INLS 180 Day 12 Notes
April 17, 2006
Project schedule for next week (groups)
1. Ellen Hampton, Ken Reed, & Mike Campbell
2. Ellen Whisler, Pete Ramsey, Megan Hendershot, & Doug Edmunds
3. Alison Waldenberg, Angela McClendon, & Josiah Drewry
5. Cassidy Sugimoto, Michelle Rubino, Latisha Lankford, & Sarah Haight
6. Jenny McCraw, Dayna Durbin, & Tyson Carter
7. Eben Lehman & Greg Johnson
8. Maggie Keller & Megan Griffin
9. Dawne Howard & Maggie Dickson
Points
Many groupthink factors (e.g., time, leadership, binary/n-ary decision)
Groupthink vs consensus vs collaboration [just the negative effects?]
ISEE for entertainment discussions
Negative effects called groupthink, positive effects called consensus
Questions
Role of gender in groupthink?
How does proximity affect groupthink (e.g., teleconf vs ftf)?
How to measure groupthink? How to change it?
Does whistleblowing & scapegoating exacerbate groupthink?
Can ISEE be used for other kinds of collaboration? Has it been used to write papers?
Are there unique elements to online communities beyond those in ftf communities?
Is groupthink and excuse to share the blame across a group rather than with a decision maker?
Are there limits to the size of the group wrt groupthink?
2. Reflections on 180 Spring 06
Information senses: technical, semantic, professional
Communication and interaction senses: interpersonal (FTF and CMC); small group (FTF and CMC; from group to social net); mass; scholarly
Design as communication
Information concepts and techniques for information professionals
Relevance
Questions: asking and answering
Needs and behaviors
Information as commodity or right
Technology influences
3.Discuss reading
IP classes? (Gasaway’s course; SILS Knowledge Trust; 75th anniversary; Samuelson perspective)
JCDL 06: Zittrain keynote; google/DCA plenary panel
Marcum’s remarks at JCDL 05 (contracts)
Is Itunes the model?
Samuelson, P. (2003). Digital rights management and fair use by design: DRM {and or vs} the law CACM, ACM DL online
ALA. Key Principles on government information. http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/WOissues/governmentinfo/keyprins.htm
5. One-minute paper concept
What was the big point you learned in class today?
What is the main, unanswered question you leave class with today?