Digital Ethnography Project Outputs

Congratulations to S13 & S14 for a job well done in the final project.

Majority were able to capture and exhibit what digital ethnography is all about. I hope that you took time to share with your professors the documentary video that you have done.

I would like to commend the ff. groups for their exemplary outputs:

Mikko Fuller, Joseph Tasdiaon, Bennett Young
Shari Andres, Karla See, Fernandez
Joseph Miranda, Adrian Dumon, Jason Chua, Nicodemus Abadicio, Luis Recomono
Hannah Adriano, Go, Justin Aguas, Ephraim See
Julie Belmonte, Diorella Chua, Ryan Melgar, Camille Tinagan

Have a restful term break to everyone! Cheers!

Commentaries on the Anthropology of Youtube

An anthropological introduction to Youtube by Michael Wesch - http://mediatedcultures.net/ksudigg/?p=179

Digital Ethnography project instructions

Instructions

For your subject professor:
As courtesy to your professor, make a CD copy of the video and podcast. Give it to your professor and do not forget to thank her/him. Place the CD on a case and include the names of the members of the group. This instruction is for ALL the groups.

For your blog requirement:
1. Update your blog to give a. introduction on the Digital Ethnography project.
2. Make a posting about the b. basic information of your subject professor.
3. Include the transcript of the interview and the link to your podcast interview. This means the podcast will have to be uploaded in a podcast homestead.
4. Update the blog to include the following--

c. What is your opinion of your subject professor. Make a testimony posting.
d. Include a short profile of all the members of the group. Feel free to include individual or a group photo. Make sure to label the group photo. I need these info when I check your blogs.

5. Make a copy of the podcast and the teaching video on a CD to be submitted on class next week--August 17, 2010. Label your CD properly to include the names of the members and your section. Please put the CD in a case.

Thank you and advance happy weekend! :-)

AUGUS 12, 2010 Announcement

Thank you for those who contributed their insights on Social Accountability.

Soccomp S13 & S14 will not have class meetings today Aug. 12, 2010.

Please read on communities of practice. What is a COP? How does it work? Where is it applied? Is it possible to create a COP among empowered members in a SNS? If yes, how do you go about it? Is the use of technology necessary to employ COP?

Be ready for some discussions next week.

Once again, maraming salamat.

The best Six Degrees of Separation experiment

The best Six Degrees of Separation experiment for this term is awarded to the group of Angelo Arnaldo. Here's the link to their work. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdkx-VT_dis

Members of the group are Angelo Arnaldo, Justin Go, Jezzamine Luzande and Matthew Sendon from S14. Cheers! :-)

Discussion on Facebook data harvester

Please read the following news links--

The Facebook Data Torrent Debacle: Q&A - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10802730

Facebook data harvester speaks out
By Daniel Emery Technology reporter, BBC News - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10802730

Here are the guide questions:
1. Cite three major issues that you see here. What are the implications of these issues?
2. Do you think Facebook has liability on these data (of the subscribers) now out in the torrent? Why or why not? Explain your answers.
3. Why do you think Ron Bowes uploaded the data he had gathered in the torrent?
4. Why do you think Facebook is condoning what Ron Bowes had done?

Discuss as a group. Leaders should encourage opinion sharing of everyone.

Announcement to the students

SOCCOMP 11.20-12.50 will meet in the classroom.
SOCCOMP 2.40-4.10 will meet at Y508.
FYI. Thank you.

AUG 4 & 5 ASSIGNMENT - with change of instruction as of Aug. 5 3.37am

There is a seminar on Youth Social Responsibility from Aug 4-5 at the Y508. ALL SOOCOMP students are required to attend any two sessions on the said dates from 1-4pm. Individual reflection should be posted on here as a comment. Please include your name and section in the comment box. Point earning comments are welcome until Aug 10, 7.59am. Thank you.

Teachers' Best practices thru Digital Ethnography Experiment

Because of the kind request and concern of Jamille Ann Abiera, I am moving the deadline of the project on Digital Ethnography--Capturing the CCS Teachers' Best Practices to August 10, 2010. I hope this will give everyone a fair chance to produce excellent and fascinating project outputs for the term.

What's the fuss about Facebook's panic button

In the second quarter of this year, parents and other concerned citizens in UK and Europe organized themselves to pressure Facebook to add the panic button on its interface. Here are the related news links for the casual reading of the SC students.

Facebook installs 'panic button' for children - http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100712/tc_afp/usbritaininternetfacebookchild

Facebook murderer to serve at least 35 years
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/wear/8555221.stm

Questions to think about--

Can the panic button deter or prevent crimes like this?
If yes, in what way?
If not, what should be done?
What kind of online behavior should be promoted?
How can you teach your younger brother or sister to behave online, think of safety constantly? How do you protect them as a parent or an older sibling?
Should Facebook succumbed to the clamor of the parents/citizens?

Results of the Youtube Traffic Experiment

It is quite interesting that last school year when my students did a similar experiment, the top categories were Music and Entertainment. But the trend right now is moving towards People and Blogs. Together with my student groups this term, we have observed that Youtube has become an extension of family celebrations; a hub of personal experiences and enrichment; and it does not matter if there are many or few followers. Youtube is the top repository of human experiences.

Here are the links to the recent experiment conducted by the students of Information Systems Major--

Ana Domagas' group

http://eatpraylovetravel.tumblr.com/

Ken Sotamco's group
http://www.soccompexperiment.blogspot.com/

Jesse Mangulabnan's group
http://soccomp4001.blogspot.com/2010/07/experiment-no6-youtube-traffic.html

Clifford Yap's group
http://ryukansentsumuji01.blogspot.com

Chester Patrick Abrahan's group
http://soccompningcha.blogspot.com/

Julie Belmonte's group (Julie Belmonte, Diorella Chua, Ryan Melgar, Camille Tinagan )
http://sukisasoccomp.tumblr.com
http://roadknee.tumblr.com


Irene Ita-as' group
http://paomigsrapandice.tumblr.com

Kevin Roque's group
http://angorero.blogspot.com/

Janell Samar's group (maica jorge, koke jamosale, vianne obillo, bianca samar, francesca wong )
http://www.soccompexperiments2010.blogspot.com/

Aljohn Milanes' group
http://socialbloggingforsocialcomputing.blogspot.com/

The YOUTUBE TRAFFIC Experiment

The objective of this experiment is to determine the level of popularity, confidence and web host reliability of Youtube as a resource and social media facility. It is also the intention of this experiment to provide opportunity for the study groups to gather, consolidate and interpret data in a meaningful manner. Conscientiousness, patience, critical thinking, and cooperation among group members are expected in this experiment.

On July 14, 15 and 16, all study groups will be conducting the Youtube Traffic Experiment. SGs have the option to approach the experiment in two ways--

a. choose a specific schedule like 1:00-3:00pm for three consecutive days;
b. choose a day let’s say July 15, 6:00am-12nn or 6:00pm-12am.
for a total of six (6) hours.

Every two hours, the group will watch the recent 20 videos uploaded in Youtube.

1. Analyze the videos uploaded in terms of Youtube category. Use tag cloud to measure the popularity of the category.

Reference to tag cloud:
http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/page/Tag_Cloud.html
http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/visualizations/89ade5ae18be22b20118beb016cb0109/comments/8d3e022cad9c11ddbb7a000255111976

Youtube categories are:
Music Entertainment People & Blogs Comedy Sports Education Autos Film HowTo News Pets Science Travel

2. What are the most commonly used tags? (You may also use tag cloud for this purpose.)
3. What’s the average length of the video uploaded?
4. What’s the average age of the video uploader?
5. Get the statistics of uploads by country.
6. Get the statistics of uploads by language.
7. Get the count of the videos that were blocked.
8. Other significant results.

Exclusion: videos that were blocked.
*This experiment was patterned after a concluded study by Prof. Michael Wesch, a social anthropologist. His lecture entitled "an Anthropological Introduction to Youtube" can be found in this link - http://www.grokdotcom.com/2008/08/04/1462/

Presentation of Results: July 19, class time. Make sure the results are already uploaded in the blog.
Tally sheets used and the Excel file created will be submitted to the class adviser.

Learning Social Networks in 2010-2011

As I welcome the students in Social Computing this school year, I also challenge them not just to comply with the requirements of the course but to see more depth in the things we will do. For this school year we will engage in the study and trends of social media, issues that are facing social network subscribers like Facebook, how to localize social computing ideas in a more pragmatic and useful way for our Filipino society.

I will also be sharing some new and old experiments and the works contributed/done by the students this school year.