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* [[Politics and Technology of Control: Introduction|Jan 24]]
* [[Politics and Technology of Control: Introduction|Jan 24]]
* [[Paradigms for Studying the Internet|Jan 31]]
* [[Paradigms for Studying the Internet|Jan 31]]
* [[New Economic Models|Feb 7]]
* [[Regulating Speech Online|Feb 7]]
* [[Peer Production and Collaboration|Feb 14]]
* [[New Economic Models|Feb 14]]
* [[Collective Action and Decision-making|Feb 21]]
* [[Peer Production and Collaboration |Feb 21]]
* [[New and Old Media, Participation, and Information|Feb 28]]
* [[Copyright in Cyberspace |Feb 28]]
* [[Law's Role in Regulating Online Conduct and Speech|Mar 6]]
* [[New and Old Media, Participation, and Information |Mar 6]]
* Mar 13 - ''No class''
* Mar 13 - ''No class''
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* [[Regulating Speech Online|Mar 20]]
* [[Collective Action and Decision-making |Mar 20]]
* [[Internet Infrastructure and Regulation|Mar 27]]
* [[Internet and Democracy |Mar 27]]
* [[Copyright in Cyberspace|Apr 3]]
* [[Control and Code: Privacy Online |Apr 3]]
* [[Control and Code: Privacy Online|Apr 10]]  
* [[Internet and Democracy: The Sequel |Apr 10]]  
* [[Internet and Democracy|Apr 17]]
* [[Internet Infrastructure and Regulation |Apr 17]]
* [[Internet and Democracy: The Sequel|Apr 24]]
* [[The Wikileaks Case |Apr 24]]
* [[Cybersecurity and Cyberwarfare|May 1]]
* [[Cybersecurity and Cyberwarfare|May 1]]
* [[Final Project|May 8]] - ''No class''
* [[Final Project|May 8]] - ''No class''

Revision as of 09:54, 12 January 2012

March 6

The profusion of low-cost media production and distribution has led to the rise of an alternative citizen-led media sector. Is this a passing fad of enthusiastic amateurs or the beginning of a fundamental restructuring of the way media and news are produced and consumed? Will the current trends lead to more information, better information, and better informed people or to an infinite stream of unreliable chatter? Will it lead to a more politically engaged populace or to an increasingly polarized society that picks its sources of information to match its biases and ignorance?



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