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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
  • Films
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  • Archive
    • 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

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Michael Jordan – Beyond the Court

Michael Jordan – Beyond the Court Every diehard basketball fan has a strong opinion on the NBA GOAT (greatest of

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October 20, 2023 Uncategorized

Brady Austin: The Baseball Consultant of GeoCities

Brady Austin: The Baseball Consultant of GeoCities For this assignment, I chose to focus on a GeoCities website titled “Baseball

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October 20, 2023 Uncategorized

Henry Fung’s GeoCities Tribute to Dennis Bergkamp: A Page For All Soccer Fans

For decades sports have been both a hobby and a fascination worldwide, and people’s intense love for their favorite players

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October 20, 2023 Uncategorized

Inside Geocities Site ‘Chemical Drugs’: A Hub for Harm Reduction

I chose to look at the geocity site that is under Area 51, under Dreamworld, entitled “Chemical Drugs.” This website

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October 20, 2023 Uncategorized

Lefty’s Club Search

The Geocities page https://geocities.restorativland.org/Augusta/Links/2711/ is a community intended for lefthanded golfers in the Houston area. The site is advertised as

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October 19, 2023 Uncategorized

Calebs Duke Page

Caleb’s Duke Page Geocities was an opportunity for many people to break into the internet with creations of their own,

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October 19, 2023 Uncategorized

GeoCities Dive Page

Introduction: After looking through multiple GeoCities built between 1995 and 1997, the early internet seems to be a space where

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October 18, 2023 Uncategorized

GeoCities: Baseball and Basketball Card Central

GeoCities: Baseball and Basketball Card Central

October 16, 2023 Uncategorized

GeoCities: The Midi Master

The website I found is located in the Stage neighborhood of Sunset Strip, a category I assumed would be all

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October 15, 2023 Uncategorized

Film Lovers on GeoCities

As a fan of movies, I decided to peruse the Hollywood neighborhood of GeoCities to find a website that interested

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