Technologies for democratic society
Weekly outline
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Lecture: Mondays at 15:15 - 17:00 in CM 1 3
Lecture Recordings: Available here
Exercise Session: Mondays at 17:15 - 18:00 in INM202
Unsupervised collaboration: Thursdays, 08:15-10:00, BS160 and BS170
This course is highly interactive, and your active participation in lectures is essential.Course Staff
Professor: Bryan Ford
TAs: Shailesh Mishra, Yi Jiang
AEs: Grace Ledin, Nicolas Khamis, Srushti Singh
The CS-234 staff can be reached by email, on Ed, and during exercise sessions.Assessments
Assignments make up 50% of the final grade, and the Final Exam accounts for the other 50%.
Assignments (Grade Weights & Deadlines)
HW #1 (5%): Usenet
- Released: Sep 15
- Due: Sep 22 @ 23:59
HW #2 (15%): Peer Review
Part 1 (6%): Write Up
- Released: Sep 22 (entire HW#2 is released)
- Due: Sep 29 @ 23:59
Part 2 (6%): Peer Review
- Due: Oct 6 @ 23:59
Part 3 (3%): Metareview
- Due: Oct 13 @ 23:59
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This week: 1. Course introduction
***No exercise session this week***
Next week: 2. UseNet, Internet, and "Democratization"
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By J.C.R. Licklider and Robert W. Taylor, April 1968.
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Excerpt: Chapter 8 from "Democracy and its Critics", Robert Dahl, 1989
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By Michael and Ronda Hauben, April 1997.
Reading assignment: chapters 1-4 and 18.
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