CSCI 102T
The Socio-Techno Web
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Week 6: Search
For the fifth assignment we will return to the
main writer
/ main responder format,
and we will switch roles from the most recent assignment
(before the mid-term project).
This week we all will:
• format our essays as HTML documents on our personal webpage.
• distribute our work by committing our documents to our own personal git repository.
• clone our partner's repository (after you are notified) and read their document on the web.
Goals
- Understand how search engines organize and serve data (from BITS, beginning on pg 122).
- Gather information
- Keep copies
- Build an Index
- Understand the query
- Determine relevance
- Determine ranking
- Presenting results
- Be able to identify and clearly articulate positions argued by texts
- Utilize the web in our writing responses
Readings
Required Readings:
Optional Readings:
Assignment
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Writing Prompt: According to the
authors of BITS on page 159: "The creation and redistribution of power is an unexpected side effect of the search industry.
Should any controls be in place, and should anyone ... watch over the industry?"
Respond to this quote. As always, be sure to take a strong,
decisive stance, and provide support for your claims.
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Ongoing: As you read, please keep a list of questions
that come to your mind that you want to revisit. This list may
include things you wish the authors explored in more detail,
open questions, confusing passages, vocab, etc.