In preparation for my class on Social Media I came across two interesting courses dealing with a variety of topics which I perceive as key elements of what can be called Social Media.

Creative Networking – Burak Arikan

At the NYU artist & researcher Burak Arikan teaches a class on creative networks. He focuses on the emergence of networks within the context of art. His course consists of two parts. One part focuses on the structures of networks. What is for example swarming, distance or clustering? The second phase deals with the processes taking place in social networks.

I especially like his structured approach and the fresh graphic style for visualising the different concepts.

Creative Networking, NYU / ITP

Digital Methods Course – New Media TEMLab, University of Amsterdam& Govcom.org

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The Digital Methods course is a way to try to find new research methodologies (besides the existing ones mostly originating from social sciences) linked to the specific language of new media.

On their opening page they provide a summary, if you click deeper you reach the Wiki which is constantly updated and gives hands on advice to do research.

Digital Methods Course

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