Fall 2022
Syllabus
- Week 1: The Internets That Weren’t
- Week 2: ARPANET
- Week 3: Bulletin Board Systems, Afronet, and the Digital Divide
- Week 4: Hacking, Cybersecurity, and Encryption
- Week 5: Hypermedia: The World Wide Web
- Week 6: Navigation: Browsers, Portals, Search
- Week 7: Social Media and the Hidden Work of Content Moderation
- Week 8: Personal Creation on the Web from GeoCities to WordPress
- Week 9: Streaming: From JenniCam to Zoom
- Week 10: Peer-to-Peer Networks: Music Sharing and Piracy
- Week 11: Blockchain
Assignments
- A1 Consumption: Your Futurist Internet
- A2: Identity: Bulletin Board Systems
- A3: Regulation: Walled Gardens
- A4: Representation: Search Engine Analysis
- A5: Production: Archaeology of a Geocities Site
Fall 2021
Syllabus
- Week 1: The Internets That Weren’t
- Week 2: ARPANET
- Week 3: Afronet and the Digital Divide
- Week 4: Hypermedia and the World Wide Web
- Week 5: Navigation: Browsers, Portals, Search
- Week 6: Logistics: E-Commerce and the Question of Free Labor
- Week 7: Bubbles: News Silos and the Dot-com Crash
- Week 8: Sharing: Music, Peer-to-Peer Networks, and Piracy
- Week 9: Social Media and Content Moderation
- Week 10: Streaming: From JennyCam to Zoom
- Week 11: The Semantic Web and the Internet of Things
Assignments
- A1 Representation: Before the Internet
- A2: Production: Minitel Services
- A3: Consumption: Lost Sites and Web Design Comparison
- A4: Regulation: Paywalls, Takedowns, and Invitation-Only Communities
- A5: Production: Archaeology of an NFT
Fall 2020
Syllabus
- Week 1: The Internets That Weren’t
- Week 2: ARPANET
- Week 3: Afronet and the Digital Divide
- Week 4: Hypermedia and the World Wide Web
- Week 5: Navigation: Browsers, Portals, Search
- Week 6: Logistics: E-Commerce and the Question of Free Labor
- Week 7: Bubbles: News Silos and the Dot-com Crash
- Week 8: Sharing: Music, Peer-to-Peer Networks, and Piracy
- Week 9: Social Media and Content Moderation
- Week 10: Streaming: From JennyCam to Zoom
- Week 11: The Semantic Web and the Internet of Things
Cultural History of the Internet 