Project Ideas

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We will be refining this over the first weeks of class, but from past semesters, projects have included work along the following lines. This semester, we anticipate a more narrow menu of options, focused on gathering data/observing online phenomenon, especially where it intersects with theoretical frameworks we will discuss in class. So, while preliminary, here are some ideas to get you started thinking:

- Explore music payment aggregation schemes

- Compare US broadband policies with that of another country

- Write a case study on a selected online organization

- Study an emerging online media organization (e.g. Spot.us; Transparency Initiative; Reuters-Politico deal)

- Review a nation's Internet regulation policy (e.g. Australia's new Internet filtering policy; website rating systems)

- Track and document an online political campaign

- Monitor the evolution of change.gov after the inauguration

- Evaluate and compare online knowledge aggregators (Mahalo Answers, Yahoo Answers) --Cmac 17:49, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

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