W4.0 Fight Club: Public vs Private

Fight Club: Public vs Private   March 18 - 24, 2013

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Task List

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4.1 Facebook Fan Pages

• Read about the Purpose of a Facebook Fan Page
• Learn how to Design and Launch a Fan Page (note: you don't have to launch one, just learn about how)
• Visit several example pages and Observe Fan Pages in Action
• Be a sleuth and see if you can determine the Purpose of a FB Fan Page
• Either offer up an example Page or provide creative status update ideas for the Pages of your classmates in the Fan Page Brainstorming Exercise

4.2 In Defense of Public

• Watch the videos and read the articles on the Benefits of Being Public
• Read the articles and watch the videos on The New Commons: Is Privacy Possible?
• Participate in the Discussion: Free Services for Data - Fair Trade?

4.3 The Privacy Advocates

• Check out the privacy "creep" for sites like Facebook on the page Public Creep: Privacy Loss
• Watch the video and read the article on Social Media as Big Brother
• Complete the web search activities and read the articles on the page How Much Is Too Much? 
• Complete one of the two activities suggested for the Tweetchat: Social Media Bill of Rights

4.4 Anonymity: A Contradiction of Sorts

• Watch the documentary, We are Legion and the associated materials.
• Watch the videos on the page Anonymity
• Participate in the Discussion: Anonymity Pros and Cons

Supplemental Books

• Public Parts: How Sharing in the Digital Age Improves the Way We Work and Live, by Jeff Jarvis [under $11]
• I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did: Social Networks and the Death of Privacy, by Lori Andrews [under $10]
• We Are Anonymous: Inside the Hacker World of LulzSec, Anonymous, and the Global Cyber Insurgency, by Parmy Olson [under $20]

Learning Objectives

• Explain the purpose of a Facebook Fan page and determine if the use of one would be appropriate for a particular business, organization, or individual.
• Be able to give creative examples of how page status updates contribute to the completion of a particular page's goal.
• Give examples of how the world benefits from individuals and companies being public with their social media.
• Speak intelligently about the privacy policies of various social media companies.
• Explain how privacy has shifted with various changes to Facebook over the years.
• Give examples of how the police and intelligence agencies use Social Media.
• Read and evaluate the Social Media Bill of Rights.
• Explain how the group Anonymous is both an example of a Publicness Champion and a Privacy Advocate within the same organization.