09052013: DTC356 Class Notes

DTC356 September 5thTagging, Smart Leaves, Social Taxonomy

(folksonomy)

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AuthorityExplain 3 things:

• Why authority figures in 2nd order org.

• Positive benefits of authority• Drawbacks of authority

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2nd Order Authority

Go through every item and put it in its proper place

Settle arguments

tangent: controlled vocabulary

Forced choice, limited options

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Benefits of Authority

Accuracy (given an accurate authority)

Efficiency

Predictability

Reliability (opposite of ambiguity)

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Drawbacks of Authority

The world isn’t always a black or white place (false dichotomy)

Lost insight from multiple perspectives

Example: The Best and the Brightest

Demonizing the Other

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http://www.loc.gov/aba/cataloging/classification/lcco/lcco_d.pdf

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Tagging and Smart Leaves

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Yochai Benkler

The right question isn’t whether the Web provides perfect equality but whether it provides more equality than “the one-way structure of the commercial mass media.”

Explain this quote in terms of authority and information organization.

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Discussion

What kinds of situations benefit from tagging and mass participation.

What kinds of situations benefit from the expertise of authority?

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Crowdsourcingcan be more accurate in niche

areas of knowledge.

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What is a smart leaf?

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13-17 Copyright: Clay Shirky

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