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| Topic | Date | Readings | Lecture Notes | Slides |
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| Introduction | Jan 9th, 2020 | Mosco, Chapter 1 | Lecture 1 | Slides 1 |
| How We Got Here | Jan 16th, 2020 | Mosco, Chapter 2; Srincek, Chapter 1; One Nation Tracked | Lecture 2 | Slides 2 |
| Power, Wealth, Technology | Jan 23th, 2020 | Mosco, Chapter 3; Selyukh, Optimized Prime; | Lecture 3 | Slides 3 |
| Platform Capitalism | Jan 30th, 2020 | Srincek, Chapter 2; Facebook Decade | Lecture 4 | Slides 4 |
| Platform Wars | Feb 6th, 2020 | Srincek, Chapter 3; Conger, Sanger, Shane Microsoft Wins Pentagon Contract | Lecture 5 | Slides 5 |
| Platform Scandals | Feb 13th, 2020 | Mosco, Chapter 4; Bliss, How Smart Should a City Be | Lecture 6 | Slides 6 |
| Reading Week | Feb 20th, 2020 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Mid-Term Exam | Feb 27th, 2020 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Gender Gap | March 5th, 2020 | Hicks, When Google Walked; Morris, Why Tech's Gender Problem is Nothing New | Lecture 9 | Slides 9 |
| Gig Economy | March 12th, 2020 | Shenker, Strike 2.0; Chu, The Year Tech Workers Organized | Lecture 10 | Slides 10 |
| Heavy Buglat | March 19th, 2020 | Mosco, Chapter 5; Bilefsky, The Huawei Court Case in Canada; Karabell, Huawei versus US | Lecture 11 | Slides 11 |
| Public Utility | March 26th, 2020 | Mosco, Chapter 6; Harris, Big Tech Invincibility Cracks [reading 12 notes] | Lecture 12 | Slides 12 |
| Conclusion and Revision | April 2nd, 2020 | N/A | Lecture 13 | Slides 13 |
| Assignment | Date | Value |
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| Tutorial Participation | Throughout | 10% |
| Essay 1 | Feb 13th | 20% |
| Mid-Term | Feb 27th | 20% |
| Essay 2 | March 26th | 30% |