Submitted by: Jordi Comas
Suggested Texts:
Castells, Manuel, editor. 2005. The network society : a cross-cultural perspective. Edward Elgar Publishers.
Watts, D. 2004. Six Degrees. W. W. Norton & Company.
Gibson, W. 2005. Pattern Recognition. Berkeley.
Six Degrees Ch 1-5
Six Degrees Ch 6-10
Watch Part 2 and 3 of Commanding Heights.
The Net Society Ch 1 “Informationalism, networks, and the network society: a theoretical blueprint.”
“Production” Ch 2 from Manuel Castells. Barney, Jay. (ERes)
The Net Society Ch 8 “Time, Space, and Technology Flows in Financial Networks.”
The Network Society Ch 2 “Institutional Models of the Network Society: Silicon Valley and Finland.”
OPTIONAL: The Network Society Ch 6 “Why Information Should Influence Productivity.” Good for those interested in technology and economics.
OPTIONAL : As The Future Catches You: How Genomics and Other Forces are Changing Your Life, Work, Health and Wealth. Enriquez, Juan. See me if you want to look at this. A very accessible, innovatively designed book.
The Net Society
Ch 3,4,5
☼ Essay 1 Due
The Net Society Ch 9 “Network Sociability on-line and off-line.”
The Net Society Ch 17 “Television, the Internet, and the Construction of Identity”
The Net Society Ch 19 “The Hacker Ethic as the Culture of the Information Age.”
Optional: The Net Society Ch 10 “Social Structure, Cultural Identity, and Personal Autonomy in the practice of the Internet: The Network Society in Catalonia.”
The Net Society Ch 11, 12, 14
Pattern Recognition
OPTIONAL: Never Eat Alone And Other Secrets to Success One Relationship at a Time. Ferrazzi, Keith. (ERes for some chapters, Traditional Reserves for book).
Pattern Recognition
☼ Essay 2 Due in Class
“The Economics of Social Production” Ch 4 From The Wealth of Networks. By Benkler, Yoagchim. (ERes0.
“The Network Organization in Theory and Practice” by Baker, Wyane. In Networks and Organizations edited by Nohria and Eccles. (ERes)
“Strategic Alliances in Commercial Biotechnology.” By Barley, Stephen; Freeman, John
And Ralph Hybels. In Networks and Organizations edited by Nohria and Eccles. (ERes)
“Social Capital of Structural Holes” Ch 1 form Brokerage and Closure by Burt, Ron. (ERes) Internal networks…
“Unlikely Rebels” Ch 1 from Gurus, Hired Guns, and Warm Bodies. Barely, Stephen and Kunda, Gideon. (ERes)
“Practical Guide to Social Networks.” Cross, Rob; Lietdka, Jeanne; Weiss, Leigh. Harvard Business Review. (ERes)
“Lovable Fools and Competent Jerks” Casciaro and Lobo. Harvard Business Review (ERes)
“Across The Great Divide” Ch 2 from The Hidden Power of Social Networks. Cross, Rob (ERes)
“Knowing what We Know” Ch 3, from The Hidden Power of Social Networks. Cross, Rob (ERes)