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,
2nd
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.