Information,
Images and Inequality
Prof.
Stephen Adair
Spring
2003
Once
during the semester, you will be asked to initiate class discussion by
identifying the central idea or thesis of an article that we will be discussing
that day. You will not be expected
to make a formal presentation, but merely get us started by identifying the
central idea, the author’s intent, or central question from the reading.
You will also need to submit an outline, a one-page summary, or a set of
notes on the reading. This summary or outline should be no more than a single page.
Part
I: Introduction: Digital Culture and the Internet
1-28 History of the Internet
Castells pp. 1-35 _______________________
Gauntlett pp. 1-18 “Web Studies _______________________
Silver pp. 19-29 in G. “Cyberculture Studies” _______________________
1-30 The Culture of the Internet _______________________
Castells pp. 36-53
2/4 Digital Culture I: Hackers and Entrepreneurs
Thomas pp. 202-211 in G. Cybercrime and Hacking _______________________
2/6- Digital Culture II: Technology and the Self
Stone pp. 123-155 “…at the Atari Lab” _______________________
2/11 Stone pp. 155-164 “… at Wellsprings” _______________________
2/13 Digital Culture III: Life on the Net:
Cheung p. 43-52 in G. “…Personal Home Pages” _______________________
Pullen p. 52-61 in G. “I-love-Xena.com” _______________________
Pariser p. 62-67 in G. “Artists’ Websites” _______________________
Di Filippo p. 122-129 “Pornography on the Web” _______________________
Castells, p. 188-203 “Multimedia and the Internet _______________________
2/18 e-Business
Castells p. 64-115 e-Business _______________________
Goggin p. 103-112 in G. “Pay Per Browse?” _______________________
Miller p. 133-122 in G. “Search Engines…” _______________________
2/20 Getting Paid on the Net
Barlow Reading: “Selling Wine Without Bottles” _______________________
2/25 The History of Copyright
Vaidhyanathan pp. 1-80 _______________________
2/27 Copyrighting Movies and Music
Vaidhyanathan pp. 81-148 _______________________
3/4 Digital Reproduction
Vaidhyanathan pp. 149-190 _______________________
3/6 Intellectual Property, Inequality and
Accumulation
3/13 Publicity
Berger p. 129-154 _______________________
3/18 “Men look at women. Women watch
themselves being looked at.”
Berger p. 45-64 _______________________
3/20 Art, Ownership and Reproduction
Berger p. 7-33, 83-112 _______________________
4/1 Virtual Communities
Castells, p. 116-136 _______________________
Rheingold, p. 170-179 in G. “Cybersociety _______________________
4/3 Origin Myths of Virtual Communities
Dibble Reading: “A Rape in Cyberspace” _______________________
Stone pp. 65-81 “Cross-Dressing Psychiatrist” _______________________
4/8 Stone pp. 99-121 “Communities” _______________________
Stone, pp. 65-97; 99-121
“The Teacher Review Debate” pp. 88-94 in G. _______________________
4/15 Virtual Self? Cyborgs?
Stone pp. 45-64, “Risking Themselves: ..Oshkosh” _______________________
Stone, pp. 83-96 “Reinvention and Encounter” _______________________
4/17 The Cyborg Habitat
Stone pp. 165-183, “The Gaze of the Vampire” _______________________
4/22 Democracy in the Digital Age
Castells pp. 137-167, “… Networks and Civil Society” _______________________
Castells, pp.167-187 “Privacy and Liberty…” _______________________
4/24 Harcourt pp. 150-169 in G. “…Women and the Web” _______________________
4/29 The Digital Divide
Castells pp. 207-282 _______________________
5/1 Taylor pp. 194-201 in G. “The …Web goes to War” _______________________