NCSU Department of Communication COM487-001::Internet & Society
Instructor: Dr. Adriana de Souza e Silva
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Th. 01.11
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course overview | |||
 1Cyberspace |
Tu. 01.16
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Cyberspace vs. Internet: an introduction | Briggs, A., & Burke, P., "Conclusion: Into Cyberspace?" (pp. 320-332) | Blog post | |
| Th. 01.18 | (The utopia of) cyberspace as an immaterial and libertarian place. | Robins, K., “Cyberspace and the world we live in” (pp. 77-95) | visit from the library | Blog post | |
| 2 Computers as space / history |
Tu. 01.23 | Computers as (narrative) spaces. What's an interface? | Murray, J., “From additive to expressive form” (pp. 65-96) |
Blog post | |
| Th. 01.25 | Early interfaces | Johnson, S. "Bitmapping: an introduction" (pp. 11-41) |
Blog post | ||
| 3 Interfaces / history |
Tu. 01.30 | The Macintosh and the desktop metaphor: First signs of immersion in the “computer for the rest of us.
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Johnson, S. “The Desktop” (42-75) |
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Blog post |
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From calculations to simulations. Computers as simulation machines.
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Turkle, S. “A tale of two aesthetics” (29-49) |
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Blog post -- mid-term 1 announcement |
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| 4 Internet / history |
Tu. 02.06 | The Internet and WWW. Historical facts. |
Abbatte, J. Popularizing the Internet. (pp. 181-220). |
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Blog post
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| Th. 02.08 | Early Internet
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Watch movie: The Thirteenth Floor | Presentation 02: Early Internet. Email (Ray Tomlinson), and Usenet (Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis), by Taylor Templeton and Valanda Pettis |
-- mid-term 1 questions |
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Part II: The Internet as a social environment: space, body, identity |
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| 5 MUDs (community) |
Tu. 02.13 | The history of MUDs
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Dibbell, J. “The scarlet balloon (or tinygeography, a long view and an overview)” (pp. 39-69) |
Blog post mid-term 1 due
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| Th. 02.15 | MUDs as communities | Morningstar, C., & Farmer, R., "The lessons of Lucasfilm's Habitat" (pp. 728-753). |
Presentation 03: MUDs. MUD (Richard Bartle and Roy Trubshaw), LambdaMOO, and Habitat (LucasFilm), by Rich Ivey, and Lauren Roland.
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Blog post |
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| 6 Chats (space) |
Tu. 02.20 | Visualizing communication environments: 2D and 3D Chats. |
Donath, J.; Karahalios, K., & Viegas, F. “Visualizing Conversations” (pp. 2023-2032) | Blog post
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| Th. 02.22 | Chats | Donath, J. “Part I: the virtual society” (pp. 15-42) |
Presentation 04: Chats. Habbo Hotel, The Palace, and Second Life, by Kelvin Tranphuoc, Jennifer Lemkes, and Rob Bradley | Blog post
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| 7 Educational MUDs |
Tu. 02.27 | computer lab class (Whiters Hall 131)
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Blog post
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| Th. 03.01 | Educational MUDs |
Barab, S., et. al., “Making learning fun: Quest Atlantis, a game without guns ” (pp. 86-107)
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Blog post | |
| 8 Spring break |
Tu. 03.06 | no class. Spring break |
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| Th. 03.08 | no class. Spring break |
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| 9 Virtual Bodies (Identity) |
Tu. 03.13 | The construction of the online body: Avatars | Thomas, A., “Digital literacies of the cybergirl” (pp. 358-382) | Blog post
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| Th. 03.15 | Online bodies | Taylor, T.L., "Intentional bodies" (pp. 25-34) |
Presentation 06: Avatars. n0time (Victoria Vesna), and Placeholder (Brenda Laurel), by William Long, and Angela Hughes
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Blog post
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| Part III: Current Issues on the Internet |
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| 10 The mobile Internet
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Tu. 03.20 | The mobile internet: an introduction
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Frattasi, S., at. al., "Defining 4G technology from the user's perspective" (pp. 35-41) discuss posters |
Blog post |
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| Th. 03.22 | The mobile internet: an introduction | Miyata, K.,et. al., "The mobile-izing Japanese" (pp. 143-164)
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Blog post |
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| 11 Wireless |
Tu. 03.27 | Wi-Fi
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Rheingold, H.,
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Blog post |
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| Th. 03.29 | Wi-Fi
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Schmidt, T., & Townsend, A., "Why wireless networks want to be free" (pp. 47-52).
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Presentation 07: Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi Hog (Jonah Brucker-Cohen); and Umbrella.net (Katherine Moriwaki), by Elizabeth Bridenstine, and Andrew Jones.
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Blog post | |
| 12 Ubiquitous computing |
Tu. 04.03 | Ubiquitous computing | Weiser, M., "The world is not a desktop" AND Weiser, M., & Brown, J. S., "Designing calm technology"
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Blog post | |
| Th. 04.05 | Ubiquitous computing | Rheingold, H. "The era of sentient things" (pp. 83-112). |
Presentation 08: Ubiquitous computing. ParcPAD and ParcTab (Mark Weiser); CoolTown (HP pervasive computing lab), and ClearBoard (Iroshii Ishii), by Jessica Manuel, Heather Gentle, and Shawn Downey
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Blog post
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| 13 Wearable computing |
Tu. 04.10 | Wearable computing | Film: Cyberman
de Souza e Silva, "Interfaces of hybrid spaces" (pp. 19-44)
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Blog post
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| Th. 04.12 | Wearable computing | Rheingold, H. "Always on Panopticon" (pp.183-215) | Presentation 09: Wearable computers. WorldBoard (Jim Spohrer), and Sousveillance Grid (Andrew Collins), by Ray White, and Ian McShane
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Blog post
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| 14 LBS |
Tu. 04.17 | Defining location-based services | Townsend, A. "Digitally mediated urban space" (pp. 100-105).
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Blog post |
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| Th. 04.19 | Location-based services |
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Presentation 10: Location-based services. Geocaching, and Mogi Mogi (Newt Games), by Meghan Balfrey, and Sarah Andrews
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- give questions for final exam
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| 15 Digital Divide |
Tu. 04.24 | Digital Divide | Manuel Castells, "The digital divide in a global perspective " (pp. 247-274).
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Blog post
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| Th. 04.26 | final presentations |
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-- final exam due |
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| 16 Finals week |
Tu. 05.01 | Finals week (no class) | |||
| Th. 05.03 | Finals week (no class) | ||||