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University of Maryland University College replaces textbooks with embedded no-cost digital resources, saving students hundreds of dollars a session.

Came across this. It is an example of the kind of digital sociology projects I can imagine our M.Sc. students doing. With some additional critical analysis and writing to demonstrate they get the theory, this could be a good applied project.

"How the Internet is Shaping Social Change, and Social Change is Shaping the Internet"

https://twitter.com/chronicle/status/641208109118062593 The Internet's Outrage Machine. Interesting read on modern logics of ideology, student media and digital media.

job ad gives some ideas on tools, methods, markets for data viz.