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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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October 9, 2023 Uncategorized

Slash Wars, NSFW Censorship, and the First Online Kirk/Spock Fanfiction: A History of Alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated

Summary In this post, I track the journey from the original online forum for Star Trek-inspired transformative works—alt.startrek.creative—to the creation

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October 8, 2023 Uncategorized

What Usenet Dark Humor Teaches Us About Constructive Online Conversations

Every successful debate on the questionable affirmation of offensiveness is based in A complex moral web of intention and consequence.

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October 7, 2023 Uncategorized

The ‘Traditional Witchcraft’ Usenet Newsgroup

After spending some time browsing Usenet Newsgroups, I found one with clear rules of moderation and levels of restriction that

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October 6, 2023 Uncategorized

Alt.ultra-conservatives.crazies-with-guns

“Suppose you were fond of books” This week’s assignment was based on the regulation lens in the Circuit of Culture.

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October 6, 2023 Uncategorized

Alt.sports.football.pro.phila-eagles: The Regulation of the Philadelphia Eagles Usenet Group

Introduction: In the prime of Usenet, online communities thrived, covering a vast array of topics, especially in the Alt subgroups.

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October 6, 2023 Uncategorized

Avoiding Spoilers in a Star Wars Usenet Group Through Self-Regulation

On a platform such as Usenet, in the absence of government regulation individuals are allowed to say anything they please.

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October 6, 2023 Uncategorized

Regulating Christianity

Regulating Christianity The mbox file that piqued my interest was alt.fan.jesus-christ.mbox. I’m not a particularly religious person, but I grew

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October 6, 2023 Uncategorized

The Regulation of The Simpsons Usenet Group

The Regulation of The Simpsons Usenet Group For this assignment, I chose to focus on the Usenet newsgroup titled “alt.tv.simpsons.”

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October 6, 2023 Uncategorized

Regulation Within Usenets’ alt.politics.usa.constitution.gun-rights.mbox.zip Newsgroup

After sifting through multiple different types of Usenet newsgroups from sports chat rooms, to adoption help newsgroups, to fakeid production

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October 5, 2023 Uncategorized

The Truman Show or Bust: Usenet Group Rules and Regulations for Film Review

The Truman Show or Bust: Usenet Group Rules and Regulations for Film Review As an avid lover of movies and

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