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Three Concept Map Tools: CmapTools, VUE, and Mindmeister. CmapTools - Download. Visual Understanding Environment. Mind Mapping Software - Create Mind Maps online. Identity and presentation of self. Why study identity and representation of self online? Who to study? How to study ourselves. Cyberculture grows from humans who use computers for social communication -- hence the term "social media" to refer to a range of online activity.

The power of this new tool and its level of impact derives from the human-computer interface where human and computational capabilities meet. Engelbart, Licklider, and others deliberately changed the computer side of the human-computer equation, redesigning the way existing digital technology was used in order to make it more useful as a mind-tool for entire populations. Reflection, many students have reported, has not been a heavy part of previous assignments through their schooling.

Required: Jessica Vitak (2012) "The Impact of Context Collapse and Privacy on Social Network Site Disclosures," Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, available online Howard Rheingold (1995) "Mind-to-Mind with Sherry Turkle," Salon Magazine available online. Other topics to cover - maybe early in semester.