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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
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    • 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
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    • Fall 2020
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      • 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 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
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    • 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: What the Internet Means Today

December 6, 2024 Web Design / What the Internet Means Today

Gaming Culture and Game Experts 

When one thinks of video game players nowadays, what comes to mind typically tends to be what we call “streamers”

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September 23, 2020 What the Internet Means Today

Virtual Reality and Oculus

2020 has been a long and tough year full of tragedies for everyone in the country and across the globe.

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September 21, 2020 What the Internet Means Today

Changed Internet Service Use and DoorDash’s Rebranding during the Pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic has fundamentally altered the normal patterns of life in the world and has brought sweeping changes to

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September 21, 2020 What the Internet Means Today

Quarantine with TikTok

As COVID-19 has emerged and impacted people all around the world, the use of internet has significantly shifted too. The

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September 21, 2020 What the Internet Means Today

Sports Websites in the Age of COVID

 March 11th, 2020 will always be known to me as the start of the pandemic in the US. This was

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September 21, 2020 What the Internet Means Today

What happened to YouTube and its creators during the Pandemic?

The start of the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way in which we consumed products and thought about work. Due to

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September 20, 2020 What the Internet Means Today

How COVID-19 Changed My Perspective on the Internet

As COVID-19 has struck the world and changed peoples lives and society as we once knew it. A key aspect

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September 20, 2020 What the Internet Means Today

Discord is for the people

Discord began its life in May of 2015 as a free and simple replacement for current VoIP services (Voice over

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September 18, 2020 What the Internet Means Today

Houseparty: How to Socialize During a Pandemic

Communication can be quite a tricky thing. Especially today during the Coronavirus pandemic, communication is being forced to go even

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September 18, 2020 What the Internet Means Today

TikTok: Killing Time During a Pandemic

At the start of quarantine, I began using TikTok. Before the pandemic, I was extremely judgmental of the app and

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