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| Semester | fall semester 2023 |
| Course frequency | Once only |
| Lecturers | Moniek Kuijpers (moniek.kuijpers@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | With the ubiquity of and reliance on digital technologies in our society today, we know that digitalization is having effects on literacy and reading habits. There are researchers who argue that digitalization, and especially the pervasiveness of social media and smartphones in our daily lives, is having detrimental effects on our cognitive abilities (e.g., Carr, 2010; Greenfield, 2009; Sherman, Michikyan, & Greenfield, 2013; Wolf, 2007). However, in this course we are going to focus on the positive potentials of social networking for increasing reading pleasure and motivation (e.g., Howard, 2008; Merga, 2015; Pitcher et al., 2007), as well as social cohesion and community building. 05.10.23: Introduction (Shared Reading in the Age of Digitalization) 12.10.23: Online reader reviews and manual annotation as a research method for studying them 19.10.23: (ONLINE) Introduction to Digital Social Reading (Federico Pianzola) 26.10.23: (ONLINE) Scraping data from social networking sites (Simone Rebora & Massimo Lusetti) 02.11.23: (ONLINE) Wreading and FanFiction (Maria Kraxenberger) 09.11.23: Digital Ethnography and Participatory Research Workshop (Margrit Schreier, Danielle Fuller & DeNel Rehberg-Sedo) 16.11.23: Discourse Analysis of Online Communication about reading 23.11.23: (ONLINE) BookTok and BookTube (Sonali Kulkarni) 30.11.23: (ONLINE) Taking empirical research on Digital Social Reading to a larger scale with machine learning (Simone Rebora & Massimo Lusetti) 07.12.23: The impact of Digital Social Reading on literacy, reading habits and well-being (with Cristina Loi) 14.12.23: Immersion in Digital and Interactive fiction (Cristina Loi) 21.12.23: (ONLINE) Network Analysis using Digital Social Reading data (Anastasia Glawion & Tina Ternes) |
| Learning objectives | • Getting familiar with several online activities and communities that revolve around the act of reading • Understanding how digitalization has influenced reading, particularly the social aspects of reading • Learning several methods to work with data gathered from online social networking environments • Learning about the ethical ramifications of working with data gathered from online social networking environments |
| Bibliography | The reading list for this course will be made available 2 to 3 weeks before class. |
| Admission requirements | The number of participants is limited. In case of over-subscription, students of Digital Humanities will be admitted preferentially. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | No specific media used |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| wöchentlich | Thursday | 14.15-16.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 114 |
| Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday 05.10.2023 | 14.15-16.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 114 |
| Thursday 12.10.2023 | 14.15-16.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 120 |
| Thursday 19.10.2023 | 14.15-16.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 114 |
| Thursday 26.10.2023 | 14.15-16.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 114 |
| Thursday 02.11.2023 | 14.15-16.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 114 |
| Thursday 09.11.2023 | 14.15-16.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 114 |
| Thursday 16.11.2023 | 14.15-16.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 114 |
| Thursday 23.11.2023 | 14.15-16.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 114 |
| Thursday 30.11.2023 | 14.15-16.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 114 |
| Thursday 07.12.2023 | 14.15-16.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 114 |
| Thursday 14.12.2023 | 14.15-16.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 114 |
| Thursday 21.12.2023 | 14.15-16.00 | Kollegienhaus, Hörsaal 114 |
| Modules |
Modul: Creating, Analyzing and Visualizing of Data (Master's degree subject: Digital Humanities) Modul: Digital Humanities, Culture and Society (Master's degree subject: Digital Humanities) Modul: Forschungspraxis und Vertiefung (Master's degree program: Language and Communication) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | The students will have to read up on papers set by the guest speakers and come up with questions in preparation for the sessions with the guest speakers. Some of these sessions will involve hands-on work rather than a discussion, but this will be made clear in the final syllabus. As a final assessment, students will have to write a blogpost about a topic discussed in the course and we will make an online wikipage on digital social reading together. |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | no repetition |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Digital Humanities Lab |