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Cultural History of the Internet

Cultural History of the Internet

a course at Johns Hopkins University

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    • Week 1: Visions of the Internet
    • Week 2: ARPANET
    • Week 3: Bulletin Board Systems
    • Week 4: Usenet
    • Week 5: World Wide Web
    • Week 6: GeoCities
    • Week 7: Browsers and Search
    • Week 8: Social Media
    • Week 9: Peer-to-Peer Networks
    • Week 10: Streaming
    • Week 11: Blockchain
  • Assignments
    • A1 Representation and Identity: AI Visions of Technology
    • A2 Representation: Personal Computers and Online Experience
    • A3 Regulation: Usenet and Community Moderation
    • A4 Identity and Consumption: Archaelogy of a GeoCities Site
    • A5 Production: Personal Creation on NeoCities
    • Final Circuit of Culture Project
    • Instructions for Blog Posts
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    • Fall 2020
      • Syllabus, Fall 2020
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        • Week 11, Fall 2020
      • Assignments, Fall 2020
        • A1 Representation: What the Internet Means Today (Fall 2020)
        • A2 Identity: Bulletin Board Systems (Fall 2020)
        • A3 Consumption: Lost Sites and Web Design Comparison (Fall 2020)
        • A4 Regulation: Paywalls, Takedowns, and Invitation-Only Communities (Fall 2020)
        • A5 Production: Archaeology of a Meme (Fall 2020)
        • Final Circuit of Culture Project, Fall 2020
    • Fall 2021
      • Syllabus, Fall 2021
        • Week 1, Fall 2021
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        • Week 3, Fall 2021
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        • Week 5, Fall 2021
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        • Week 8, Fall 2021
        • Week 9, Fall 2021
        • Week 10, Fall 2021
        • Week 11, Fall 2021
      • Assignments, Fall 2021
        • A1 Representation: Before the Internet (Fall 2021)
        • A2 Production: Minitel Services (Fall 2021)
        • A3 Consumption: Lost Sites and Web Design Comparison (Fall 2021)
        • A4 Regulation: Paywalls, Takedowns, and Invitation-Only Communities (Fall 2021)
        • A5 Production: Archaeology of an NFT (Fall 2021)
    • Fall 2022
      • Final Circuit of Culture Project
      • Syllabus, Fall 2022
        • Week 1
        • Week 2
        • Week 3
        • Week 4
        • Week 6
        • Week 7
        • Week 5
        • Week 9
        • Week 10
        • Week 11
      • 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
  • Student Projects
    • Fall 2020
      • 4chan
      • Amazon Fresh
      • Android
      • Crunchyroll
      • DeviantArt
      • Etsy
      • Exploring Friendster Through the Circuit of Culture
      • Instagram
      • iTunes
      • Korean Englishman 영국 남자
      • Minecraft
      • Netflix
      • Pinterest
      • Pirate Bay
      • R/Place
      • Robinhood
      • Roobet
      • SoundCloud
      • Spotify
      • TikTok
      • Twitch
      • Twitter
      • Wikipedia
    • Fall 2021
      • Angry Birds as Viewed through the Circuit of Culture
      • Depop: Instagram meets eBay
      • DoorDash: The New Go-To For Food Delivery
      • IMDb: Internet Movie Database
      • League of Legends
      • Naver: Maximalist Digital Giant of Korea
      • Poptropica
      • TalkinBroadway.com
      • The Cultural History of Zillow
      • Tidal
      • Tinder
      • Uber Eats
      • Vine: A Circuit of Culture
      • YouTube: Beauty Channels
    • Fall 2023
      • Exploratorium: Science of Baseball

Category: Advertising Personal Computing

September 30, 2024 Advertising Personal Computing

Personal Computers and Online Experience

Source: https://dn790004.ca.archive.org/0/items/USER_04/USER_04.pdf This is a screenshot of a printer advertisement from the Computer User 04 Magazine in Greece published in

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September 28, 2024 Advertising Personal Computing

Home Computer’s Expansion of Usage Towards Children and Education

“Talking Teacher,” from the 1986 September issue of the “Compute!” magazine is an advertisement promoting a software that can be

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September 28, 2024 Advertising Personal Computing

“Your Commodore” – The Computer Magazines of the Past

Launching in October of 1984, Your Commodore was dedicated to the Commodore series of computers. Commodore was a leader in

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September 27, 2024 Advertising Personal Computing

A New Profession: How MicroPro Expanded Opportunites for MicroComputer Hobbyists

Long before computers as we know them today were established, excited innovators were working to connect people through various, developing

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September 27, 2024 Advertising Personal Computing / Uncategorized

Representation in Personal Computers and Online Experience: An Analysis of MacAddict’s 80th Edition

Before the 1970s, the connotation of computers was one associated with blocky, room-sized main frames. Universities, research firms, and government

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September 26, 2024 Advertising Personal Computing

How Advertisements Show the Fun of PC Gaming in 1982

The picture above is the cover of the December 1982 cover of PC Magazine: https://archive.org/details/PC-Mag-1982-12/mode/1up The December 1982 cover of

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September 26, 2024 Advertising Personal Computing

The Power of Simplicity: How Apple’s 1988 Ad Used Icons to Spark Curiosity

This advertisement is promoting an upcoming Apple product. The print ad was released in 1988 and is scheduled for September 27th.

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September 26, 2024 Advertising Personal Computing

Technology Across Borders

When one speaks on the evolution of technology, there is no conversation in which computers and their evolution do not

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September 26, 2024 Advertising Personal Computing

Empowering the Future: How Apple’s Early Ads Revolutionized the Business World

This ad for an Apple personal computer appeared in a Financial Post magazine on February 1st, 1983 when personal computers

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September 21, 2023 Advertising Personal Computing

Softalk magazine’s ‘Holiday Gift Guide’

The December 1983 issue of Softalk magazine leans in heavily to the Christmas spirit, with a cover promising a ‘Holiday

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