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69497-01 - Seminar: Digital Social Reading 3 CP

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

Dates

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

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