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Cultural History of the Internet

Cultural History of the Internet

a course at Johns Hopkins University

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  • Syllabus
    • 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
        • Week 1, Fall 2020
        • Week 2, Fall 2020
        • Week 3, Fall 2020
        • Week 4, Fall 2020
        • Week 5, Fall 2020
        • Week 6, Fall 2020
        • Week 7, Fall 2020
        • Week 8, Fall 2020
        • Week 9, Fall 2020
        • Week 10, Fall 2020
        • 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
        • Week 2, Fall 2021
        • Week 3, Fall 2021
        • Week 4, Fall 2021
        • Week 5, Fall 2021
        • Week 6, Fall 2021
        • Week 7, Fall 2021
        • 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: Memes

November 14, 2020 Memes

Alignment Charts: chaotic evil or lawfully good?

The alignment chart originated in 1974 from the popular game Dungeons and Dragons. In the game, characters customize a character

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November 14, 2020 Memes

Rickrolling: The Theme Song of the Internet

“Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around and desert you…” If you grew

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November 13, 2020 Memes

Memes for good – a history of We Are Number One

Memes are generally associated with randomness and funny compositions of images. However, those are not what I am focusing on

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November 13, 2020 Memes

Thanks, Obama

            Did you lose your car keys? Did you just drop your lunch onto the floor? Are hurricanes destroying the

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November 13, 2020 Memes

Kanye West: Artist Turned Meme?

Kanye West—where to start? One of the most famous and most acclaimed musical artists of our generation, legendary rapper, and

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November 13, 2020 Memes

Galaxy Brain: A Case Study

            One accurate measure of a meme’s impact is its duration of use and its sticking power in terms of

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November 13, 2020 Memes

This is fine.

In America, it’s fair to say it’s been a wild year. Considering there’s been a pandemic with hundreds of thousands

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November 13, 2020 Memes

Pepe the Frog

There are not many memes like Pepe the Frog that has gone through quite an evolution from underground webcomic to

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November 13, 2020 Memes / Uncategorized

I Am Once Again Asking You To Read This Blog Post.

A couple years from now, when we reflect on year 2020, most of us might just let out a big,

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November 13, 2020 Memes

How Smudge took over the internet

With the rising meme culture within the internet society, one meme that remains in my fresh memory is the “woman

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