The reports from last year's class are all linked to from, where else, last year's syllabus here. Only one is a Word document. The others were done on blogs.
Our readings are not exactly the same, but you'll see a lot that is familiar to you.
About those presentations, here are some suggestions that helped folks last year:
# choose a virtual community or blog
# describe the community or blog in terms we’ve used in the class (relate to readings and discussion of community and Into the Blogosphere and others where appropriate)
# evaluate the community’s or blogs potentials and inherent conflicts and resolutions
# does the community or blog develop trust? how? is it an example of citizen journalism? how?
# are there hierarchies in place? are issues of gender or age or ethnicity or other issues and raised in Internet in Every Day Life readings — who are the community of readers and participants? is the social network
measurable?
# are “loose ties” apparent (Granovetter)? how do they work in this community or blog?
# how does the interface (see Preece) allow for sociability or block social interactions?
# how is social capital expressed within the site and beyond that site?
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