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|'''What's So Different About The Web?'''  
|'''Introductions'''  
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|Jan 26
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| [[Politics and Technology of Control: Introduction]]
| [[Politics and Technology of Control: Introduction]]
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| Feb 2
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| [[Regulating Speech Online]]
| [[Frameworks For Studying The Web]]
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|'''Unit II:'''
|'''Internet and The User'''
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| Feb 9
| Feb 9
| [[New Economic Models]]
| [[Peer Production and Collaboration]]
| ''([[Individual_Assignments#Assignment_1:_Wikipedia|Assignment 1]] due)''
| ''([[Individual_Assignments#Assignment_1:_Wikipedia|Assignment 1]] due)''
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| Feb 16
| Feb 16
| [[Peer Production and Collaboration]]
| [[Collective Action and Decision-making]]
 
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| Feb 23
| Feb 23
| [[Control and Code: Privacy Online]]
| [[New Economic Models]]
| ''([[Individual_Assignments#Assignment_2:_Blog_Post|Assignment 2]] due)''
| ''([[Individual_Assignments#Assignment_2:_Blog_Post|Assignment 2]] due)''
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|'''Unit II:'''  
|'''Unit II:'''  
|'''Digital Institutions & Society'''  
|'''Internet, Innovation, and the Technical Layer'''  
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| Mar 2
| Mar 2
| [[Citizen Media]]
| [[Technology, Innovation, and Internet]]
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| Mar 9
| Mar 9
| [[Online Organizing and Politics]]
| [[Regulating Speech Online]]
| ''([[Individual_Assignments#Assignment_3:_Audio_or_Video_Production|Assignment 3]] due)''
| ''([[Individual_Assignments#Assignment_3:_Audio_or_Video_Production|Assignment 3]] due)''
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|'''Unit III:'''
|'''Internet and The Legal Layer'''
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| Mar 23
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| [[Collective Action and Decision-making]]
| [[Copyright in Cyberspace]]
| ''([[Class Presentation|Class Presentations]])''
| ''([[Class Presentation|Class Presentations]])''
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| Mar 30
| Mar 30
|[[Internet and Democracy]]  
| [[Control and Code: Privacy Online]]
| ''([[Class Presentation|Class Presentations]])''
| ''([[Class Presentation|Class Presentations]])''
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|'''Unit III:'''  
|'''Unit IV:'''  
|'''Consequences and Outcomes'''
|'''Internet, Culture, and Society'''  
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| Apr 6
| Apr 6
| [[International Censorship and Filtering]]
|[[Internet and Democracy]]  
| ''([[Class Presentation|Class Presentations]])''
| ''([[Class Presentation|Class Presentations]])''
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| Apr 13
| Apr 13
| [[Copyright in Cyberspace]]
| [[Digital Natives and Internet Culture]]
| ''([[Class Presentation|Class Presentations]])''
| ''([[Class Presentation|Class Presentations]])''
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|'''Unit V:'''
|'''Persistent Challenges and Prospects'''
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| Apr 20
| Apr 20
| [[Digital Natives and Internet Culture]]
| [[New Opportunities for Education]]
| ''([[Class Presentation|Class Presentations]])''
| ''([[Class Presentation|Class Presentations]])''
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| Apr 27
| Apr 27
| [[New Opportunities for Education]]
| [[International Censorship and Filtering]]
| ''([[Class Presentation|Class Presentations]])''
| ''([[Class Presentation|Class Presentations]])''
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| May 4
| May 4
| [[Politics and Technology of Control II: Summing Up]]
| [[Politics and Technology of Control II: Summing Up]]
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|May 11
| May 11
|'''[[Final Project]] due''' (no class)
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Revision as of 11:41, 21 January 2010

Internet and Society: Technologies and Politics of Control

LSTU E–120 - Harvard Extension School - Spring 2010 - Tuesdays 5:30-7:30 pm EST

Berkman Center for Internet and Society - 23 Everett Street - Conference room, 2nd floor


The Internet has taken on an ever-widening role not only in the production and sharing of information, but also in the political, social, and economic processes of everyday life around the world. The Net has been heralded by many as nothing less than a means of fundamentally transforming our world into one that is more just, more democratic, and more affluent, while redrawing the boundaries of political and economic power. However, the frontierism of the early Internet provoked regulatory responses, followed by various attempts to develop collective control via emergent structure. This course asks: what now is the balance between these forces, and what, if anything, should be done? continued...

Course Information:

Assignments & Projects:

Resources:

External:

People:

During Class (Tuesdays 5:30-7:30 pm EST)

  • Live Quicktime stream during class (open this URL in Quicktime Player):
    • rtsp://harmony.law.harvard.edu/ptc.sdp
    • The best option is generally to copy this URL into QuickTime Player
    • You can also watch via http (http://harmony.law.harvard.edu/ptc.sdp). This is typically not as clear.

Participating Asynchronously

  • You can add your thoughts to the Question Tool even after class is over; we will leave up the discussions from class for the entire week following. Direct URL
  • Online Office Hours with the TAs TBD

Feedback:

We'd love to get feedback on how the class is going! We've created a quick survey here:

(link to google spreadsheets http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=cENqTEEzZ29URGkxSVZETEotVG8tUWc6MA..)

Syllabus at a glance:

Unit I: Introductions
Jan 26 Politics and Technology of Control: Introduction
Feb 2 Frameworks For Studying The Web
Unit II: Internet and The User
Feb 9 Peer Production and Collaboration (Assignment 1 due)
Feb 16 Collective Action and Decision-making
Feb 23 New Economic Models (Assignment 2 due)
Unit II: Internet, Innovation, and the Technical Layer
Mar 2 Technology, Innovation, and Internet
Mar 9 Regulating Speech Online (Assignment 3 due)
Unit III: Internet and The Legal Layer
Mar 23 Copyright in Cyberspace (Class Presentations)
Mar 30 Control and Code: Privacy Online (Class Presentations)
Unit IV: Internet, Culture, and Society
Apr 6 Internet and Democracy (Class Presentations)
Apr 13 Digital Natives and Internet Culture (Class Presentations)
Unit V: Persistent Challenges and Prospects
Apr 20 New Opportunities for Education (Class Presentations)
Apr 27 International Censorship and Filtering (Class Presentations)
May 4 Politics and Technology of Control II: Summing Up
May 11 Final Project due (no class)