - March 3 Web of Relationships: Social Networks and Social Media


March 4 - 10 Birth: The Rise of Social Media	March 11 - 17 Bandwagon: Social Movements	March 18 - 24 Fight Club: Public vs Private


March 25 - 31 If You Build It: Social Media Strategy	April 1 - 7 Painful Lessons: When Social Media Takes a Wrong Turn	April 8 - 14 Don't Hold Your Breath: Managing the Information Cascade


April 15 - 21 Crossing Lines: Laws, Borders, and Social Media	April 22 - 28 Digital Footprint: Ethics, Social Media, and Big Data	April 29 - May 5 Split Personality: Your Many Social Media Selves

Course Description: Students explore emerging social media technologies and processes and study their application in a variety of contemporary settings. Students will learn how to use and author content for such online tools such as blogs, microblogs, collaboration mechanisms, podcasts, RSS-feeds, video, bookmarking, and other emerging web technologies. The course will also study how to use these technologies to monitor conversations on the Internet, engage online communities, identify influencers, and establish thought leadership. See Course Learning Outcomes. Instructor: Maria H. Andersen, Ph.D.

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