READINGS

Required

Babbie, Earl. (2008) The Basics of Social Research, fourth edition. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Group.
eChapters 4, 5, 7, 9 (purchase online, $5.49 each).

Booth, Wayne C. etc. (2003) The Craft of Research, 2
nd Edition. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press.

Please Note: the 3rd edition the main UW Bookstore now has 10 copies of it in stock next week). I'll use the 2nd for class, but feel free to wait and purchase the latest edition if you like.

Shirky, Clay. (2008) Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations. New York, NY: Penguin.

Various articles (URL’s TBA).

Highly Recommended

Li, Charlene (2008) Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies. Cambridge MA: Harvard Business Press.

Gillin, Paul (2007) The New Influencers: A Marketer’s Guide to the New Social Media. Sanger, CA: Quill Driver Books.

Recommended (for writing)
Strunk, William. (1999) The Elements of Style, 4th Edition. Longman. (HRH: a classic, and a must have).

The Economist. (2005) The Economist Style Guide, 9th Edition. Profile Books. (HRH: my favorite print journalism writing style: effective, efficient, unassailable English..the Economist).

PRIOR TO FIRST CLASS:
- Read Shirky, Chapters 1 and 2.
- Read Booth (if possible), Part 1.