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The Wikileaks Case

2012-04-18T16:17:06Z

RobF: /* Readings */

{{ClassCalendar}}
'''April 24'''

In this class, we will address many of the issues surrounding the Wikileaks case. We will explore the technical, legal, regulatory, ethical and normative elements of the events leading up to and following the massive leak of US government documents made available via Wikileaks. The case touches upon and exemplifies many of the concepts and questions that are presented in the course and will offers us the opportunity to reflect, refine and consolidate the changes and challenges of digital media.

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==Readings==

* [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/is2013/sites/is2013/images/TheWikiLeaksIncident.pdf Case Study: The Wikileaks Incident]

== Additional Resources==

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== Class Discussion ==
April 24: The Wikileaks Case
[[User:Just Johnny|Just Johnny]] 17:13, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

== Links ==

The Wikileaks Case

2012-04-18T16:15:36Z

RobF: /* Readings */

{{ClassCalendar}}
'''April 24'''

In this class, we will address many of the issues surrounding the Wikileaks case. We will explore the technical, legal, regulatory, ethical and normative elements of the events leading up to and following the massive leak of US government documents made available via Wikileaks. The case touches upon and exemplifies many of the concepts and questions that are presented in the course and will offers us the opportunity to reflect, refine and consolidate the changes and challenges of digital media.

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==Readings==

* Case Study: the Wikileaks Incident (To be posted)

* [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/is2013/sites/is2013/images/TheWikiLeaksIncident.pdf Case Study: The Wikileaks Incident]

== Additional Resources==

</onlyinclude>

== Class Discussion ==
April 24: The Wikileaks Case
[[User:Just Johnny|Just Johnny]] 17:13, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

== Links ==

The Wikileaks Case

2012-04-18T16:15:04Z

RobF: /* Readings */

{{ClassCalendar}}
'''April 24'''

In this class, we will address many of the issues surrounding the Wikileaks case. We will explore the technical, legal, regulatory, ethical and normative elements of the events leading up to and following the massive leak of US government documents made available via Wikileaks. The case touches upon and exemplifies many of the concepts and questions that are presented in the course and will offers us the opportunity to reflect, refine and consolidate the changes and challenges of digital media.

<onlyinclude>

==Readings==

* Case Study: the Wikileaks Incident (To be posted)

* [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/is2013/sites/is2013/images/TheWikiLeaksIncident.pdf Internet The Wikileaks Incident]

== Additional Resources==

</onlyinclude>

== Class Discussion ==
April 24: The Wikileaks Case
[[User:Just Johnny|Just Johnny]] 17:13, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

== Links ==

Internet and Democracy: The Sequel

2012-04-09T18:06:27Z

RobF: /* Readings */

{{ClassCalendar}}
'''April 10'''

A decade ago, the Internet was widely seen as a means to diminish the power of countries to regulate the flow of ideas and information. However, we have witnessed the resurgence of national sovereignty in cyberspace, with many countries now resorting to a combination of technology, law and intimidation to reign in the spread of free speech via the Net. Often aided by the technological support of the private sector in the United States, for this class, we will debate the ethics, practicality and implications of Internet censorship.

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== Readings ==

* [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/publications/2011/Evolving_Landscape_Internet_Control Roberts et al. Evolving Landscape of Internet Control]
* Read John Palfrey and Jonathan Zittrain: [http://opennet.net/sites/opennet.net/files/Deibert_06_Ch05_103-122.pdf Reluctant Gatekeepers: Corporate Ethics on a Filtered Internet]
* [http://opennet.net/sites/opennet.net/files/PolicingContent.pdf Jill York, Policing Content in the Quasi-public Sphere]
* Take a look at the [http://opennet.net/blog ONI blog]

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Copyright_Infringement_Liability_Limitation_Act DMCA 512 - the safe harbor provision]
* [https://www.eff.org/takedowns EFF's Hall of Shame]
* [http://www.copyhype.com/2012/04/viacom-v-youtube-the-second-circuits-decision/ Copyhype on Viacom v. YouTube: The Second Circuit’s Decision]

== Additional Resources ==

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== Class Discussion ==
April 10: Internet and Democracy: The Sequel
[[User:Just Johnny|Just Johnny]] 17:12, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

I was surprised by the numbers from the "Evolving Landscape..." reading as far as how normal people use the internet in restrictive countries. We tend to think of the internet as this powerful tool to access multicultural views and information, especially if you live in a censorious society. This neglects the fact that around 80% of the websites I use/read/visit commonly are based out of the U.S., and 99% are English-language, so why would that be substantially different for someone from China? Part of our assumption that this resource is so valuable is that people would want to read the same info we are, because it is presumably the best (and to be fair it at least quite often is, as far as the areas it actually covers). But that often is not the info most relevant to those readers.

The shockingly low % (1% at a guess by the reading) of people in China, for example, who are using circumvention tools makes a lot more sense when you realize that internal Chinese sites like youku fill the vast majority of their internet needs, and that specifically Chinese concepts and constructs like microblogging avoid censors through a much more realistic approach to political censorship for the average internet user there. This is troubling in light of the conclusion that censoring technologies may now be outstripping circumvention technologies/abilities of average internet users to avoid censorship/attack/tracking. The solution of aggressively empowering a small group of activists, who would then spread messages through the local networks, seems to me to be a good one. It does place those activists at even more risk by further singling them out though, and obviously detracts from the crowd-sourcing type benefits that are at the heart of the internet's value.

I'm looking forward to discussing in class the balance of an international company's responsibility to its shareholders to create profit and remain competitive v. its responsibility to its original nation's norms/laws/etc. v. its responsibility to to an international "human rights" type code for the internet, regardless of where it comes from or where it's serving.

There are always arguments to be made for profit above all else, and what if trying too hard to be moral lowers your profits to where an 100% immoral (in relation to these internet issues) company corners the market? Then your idealism ruined you AND actively hurt online rights, since you left the door open for someone far worse than yourself to control that chunk of the web. [[User:AlexLE|AlexLE]] 17:03, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

== Links ==

Internet and Democracy: The Sequel

2012-04-05T12:35:40Z

RobF: /* Readings */

Internet and Democracy: The Sequel

2012-04-05T12:34:42Z

RobF: /* Readings */

Main Page

2012-04-04T12:07:47Z

RobF: /* Syllabus at a glance */

= Internet and Society: Technologies and Politics of Control=
'''LSTU E–120 - Harvard Extension School - Spring 2012 - Tuesdays 5:30-7:30 pm EST'''

'''[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/contact Berkman Center for Internet and Society] - 23 Everett Street - Conference room, 2nd floor'''

This course examines current legal, political, social, and technical struggles for control of the global Internet—and the content and relationships it conveys. The course focuses on the interaction of new technologies and services with emerging models of production, innovation, communication, learning, and civic engagement—looking at both the US and international contexts. Prerequisites: willingness to experiment with new technologies and to participate in class discussions, whether virtually or in person. (4 credits) '''[[course overview|continued...]]'''

=='''Syllabus at a glance'''==
{| style="background-color:#CCCCCC;"

|-
| Jan 24
| [[Politics and Technology of Control: Introduction]]
|-
| Jan 31
| [[Paradigms for Studying the Internet]]
|-
| Feb 7
| [[Regulating Speech Online]]
| ''(Assignment 1 due)''
|-
| Feb 14
| [[New Economic Models]]
|-
| Feb 21
| [[Peer Production and Collaboration]]
| ''(Assignment 2 due)''
|-
| Feb 28
| [[Copyright in Cyberspace]]
|-
| Mar 6
| [[New and Old Media, Participation, and Information]]
|-
| Mar 13
| ''No class - Spring Break''
|-
| Mar 20
| [[Collective Action and Decision-making]]
| ''(Assignment 3 due)''
|-
| Mar 27
| [[Internet and Democracy]]
|-
| Apr 3
| [[Control and Code: Privacy Online]]
|-
| Apr 10
| [[Internet and Democracy: The Sequel]]
|-
| Apr 17
| [[Internet Infrastructure and Regulation]]
| ''(Assignment 4 due)''
|-
| Apr 24
| [[The Wikileaks Case]]
|-
| May 1
|''No class - final project preparation''
|
|-
| May 8
|''Final class - wrap up and student presentations''
|''(Final project due)''
|
|}

{|border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-valign="top"
|
'''Course Information:'''
* [[Class Participation]]
* [[Grading]]
* [[Statement on Plagiarism]]
|
'''Assignments & Projects:'''
* [[Assignments]]
* [[Assigned Readings|Complete List of Assigned Readings]]
* [[Final Project]]

|
'''Resources:'''
* [[Recorded class videos]]
* [[Powerpoint Slides from Class]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page How to edit a wiki]
* [http://www.extension.harvard.edu/resources/writing.jsp Extension School Writing Center]
|
'''External:'''
* [[Upcoming Events]]
* [[In the news]]
|
'''People:'''
* [[Staff Contact Info]]
* [[List of User Profiles]]
|-
|}

=='''Participating During Class (Tuesdays 5:30-7:30 pm EST)'''==
* Attend in person at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, 23 Everett St., Second Floor, Cambridge, MA 02138 ([http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/contact directions])

You can use Adobe Connect to participate during class time. Visit [https://continuinged.adobeconnect.com/_a931819597/berkman our Adobe Connect site] and log in as guest.

We recommend that, if you would like to speak during class, you use a combination headphone/microphone to participate. Alternatively, you may use headphones along with your computer's built-in mic. As a last resort, you can use your computer's built-in mic without headphones, but please be aware that this may cause audio issues for both you and the class as a whole.

''Note: When you log in to Adobe Connect, you will log in as a guest. Please use your full name or a pseudonym that will allow us to identify who you are so we can give you credit for your class participation.''

* If you have any trouble running Adobe Connect, please go to the [https://continuinged.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm support page on Adobe Connect's site] or click on the "Help" button in the upper right corner of the Connect window.

=='''Participating Asynchronously'''==
* The recorded videotapes of the class produced by Harvard Extension School are available [http://cm.dce.harvard.edu/2012/02/22054/publicationListing.shtml here]. Videos are typically available 1-2 days after class.

=='''Contact Information'''==
* All questions, comments, etc. should be sent to: [mailto:is2013@cyber.law.harvard.edu is2013@cyber.law.harvard.edu]
** There are no set office hours; feel free to send an email, and the TAs will respond to it as soon as they can.
* If you need to contact an instructor or TA individually, please use their personal contact info located on the [[Staff Contact Info]] page.

=='''Office Hours'''==
Andy and Rebekah are available the week of 4/2 to discuss final project topics. '''Please email [mailto:is2013@cyber.law.harvard.edu is2013@cyber.law.harvard.edu] to sign up for a 15-minute slot.'''

Rebekah
* Thursday, April 5, 4:30-7:30pm ET: in person at the Berkman Center or online via Skype

Andy
* Friday, April 6, 4:00-7:00pm ET: in person at the Berkman Center or online via Skype

=='''Class Feedback'''==
We'd love to hear your thoughts on how class is going! Please fill out this [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDZpc1l2X2VZQkEwcHRRZ1dDR2QxbHc6MA#gid=0 anonymous poll] to let us know what you think.

Main Page

2012-04-04T01:38:51Z

RobF: /* Syllabus at a glance */

= Internet and Society: Technologies and Politics of Control=
'''LSTU E–120 - Harvard Extension School - Spring 2012 - Tuesdays 5:30-7:30 pm EST'''

'''[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/contact Berkman Center for Internet and Society] - 23 Everett Street - Conference room, 2nd floor'''

This course examines current legal, political, social, and technical struggles for control of the global Internet—and the content and relationships it conveys. The course focuses on the interaction of new technologies and services with emerging models of production, innovation, communication, learning, and civic engagement—looking at both the US and international contexts. Prerequisites: willingness to experiment with new technologies and to participate in class discussions, whether virtually or in person. (4 credits) '''[[course overview|continued...]]'''

=='''Syllabus at a glance'''==
{| style="background-color:#CCCCCC;"

|-
| Jan 24
| [[Politics and Technology of Control: Introduction]]
|-
| Jan 31
| [[Paradigms for Studying the Internet]]
|-
| Feb 7
| [[Regulating Speech Online]]
| ''(Assignment 1 due)''
|-
| Feb 14
| [[New Economic Models]]
|-
| Feb 21
| [[Peer Production and Collaboration]]
| ''(Assignment 2 due)''
|-
| Feb 28
| [[Copyright in Cyberspace]]
|-
| Mar 6
| [[New and Old Media, Participation, and Information]]
|-
| Mar 13
| ''No class - Spring Break''
|-
| Mar 20
| [[Collective Action and Decision-making]]
| ''(Assignment 3 due)''
|-
| Mar 27
| [[Internet and Democracy]]
|-
| Apr 3
| [[Control and Code: Privacy Online]]
|-
| Apr 10
| [[Internet and Democracy: The Sequel]]
|-
| Apr 17
| [[Internet Infrastructure and Regulation]]
| ''(Assignment 4 due)''
|-
| Apr 24
| [[The Wikileaks Case]]
|-
| May 1
|''Final project preparation - no class''
|
|-
| May 8
|''Final class - wrap up and student presentations''
|''(Final project due)''
|
|}

{|border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-valign="top"
|
'''Course Information:'''
* [[Class Participation]]
* [[Grading]]
* [[Statement on Plagiarism]]
|
'''Assignments & Projects:'''
* [[Assignments]]
* [[Assigned Readings|Complete List of Assigned Readings]]
* [[Final Project]]

|
'''Resources:'''
* [[Recorded class videos]]
* [[Powerpoint Slides from Class]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page How to edit a wiki]
* [http://www.extension.harvard.edu/resources/writing.jsp Extension School Writing Center]
|
'''External:'''
* [[Upcoming Events]]
* [[In the news]]
|
'''People:'''
* [[Staff Contact Info]]
* [[List of User Profiles]]
|-
|}

=='''Participating During Class (Tuesdays 5:30-7:30 pm EST)'''==
* Attend in person at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, 23 Everett St., Second Floor, Cambridge, MA 02138 ([http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/contact directions])

You can use Adobe Connect to participate during class time. Visit [https://continuinged.adobeconnect.com/_a931819597/berkman our Adobe Connect site] and log in as guest.

We recommend that, if you would like to speak during class, you use a combination headphone/microphone to participate. Alternatively, you may use headphones along with your computer's built-in mic. As a last resort, you can use your computer's built-in mic without headphones, but please be aware that this may cause audio issues for both you and the class as a whole.

''Note: When you log in to Adobe Connect, you will log in as a guest. Please use your full name or a pseudonym that will allow us to identify who you are so we can give you credit for your class participation.''

* If you have any trouble running Adobe Connect, please go to the [https://continuinged.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm support page on Adobe Connect's site] or click on the "Help" button in the upper right corner of the Connect window.

=='''Participating Asynchronously'''==
* The recorded videotapes of the class produced by Harvard Extension School are available [http://cm.dce.harvard.edu/2012/02/22054/publicationListing.shtml here]. Videos are typically available 1-2 days after class.

=='''Contact Information'''==
* All questions, comments, etc. should be sent to: [mailto:is2013@cyber.law.harvard.edu is2013@cyber.law.harvard.edu]
** There are no set office hours; feel free to send an email, and the TAs will respond to it as soon as they can.
* If you need to contact an instructor or TA individually, please use their personal contact info located on the [[Staff Contact Info]] page.

=='''Office Hours'''==
Andy and Rebekah are available the week of 4/2 to discuss final project topics. '''Please email [mailto:is2013@cyber.law.harvard.edu is2013@cyber.law.harvard.edu] to sign up for a 15-minute slot.'''

Rebekah
* Thursday, April 5, 4:30-7:30pm ET: in person at the Berkman Center or online via Skype

Andy
* Friday, April 6, 4:00-7:00pm ET: in person at the Berkman Center or online via Skype

=='''Class Feedback'''==
We'd love to hear your thoughts on how class is going! Please fill out this [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDZpc1l2X2VZQkEwcHRRZ1dDR2QxbHc6MA#gid=0 anonymous poll] to let us know what you think.

Main Page

2012-04-04T01:31:28Z

RobF: /* Syllabus at a glance */

= Internet and Society: Technologies and Politics of Control=
'''LSTU E–120 - Harvard Extension School - Spring 2012 - Tuesdays 5:30-7:30 pm EST'''

'''[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/contact Berkman Center for Internet and Society] - 23 Everett Street - Conference room, 2nd floor'''

This course examines current legal, political, social, and technical struggles for control of the global Internet—and the content and relationships it conveys. The course focuses on the interaction of new technologies and services with emerging models of production, innovation, communication, learning, and civic engagement—looking at both the US and international contexts. Prerequisites: willingness to experiment with new technologies and to participate in class discussions, whether virtually or in person. (4 credits) '''[[course overview|continued...]]'''

=='''Syllabus at a glance'''==
{| style="background-color:#CCCCCC;"

|-
| Jan 24
| [[Politics and Technology of Control: Introduction]]
|-
| Jan 31
| [[Paradigms for Studying the Internet]]
|-
| Feb 7
| [[Regulating Speech Online]]
| ''(Assignment 1 due)''
|-
| Feb 14
| [[New Economic Models]]
|-
| Feb 21
| [[Peer Production and Collaboration]]
| ''(Assignment 2 due)''
|-
| Feb 28
| [[Copyright in Cyberspace]]
|-
| Mar 6
| [[New and Old Media, Participation, and Information]]
|-
| Mar 13
| ''No class - Spring Break''
|-
| Mar 20
| [[Collective Action and Decision-making]]
| ''(Assignment 3 due)''
|-
| Mar 27
| [[Internet and Democracy]]
|-
| Apr 3
| [[Control and Code: Privacy Online]]
|-
| Apr 10
| [[Internet and Democracy: The Sequel]]
|-
| Apr 17
| [[Internet Infrastructure and Regulation]]
| ''(Assignment 4 due)''
|-
| Apr 24
| [[The Wikileaks Case]]
|-
| May 1
| [[Cybersecurity and Cyberwarfare]]
|-
| May 8

|'''[[Final Project]] due''' (no class)
|
|}

{|border="1" cellpadding="5"
|-valign="top"
|
'''Course Information:'''
* [[Class Participation]]
* [[Grading]]
* [[Statement on Plagiarism]]
|
'''Assignments & Projects:'''
* [[Assignments]]
* [[Assigned Readings|Complete List of Assigned Readings]]
* [[Final Project]]

|
'''Resources:'''
* [[Recorded class videos]]
* [[Powerpoint Slides from Class]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page How to edit a wiki]
* [http://www.extension.harvard.edu/resources/writing.jsp Extension School Writing Center]
|
'''External:'''
* [[Upcoming Events]]
* [[In the news]]
|
'''People:'''
* [[Staff Contact Info]]
* [[List of User Profiles]]
|-
|}

=='''Participating During Class (Tuesdays 5:30-7:30 pm EST)'''==
* Attend in person at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, 23 Everett St., Second Floor, Cambridge, MA 02138 ([http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/contact directions])

You can use Adobe Connect to participate during class time. Visit [https://continuinged.adobeconnect.com/_a931819597/berkman our Adobe Connect site] and log in as guest.

We recommend that, if you would like to speak during class, you use a combination headphone/microphone to participate. Alternatively, you may use headphones along with your computer's built-in mic. As a last resort, you can use your computer's built-in mic without headphones, but please be aware that this may cause audio issues for both you and the class as a whole.

''Note: When you log in to Adobe Connect, you will log in as a guest. Please use your full name or a pseudonym that will allow us to identify who you are so we can give you credit for your class participation.''

* If you have any trouble running Adobe Connect, please go to the [https://continuinged.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm support page on Adobe Connect's site] or click on the "Help" button in the upper right corner of the Connect window.

=='''Participating Asynchronously'''==
* The recorded videotapes of the class produced by Harvard Extension School are available [http://cm.dce.harvard.edu/2012/02/22054/publicationListing.shtml here]. Videos are typically available 1-2 days after class.

=='''Contact Information'''==
* All questions, comments, etc. should be sent to: [mailto:is2013@cyber.law.harvard.edu is2013@cyber.law.harvard.edu]
** There are no set office hours; feel free to send an email, and the TAs will respond to it as soon as they can.
* If you need to contact an instructor or TA individually, please use their personal contact info located on the [[Staff Contact Info]] page.

=='''Office Hours'''==
Andy and Rebekah are available the week of 4/2 to discuss final project topics. '''Please email [mailto:is2013@cyber.law.harvard.edu is2013@cyber.law.harvard.edu] to sign up for a 15-minute slot.'''

Rebekah
* Thursday, April 5, 4:30-7:30pm ET: in person at the Berkman Center or online via Skype

Andy
* Friday, April 6, 4:00-7:00pm ET: in person at the Berkman Center or online via Skype

=='''Class Feedback'''==
We'd love to hear your thoughts on how class is going! Please fill out this [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDZpc1l2X2VZQkEwcHRRZ1dDR2QxbHc6MA#gid=0 anonymous poll] to let us know what you think.

Control and Code: Privacy Online

2012-03-28T08:53:48Z

RobF: /* Optional Readings */

{{ClassCalendar}}
'''April 3'''

Code is law; the architecture of the Internet and the software that runs on it will determine to a large extent how the Net is regulated in a way that goes far deeper than legal means could ever achieve (or at least ever achieve alone). Technological advances have also produced many tempting options for regulation and surveillance that may severely alter the balance of privacy, access to information and sharing of intellectual property. By regulating behavior, technological architectures or codes embed different values and political choices. Yet code is often treated as a technocratic affair, or something best left to private economic actors pursuing their own interests. If code is law, then control of code is power. If important questions of social ordering are at stake, shouldn't the design and development of code be brought within the political process? In this class we delve into the technological alternatives that will shape interactions over the Internet, as well as the implications of each on personal freedom, privacy and combating cyber-crime.

<onlyinclude>
==Readings==

* [http://www.access-controlled.net/wp-content/PDFs/chapter-3.pdf John Palfrey and Hal Roberts, The EU Data Retention Directive in an Era of Internet Surveillance]
* [http://www.bitsbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/chapter2.pdf Abelson, Ledeen, Lewis, Blown to Bits, Chapter 2: Naked in the Sunlight: Privacy Lost, Privacy Abandoned]
* [http://futureoftheinternet.org/download Jonathan Zittrain, Future of the Internet, Chapter 9: Privacy 2.0]
* [http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.805/articles/privacy/Privacy_brand_warr2.html Warren and Brandeis, The Right to Privacy]

==Optional Readings==

* [http://www.danah.org/papers/talks/2010/SXSW2010.html "Making Sense of Privacy and Publicity." Transcript of talk given by Danah Boyd at SXSW. Austin, Texas, March 13, 2010]
* [http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-295.html Solveig Singleton, Privacy as Censorship (CATO)]
* [https://www.socialtext.net/codev2/privacy Lawrence Lessig, Code 2.0: Privacy]
* http://paranoia.dubfire.net/2009/12/8-million-reasons-for-real-surveillance.html
* [http://arxiv.org/abs/cs/0610105 Narayanan and Shmatikov, How To Break Anonymity of the Netflix Prize Dataset]
* [http://ilpubs.stanford.edu:8090/361/1/1998-8.pdf Brin and Page, The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/26/business/media/26privacy.html Noam Cohen, It’s Tracking Your Every Move and You May Not Even Know (NYTimes, March 26, 2011)]
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_flesh_search_engine
</onlyinclude>

== Class Discussion ==
April 3: Control and Code: Privacy Online
[[User:Just Johnny|Just Johnny]] 17:12, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

== Links ==

Control and Code: Privacy Online

2012-03-28T08:48:41Z

RobF: /* Readings */

{{ClassCalendar}}
'''April 3'''

Code is law; the architecture of the Internet and the software that runs on it will determine to a large extent how the Net is regulated in a way that goes far deeper than legal means could ever achieve (or at least ever achieve alone). Technological advances have also produced many tempting options for regulation and surveillance that may severely alter the balance of privacy, access to information and sharing of intellectual property. By regulating behavior, technological architectures or codes embed different values and political choices. Yet code is often treated as a technocratic affair, or something best left to private economic actors pursuing their own interests. If code is law, then control of code is power. If important questions of social ordering are at stake, shouldn't the design and development of code be brought within the political process? In this class we delve into the technological alternatives that will shape interactions over the Internet, as well as the implications of each on personal freedom, privacy and combating cyber-crime.

<onlyinclude>
==Readings==

* [http://www.access-controlled.net/wp-content/PDFs/chapter-3.pdf John Palfrey and Hal Roberts, The EU Data Retention Directive in an Era of Internet Surveillance]
* [http://www.bitsbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/chapter2.pdf Abelson, Ledeen, Lewis, Blown to Bits, Chapter 2: Naked in the Sunlight: Privacy Lost, Privacy Abandoned]
* [http://futureoftheinternet.org/download Jonathan Zittrain, Future of the Internet, Chapter 9: Privacy 2.0]
* [http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.805/articles/privacy/Privacy_brand_warr2.html Warren and Brandeis, The Right to Privacy]

==Optional Readings==

* [http://www.danah.org/papers/talks/2010/SXSW2010.html "Making Sense of Privacy and Publicity." Transcript of talk given by Danah Boyd at SXSW. Austin, Texas, March 13, 2010]
* [http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-295.html Solveig Singleton, Privacy as Censorship (CATO)]
* [https://www.socialtext.net/codev2/privacy Lawrence Lessig, Code 2.0: Privacy]
* http://paranoia.dubfire.net/2009/12/8-million-reasons-for-real-surveillance.html
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/26/business/media/26privacy.html Noam Cohen, It’s Tracking Your Every Move and You May Not Even Know (NYTimes, March 26, 2011)]
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_flesh_search_engine
</onlyinclude>

== Class Discussion ==
April 3: Control and Code: Privacy Online
[[User:Just Johnny|Just Johnny]] 17:12, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

== Links ==

Control and Code: Privacy Online

2012-03-26T19:13:07Z

RobF: /* Optional Readings */

{{ClassCalendar}}
'''April 3'''

Code is law; the architecture of the Internet and the software that runs on it will determine to a large extent how the Net is regulated in a way that goes far deeper than legal means could ever achieve (or at least ever achieve alone). Technological advances have also produced many tempting options for regulation and surveillance that may severely alter the balance of privacy, access to information and sharing of intellectual property. By regulating behavior, technological architectures or codes embed different values and political choices. Yet code is often treated as a technocratic affair, or something best left to private economic actors pursuing their own interests. If code is law, then control of code is power. If important questions of social ordering are at stake, shouldn't the design and development of code be brought within the political process? In this class we delve into the technological alternatives that will shape interactions over the Internet, as well as the implications of each on personal freedom, privacy and combating cyber-crime.

<onlyinclude>
==Readings==

* [http://www.access-controlled.net/wp-content/PDFs/chapter-3.pdf John Palfrey and Hal Roberts, The EU Data Retention Directive in an Era of Internet Surveillance]
* [http://www.bitsbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/chapter2.pdf Abelson, Ledeen, Lewis, Blown to Bits, Chapter 2: Naked in the Sunlight: Privacy Lost, Privacy Abandoned]
* [http://futureoftheinternet.org/download Jonathan Zittrain, Future of the Internet, Chapter 9: Privacy 2.0]

==Optional Readings==

* [http://www.danah.org/papers/talks/2010/SXSW2010.html "Making Sense of Privacy and Publicity." Transcript of talk given by Danah Boyd at SXSW. Austin, Texas, March 13, 2010]
* [http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-295.html Solveig Singleton, Privacy as Censorship (CATO)]
* [https://www.socialtext.net/codev2/privacy Lawrence Lessig, Code 2.0: Privacy]
* http://paranoia.dubfire.net/2009/12/8-million-reasons-for-real-surveillance.html
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/26/business/media/26privacy.html Noam Cohen, It’s Tracking Your Every Move and You May Not Even Know (NYTimes, March 26, 2011)]
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_flesh_search_engine
</onlyinclude>

== Class Discussion ==
April 3: Control and Code: Privacy Online
[[User:Just Johnny|Just Johnny]] 17:12, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

== Links ==

Control and Code: Privacy Online

2012-03-26T19:12:12Z

RobF: /* Readings */

{{ClassCalendar}}
'''April 3'''

Code is law; the architecture of the Internet and the software that runs on it will determine to a large extent how the Net is regulated in a way that goes far deeper than legal means could ever achieve (or at least ever achieve alone). Technological advances have also produced many tempting options for regulation and surveillance that may severely alter the balance of privacy, access to information and sharing of intellectual property. By regulating behavior, technological architectures or codes embed different values and political choices. Yet code is often treated as a technocratic affair, or something best left to private economic actors pursuing their own interests. If code is law, then control of code is power. If important questions of social ordering are at stake, shouldn't the design and development of code be brought within the political process? In this class we delve into the technological alternatives that will shape interactions over the Internet, as well as the implications of each on personal freedom, privacy and combating cyber-crime.

<onlyinclude>
==Readings==

* [http://www.access-controlled.net/wp-content/PDFs/chapter-3.pdf John Palfrey and Hal Roberts, The EU Data Retention Directive in an Era of Internet Surveillance]
* [http://www.bitsbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/chapter2.pdf Abelson, Ledeen, Lewis, Blown to Bits, Chapter 2: Naked in the Sunlight: Privacy Lost, Privacy Abandoned]
* [http://futureoftheinternet.org/download Jonathan Zittrain, Future of the Internet, Chapter 9: Privacy 2.0]

==Optional Readings==

* [http://www.onthemedia.org/episodes/2010/04/02/segments/152890 NPR On the Media Story "Anonymous Justice"]
* [http://www.danah.org/papers/talks/2010/SXSW2010.html "Making Sense of Privacy and Publicity." Transcript of talk given by Danah Boyd at SXSW. Austin, Texas, March 13, 2010]
* [https://www.socialtext.net/codev2/privacy Lawrence Lessig, Code 2.0: Privacy]
* http://paranoia.dubfire.net/2009/12/8-million-reasons-for-real-surveillance.html
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/26/business/media/26privacy.html Noam Cohen, It’s Tracking Your Every Move and You May Not Even Know (NYTimes, March 26, 2011)]
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_flesh_search_engine
</onlyinclude>

== Class Discussion ==
April 3: Control and Code: Privacy Online
[[User:Just Johnny|Just Johnny]] 17:12, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

== Links ==

Control and Code: Privacy Online

2012-03-26T19:07:26Z

RobF: /* Optional Readings */

{{ClassCalendar}}
'''April 3'''

Code is law; the architecture of the Internet and the software that runs on it will determine to a large extent how the Net is regulated in a way that goes far deeper than legal means could ever achieve (or at least ever achieve alone). Technological advances have also produced many tempting options for regulation and surveillance that may severely alter the balance of privacy, access to information and sharing of intellectual property. By regulating behavior, technological architectures or codes embed different values and political choices. Yet code is often treated as a technocratic affair, or something best left to private economic actors pursuing their own interests. If code is law, then control of code is power. If important questions of social ordering are at stake, shouldn't the design and development of code be brought within the political process? In this class we delve into the technological alternatives that will shape interactions over the Internet, as well as the implications of each on personal freedom, privacy and combating cyber-crime.

<onlyinclude>
==Readings==

* [http://futureoftheinternet.org/download Jonathan Zittrain, Future of the Internet, Chapter 9: Privacy 2.0]
* [http://www.bitsbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/chapter2.pdf Abelson, Ledeen, Lewis, Blown to Bits, Chapter 2: Naked in the Sunlight: Privacy Lost, Privacy Abandoned]
* [http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-295.html Solveig Singleton, Privacy as Censorship (CATO)]

==Optional Readings==

* [http://www.onthemedia.org/episodes/2010/04/02/segments/152890 NPR On the Media Story "Anonymous Justice"]
* [http://www.danah.org/papers/talks/2010/SXSW2010.html "Making Sense of Privacy and Publicity." Transcript of talk given by Danah Boyd at SXSW. Austin, Texas, March 13, 2010]
* [https://www.socialtext.net/codev2/privacy Lawrence Lessig, Code 2.0: Privacy]
* http://paranoia.dubfire.net/2009/12/8-million-reasons-for-real-surveillance.html
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/26/business/media/26privacy.html Noam Cohen, It’s Tracking Your Every Move and You May Not Even Know (NYTimes, March 26, 2011)]
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_flesh_search_engine
</onlyinclude>

== Class Discussion ==
April 3: Control and Code: Privacy Online
[[User:Just Johnny|Just Johnny]] 17:12, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

== Links ==

Control and Code: Privacy Online

2012-03-26T19:06:50Z

RobF: /* Readings */

{{ClassCalendar}}
'''April 3'''

Code is law; the architecture of the Internet and the software that runs on it will determine to a large extent how the Net is regulated in a way that goes far deeper than legal means could ever achieve (or at least ever achieve alone). Technological advances have also produced many tempting options for regulation and surveillance that may severely alter the balance of privacy, access to information and sharing of intellectual property. By regulating behavior, technological architectures or codes embed different values and political choices. Yet code is often treated as a technocratic affair, or something best left to private economic actors pursuing their own interests. If code is law, then control of code is power. If important questions of social ordering are at stake, shouldn't the design and development of code be brought within the political process? In this class we delve into the technological alternatives that will shape interactions over the Internet, as well as the implications of each on personal freedom, privacy and combating cyber-crime.

<onlyinclude>
==Readings==

* [http://futureoftheinternet.org/download Jonathan Zittrain, Future of the Internet, Chapter 9: Privacy 2.0]
* [http://www.bitsbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/chapter2.pdf Abelson, Ledeen, Lewis, Blown to Bits, Chapter 2: Naked in the Sunlight: Privacy Lost, Privacy Abandoned]
* [http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-295.html Solveig Singleton, Privacy as Censorship (CATO)]

==Optional Readings==

* [http://www.onthemedia.org/episodes/2010/04/02/segments/152890 NPR On the Media Story "Anonymous Justice"]
* [http://www.danah.org/papers/talks/2010/SXSW2010.html "Making Sense of Privacy and Publicity." Transcript of talk given by Danah Boyd at SXSW. Austin, Texas, March 13, 2010]
* [https://www.socialtext.net/codev2/privacy Lawrence Lessig, Code 2.0: Privacy]
* http://paranoia.dubfire.net/2009/12/8-million-reasons-for-real-surveillance.html
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_flesh_search_engine
</onlyinclude>

== Class Discussion ==
April 3: Control and Code: Privacy Online
[[User:Just Johnny|Just Johnny]] 17:12, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

== Links ==

Internet and Democracy

2012-03-26T18:47:10Z

RobF: /* Additional Resources */

{{ClassCalendar}}
'''March 27'''

Digital tools are seen as playing a major part in political activities and revolutions around the world from the Green Revolution in Iran to the recent events in the Middle East and North Africa. In this class, we'll explore the role of the Internet in political organizing, social movements and popular protests, and the potential impact of digital tools on governance.

<onlyinclude>
== Readings ==

* [http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/11/a-new-theory-for-the-foreign-policy-frontier-collaborative-power/249260/ Anne-Marie Slaughter, A New Theory for the Foreign Policy Frontier: Collaborative Power]

* [http://technosociology.org/?p=566INSERT Zeynep Tufekci, The #freemona Perfect Storm: Dissent and the Networked Public Sphere]

* [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/publications/2012/exploring_russian_cyberspace Alexanyan et al, Exploring Russian Cyberspace: Digitally-Mediated Collective Action and the Networked Public Sphere]

* [http://technosociology.org/?p=904 Zeynep Tufekci, #Kony2012, Understanding Networked Symbolic Action & Why Slacktivism is Conceptually Misleading]

* [http://blog.socialflow.com/post/7120244932/data-viz-kony2012-see-how-invisible-networks-helped-a-campaign-capture-the-worlds-attention Gilad Lotan, KONY2012: See How Invisible Networks Helped a Campaign Capture the World’s Attention]

== Additional Resources ==

* [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/10/04/101004fa_fact_gladwell Malcolm Gladwell, Why the revolution will not be tweeted.]

* [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/sites/cyber.law.harvard.edu/files/Mapping_the_Arabic_Blogosphere_0.pdf Etling, Kelly, Faris and Palfrey, Mapping the Arabic Blogosphere: Politics, Culture and Dissent]

* [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/publications/2008/Mapping_Irans_Online_Public Etling and Kelly, Mapping Iran's Online Public]

* [http://ui04e.moit.tufts.edu/forum/archives/pdfs/32-2pdfs/Faris-Etling_32-2.pdf Faris, Etling, Madison and the Smart Mob: The Promise and Limitations of the Internet for Democracy]

* [http://rosebellkagumire.com/2012/03/08/kony2012-my-response-to-invisible-childrens-campaign/ Rosebell Kagumire, Kony2012; My response to Invisible Children’s campaign]

* [http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/a_letter_from_uganda_on_kony2012_20120315/ Sara Weschler, A Letter From Uganda on #Kony2012]

</onlyinclude>

== Class Discussion ==

March 27: Internet and Democracy
[[User:Just Johnny|Just Johnny]] 17:11, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

I had read the Gladwell article before and just seeing his name in the list of readings lead me back to it first (who doesn't always want to read a Gladwell piece?). I also generally agree with his conclusions about the limitations of social media and had arrived at roughly the same place in some of our earlier class discussions. As a result, I feel like my reading of the other materials was mostly through that skeptical lens. I very much agree that the degree of effort, true commitment, and genuine impact is extremely different on Twitter vs. in real life, and while that should be quite obvious it sometimes seems like it gets disregarded during our current age of adoration of social media and Twitter in particular. His explanation of how strong vs weak social connections play into that difference in true commitment was an interesting next step in understanding protest and activism both through social media and in our physical daily lives.

That all being said, I still was very impressed by the #freeMona campaign and its results. I like that the various pieces we read on it acknowledged that it was more or less a perfect storm of connected individuals and important relationships along with Twitter and that Twitter was not the be-all end-all savior in a vacuum, but it still seemed undeniable that this was the power of Twitter in action. The main point to me is that Twitter was used as the connective piece; a hashtag alone did not free her. What it did was inform and motivate a large group of people, and included in that group were a few with the existing power and connections to allow them to call the state department, arrange to send help, etc., and in the end that freed her. [[User:AlexLE|AlexLE]] 13:31, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

== Links ==

Internet and Democracy

2012-03-26T18:42:55Z

RobF: /* Readings */

{{ClassCalendar}}
'''March 27'''

Digital tools are seen as playing a major part in political activities and revolutions around the world from the Green Revolution in Iran to the recent events in the Middle East and North Africa. In this class, we'll explore the role of the Internet in political organizing, social movements and popular protests, and the potential impact of digital tools on governance.

<onlyinclude>
== Readings ==

* [http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/11/a-new-theory-for-the-foreign-policy-frontier-collaborative-power/249260/ Anne-Marie Slaughter, A New Theory for the Foreign Policy Frontier: Collaborative Power]

* [http://technosociology.org/?p=566INSERT Zeynep Tufekci, The #freemona Perfect Storm: Dissent and the Networked Public Sphere]

* [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/publications/2012/exploring_russian_cyberspace Alexanyan et al, Exploring Russian Cyberspace: Digitally-Mediated Collective Action and the Networked Public Sphere]

* [http://technosociology.org/?p=904 Zeynep Tufekci, #Kony2012, Understanding Networked Symbolic Action & Why Slacktivism is Conceptually Misleading]

* [http://blog.socialflow.com/post/7120244932/data-viz-kony2012-see-how-invisible-networks-helped-a-campaign-capture-the-worlds-attention Gilad Lotan, KONY2012: See How Invisible Networks Helped a Campaign Capture the World’s Attention]

== Additional Resources ==

* [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/10/04/101004fa_fact_gladwell Malcolm Gladwell, Why the revolution will not be tweeted.]

* [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/sites/cyber.law.harvard.edu/files/Mapping_the_Arabic_Blogosphere_0.pdf Etling, Kelly, Faris and Palfrey, Mapping the Arabic Blogosphere: Politics, Culture and Dissent]

* [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/publications/2008/Mapping_Irans_Online_Public Etling and Kelly, Mapping Iran's Online Public]

* [http://ui04e.moit.tufts.edu/forum/archives/pdfs/32-2pdfs/Faris-Etling_32-2.pdf Faris, Etling, Madison and the Smart Mob: The Promise and Limitations of the Internet for Democracy]

</onlyinclude>

== Class Discussion ==

March 27: Internet and Democracy
[[User:Just Johnny|Just Johnny]] 17:11, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

I had read the Gladwell article before and just seeing his name in the list of readings lead me back to it first (who doesn't always want to read a Gladwell piece?). I also generally agree with his conclusions about the limitations of social media and had arrived at roughly the same place in some of our earlier class discussions. As a result, I feel like my reading of the other materials was mostly through that skeptical lens. I very much agree that the degree of effort, true commitment, and genuine impact is extremely different on Twitter vs. in real life, and while that should be quite obvious it sometimes seems like it gets disregarded during our current age of adoration of social media and Twitter in particular. His explanation of how strong vs weak social connections play into that difference in true commitment was an interesting next step in understanding protest and activism both through social media and in our physical daily lives.

That all being said, I still was very impressed by the #freeMona campaign and its results. I like that the various pieces we read on it acknowledged that it was more or less a perfect storm of connected individuals and important relationships along with Twitter and that Twitter was not the be-all end-all savior in a vacuum, but it still seemed undeniable that this was the power of Twitter in action. The main point to me is that Twitter was used as the connective piece; a hashtag alone did not free her. What it did was inform and motivate a large group of people, and included in that group were a few with the existing power and connections to allow them to call the state department, arrange to send help, etc., and in the end that freed her. [[User:AlexLE|AlexLE]] 13:31, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

== Links ==

Internet and Democracy

2012-03-26T18:42:27Z

RobF: /* Readings */

{{ClassCalendar}}
'''March 27'''

Digital tools are seen as playing a major part in political activities and revolutions around the world from the Green Revolution in Iran to the recent events in the Middle East and North Africa. In this class, we'll explore the role of the Internet in political organizing, social movements and popular protests, and the potential impact of digital tools on governance.

<onlyinclude>
== Readings ==

* [http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/11/a-new-theory-for-the-foreign-policy-frontier-collaborative-power/249260/ Anne-Marie Slaughter, A New Theory for the Foreign Policy Frontier: Collaborative Power]

* [http://technosociology.org/?p=566INSERT Zeynep Tufekci, The #freemona Perfect Storm: Dissent and the Networked Public Sphere]

* [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/publications/2012/exploring_russian_cyberspace Alexanyan et al, Exploring Russian Cyberspace: Digitally-Mediated Collective Action and the Networked Public Sphere]

* [http://technosociology.org/?p=904 Zeynep Tufekci,#Kony2012, Understanding Networked Symbolic Action & Why Slacktivism is Conceptually Misleading]

* [http://blog.socialflow.com/post/7120244932/data-viz-kony2012-see-how-invisible-networks-helped-a-campaign-capture-the-worlds-attention Gilad Lotan, KONY2012: See How Invisible Networks Helped a Campaign Capture the World’s Attention]

== Additional Resources ==

* [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/10/04/101004fa_fact_gladwell Malcolm Gladwell, Why the revolution will not be tweeted.]

* [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/sites/cyber.law.harvard.edu/files/Mapping_the_Arabic_Blogosphere_0.pdf Etling, Kelly, Faris and Palfrey, Mapping the Arabic Blogosphere: Politics, Culture and Dissent]

* [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/publications/2008/Mapping_Irans_Online_Public Etling and Kelly, Mapping Iran's Online Public]

* [http://ui04e.moit.tufts.edu/forum/archives/pdfs/32-2pdfs/Faris-Etling_32-2.pdf Faris, Etling, Madison and the Smart Mob: The Promise and Limitations of the Internet for Democracy]

</onlyinclude>

== Class Discussion ==

March 27: Internet and Democracy
[[User:Just Johnny|Just Johnny]] 17:11, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

I had read the Gladwell article before and just seeing his name in the list of readings lead me back to it first (who doesn't always want to read a Gladwell piece?). I also generally agree with his conclusions about the limitations of social media and had arrived at roughly the same place in some of our earlier class discussions. As a result, I feel like my reading of the other materials was mostly through that skeptical lens. I very much agree that the degree of effort, true commitment, and genuine impact is extremely different on Twitter vs. in real life, and while that should be quite obvious it sometimes seems like it gets disregarded during our current age of adoration of social media and Twitter in particular. His explanation of how strong vs weak social connections play into that difference in true commitment was an interesting next step in understanding protest and activism both through social media and in our physical daily lives.

That all being said, I still was very impressed by the #freeMona campaign and its results. I like that the various pieces we read on it acknowledged that it was more or less a perfect storm of connected individuals and important relationships along with Twitter and that Twitter was not the be-all end-all savior in a vacuum, but it still seemed undeniable that this was the power of Twitter in action. The main point to me is that Twitter was used as the connective piece; a hashtag alone did not free her. What it did was inform and motivate a large group of people, and included in that group were a few with the existing power and connections to allow them to call the state department, arrange to send help, etc., and in the end that freed her. [[User:AlexLE|AlexLE]] 13:31, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

== Links ==

Internet and Democracy

2012-03-20T17:25:10Z

RobF: /* Additional Resources */

Internet and Democracy

2012-03-19T22:54:08Z

RobF: /* Readings */

Internet and Democracy

2012-03-19T22:50:33Z

RobF: /* Additional Resources */

Internet and Democracy

2012-03-19T22:49:44Z

RobF: /* Additional Resources */

Internet and Democracy

2012-03-19T22:49:17Z

RobF: /* Additional Resources */

Internet and Democracy

2012-03-19T22:41:49Z

RobF: /* Additional Resources */

Internet and Democracy

2012-03-19T22:40:31Z

RobF: /* Additional Resources */

Internet and Democracy

2012-03-19T22:39:20Z

RobF: /* Readings */

Collective Action and Decision-making

2012-03-06T21:13:46Z

RobF: /* Optional Readings */

{{ClassCalendar}}
'''March 20'''

Mass collaboration and the aggregation of information enable potentially profound changes in business and politics. In this class, we will compare and contrast the transformations in economic life and collective decision-making processes brought on the information revolution. The discussions will also explore the role of open information systems on business and the scope for greater transparency and participation in government, politics and public life.

==Assignments==

[[Assignments#Assignment_3:_Project_Outline|Assignment 3 due]]

<onlyinclude>
== Readings ==
* James Surowiecki, [http://www.randomhouse.com/features/wisdomofcrowds/excerpt.html Wisdom of Crowds (excerpt)]
**[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/22/books/review/0523books-mclemee.html?ex=1400644800&en=43bc95eb638bfed2&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND NYT Review]
* [http://ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1125 Ethan Zuckerman's blog review of Infotopia] Great summary of the issues in the book.

== Optional Readings ==

* [http://www.blogpulse.com/papers/2005/AdamicGlanceBlogWWW.pdf Divided They Blog] - a paper showing trackbacks between political blogs, mentioned by Ethan Zuckerman in his review of Cass Sunstein's Infotopia
</onlyinclude>

== Class Discussion ==

March 20: Collective Action and Decision-making
[[User:Just Johnny|Just Johnny]] 17:11, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

== Links ==

New and Old Media, Participation, and Information

2012-03-05T22:18:33Z

RobF: /* Readings */

{{ClassCalendar}}
'''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?

==Assignments==
Planning to [[Group Project Page|work in a group]]? Let us know by this Friday, March 9 by emailing the instructors with a short paragraph explaining why a group approach to your proposed topic for the final project makes sense.

<onlyinclude>
==Readings==
* John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney, [http://www.thenation.com/article/death-and-life-great-american-newspapers The Life and Death of Great American Newspapers]
* [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/sites/cyber.law.harvard.edu/files/Overview_MR.pdf Media Re:public Overview] - Read at least the executive summary
* [http://www.knightcomm.org/read-the-report-and-comment/ Knight Commission Report on Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy] - Read at least the executive summary, recommendations and conclusions
* Nieman Journalism Lab, [http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/06/four-crowdsourcing-lessons-from-the-guardians-spectacular-expenses-scandal-experiment/ Four crowdsourcing lessons from the Guardian’s (spectacular) expenses-scandal experiment]
* [http://sunlightfoundation.com/ Sunlight Foundation website] - just look around the site to see what they are up to
* Pennenberg, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/28/AR2011012803042.html WikiLeaks' Julian Assange: 'Anarchist,' 'agitator,' 'arrogant' and a journalist]

== Optional Readings ==

* [http://www.ftc.gov/opp/workshops/news/jun15/docs/new-staff-discussion.pdf FTC Staff Discussion Draft, Potential Policy Recommendations to Support the Reinvention of Journalism] - just skim it
* Leonard Downie, Jr., and Michael Schudson, [http://www.cjr.org/reconstruction/the_reconstruction_of_american.php?page=all The Reconstruction of American Journalism]
* [http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wemedia/book/index.csp We The Media, Dan Gillmor] (the [http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wemedia/book/ch00.pdf Introduction] is a good start, so to speak)
* [http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2005/01/21/berk_essy.html Jay Rosen, Bloggers vs. Journalists Is Over]
* [http://www.ted.com/talks/clay_shirky_how_cellphones_twitter_facebook_can_make_history.html Shirky on Social Media]
</onlyinclude>

== Class Discussion ==

What do people think of "The Death and Life of the Great American Newspaper"?

I thought the author's first premise was that these old media outlets have an intrinsic value and should continue to exist. To be rather reactive and harsh, let them die. If they can't cope, good riddance. To be a bit more diplomatic, reasonable, and thoughtful, I think a basic flaw in his ideas is this idea that 'old media' as we think of it, that is these institutions like the NYTimes, WAPost, Time Mag, etc., were always there. The author talks about people coming to the US in the 1830s and being impressed with the number and quality of periodicals; but it wasn't even "professional" journalists as we think of them. It wasn't newsrooms of paid writers being directed by editors. It was what we think of as "citizen" journalists. At that period, there weren't the large industrial printing presses: It was movable type plate presses. So, the cost of physically producing a copy was roughly the same whatever the scale. After the industrial revolution, when steam began powering large presses, it became very marginally cheap to product a single print copy. So, if you were large, you could print them cheaper, and if you were small, you couldn't compete on price. A "citizen" paper couldn't hope to compete, largely because of the high barrier to entry with a mechanized press. Hence, the rise of large papers. The internet has taken us back to where the cost of publishing a given piece is the same for everyone. I think that this distinction between "citizen" and "professional" journalist is false. If you're reporting original news, you're a journalist. If you offer original analysis, you're a journalist.

So, then it comes to actually finding a solution to the quandary of actually getting good journalism in people's hands (or screens). Here I found the author's solutions to be, not only flawed in respect to my above premise, but also rather complicated and disturbingly focused on preserving physical periodicals out of principal. Subsidize mail distributions? That's the whole purpose of the internet. Still, I do see the need for someplace people can publish and read good news. Blogs don't usually work so well, because good writing and research takes time and effort. In order to keep a blog relevant, it really needs at least a weekly story. Most people would probably not be interested in publishing more than a story or two a year. I've certainly come across some great blogs, especially those run by a few professionals writing about news in their field. "science based medicine", for example, has some of the best medical reporting around, especially if you want the skeptical version. It helps that it has several contributors as well. But overall, quality control is still an issue, as is finding information centrally. One solution might be say, an online newspaper, with either paid or at lease vetted editors that accept user submitted stories, check facts, ensure that the story is at lease in some semblance well written, factually correct (at least generally), and basically edits what stories are published. They could also (as online publications already frequently do) update the stories easily as more facts come to light, or other users check facts, etc. I know that no individual component of this idea is new; it's sort of wiki meets blog applied to a newspaper format online, but I haven't seen it applied in this manner yet. It's not a perfect idea, but it's a whole lot more sensical than subsidies for newspaper subscription and other convoluted government fixes.

Am I crazy here? Anyone else have any counters or solutions to the author's ideas?
[[User:BlakeGeno|BlakeGeno]] 07:00, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

March 6: New and Old Media, Participation, and Information
[[User:Just Johnny|Just Johnny]] 17:10, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Knight Commission Report on Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy link: http://www.knightcomm.org/executive-summary/ [[User:Qdang|Qdang]] 04:14, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

What do people think of "The Death and Life of the Great American Newspaper"?
I thought the author's first premise was that these old media outlets have an intrinsic value and should continue to exist. To be rather reactive and harsh, let them die. If they can't cope, good riddance. To be a bit more diplomatic, reasonable, and thoughtful, I think a basic flaw in his ideas is this idea that 'old media' as we think of it, that is these institutions like the NYTimes, WAPost, Time Mag, etc., were always there. The author talks about people coming to the US in the 1830s and being impressed with the number and quality of periodicals; but it wasn't even "professional" journalists as we think of them. It wasn't newsrooms of paid writers being directed by editors. It was what we think of as "citizen" journalists. At that period, there weren't the large industrial printing presses: It was movable type plate presses. So, the cost of physically producing a copy was roughly the same whatever the scale. After the industrial revolution, when steam began powering large presses, it became very marginally cheap to product a single print copy. So, if you were large, you could print them cheaper, and if you were small, you couldn't compete on price. A "citizen" paper couldn't hope to compete, largely because of the high barrier to entry with a mechanized press. Hence, the rise of large papers. The internet has taken us back to where the cost of publishing a given piece is the same for everyone. I think that this distinction between "citizen" and "professional" journalist is false. If you're reporting original news, you're a journalist. If you offer original analysis, you're a journalist.

So, then it comes to actually finding a solution to the quandary of actually getting good journalism in people's hands (or screens). Here I found the author's solutions to be, not only flawed in respect to my above premise, but also rather complicated and disturbingly focused on preserving physical periodicals out of principal. Subsidize mail distributions? That's the whole purpose of the internet. Still, I do see the need for someplace people can publish and read good news. Blogs don't usually work so well, because good writing and research takes time and effort. In order to keep a blog relevant, it really needs at least a weekly story. Most people would probably not be interested in publishing more than a story or two a year. I've certainly come across some great blogs, especially those run by a few professionals writing about news in their field. "science based medicine", for example, has some of the best medical reporting around, especially if you want the skeptical version. It helps that it has several contributors as well. But overall, quality control is still an issue, as is finding information centrally. One solution might be say, an online newspaper, with either paid or at lease vetted editors that accept user submitted stories, check facts, ensure that the story is at lease in some semblance well written, factually correct (at least generally), and basically edits what stories are published. They could also (as online publications already frequently do) update the stories easily as more facts come to light, or other users check facts, etc. I know that no individual component of this idea is new; it's sort of wiki meets blog applied to a newspaper format online, but I haven't seen it applied in this manner yet. It's not a perfect idea, but it's a whole lot more sensical than subsidies for newspaper subscription and other convoluted government fixes.

Am I crazy here? Anyone else have any counters or solutions to the author's ideas?
[[User:BlakeGeno|BlakeGeno]] 06:57, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

@ BlakeGeno: You are not crazy for bringing up an interesting point! However, I would like to counter your argument against subsidizing mail distributions, because it is way to sustain skilled journalism. In addition, if the goal is to inform all communities, then we do not want to exclude those who but are not tech savvy. [[User:Qdang|Qdang]] 20:30, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

The readings for this week’s class were very interesting and got me thinking about many of the topics covered. The article regarding the Life and Death of Great American Newspapers was one of the most interesting since it touched a subject which always got me curious. I personally am a fan of the newspaper that one can touch rather than the online version and I do agree that in the near future there might be only an online version but I do feel that at least to some extent, the fault can be of the newspapers as well. Several newspapers and magazines set up their own website where people can access information for free. So why would someone want to spend money and buy the paper version when they can obtain the same information online on the website of the same paper? The article concerning the Guardian was also very interesting and true in my opinion. However out of the four great pieces of advice I personally feel that the most important is the one regarding the fact that the work is free so it should be fun for people. I would be definitely eager to do something free but fun and transforming the process in a sort of videogame is also a very productive way of doing so. Sunlightfoundation.org was a pretty cool website to visit, but my favorite part was the Poligraft especially the part stating that you can “Simply paste the URL or text of a news article, blog post or press release and Poligraft will create an enhanced view of the people, organizations and relationships described within it.” I found the article on Julian Assange really interesting and after reading it, it got me into a research mode on the subject to search for additional info on Wikileaks. In regards to Assange’s person I am firmly against what he has done and what he represents but from a legal perspective I feel that he cannot be deprived of the title of journalist. While intelligence professionals, military personnel and other related government officials to a certain extent have to keep government secrets to themselves and must swear to protect them and not reveal classified information, a regular person especially not a citizen of the United States isn’t in my opinion subject to such regulation. [[User:Emanuele|Emanuele]] 15:21, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney's The Death and Life of Great American Newspapers, is a candid reminder on the sad state of real journalism in an age when media corporations are concerned more with the bottom line than cutting-edge journalism. I think that it is important to understand how we choose to receive our daily news in order to better clarify the roadblocks for journalists today. For me, I prefer to view headline news on the internet instead of a newspaper because I can easily access news stories with a click of a button as well as cycle through any relevant photos. Many of the stories are succinct and straight to the point and cnn.com is my website of choice. I may augment the daily headlines with cable news television programming, or even explore the internet for interesting blogs if I have the time. All of this may consume 1-2 hours of my time each day and I am not sure most Americans have this time.
If the main concern by the authors is to reboot truly comprehensive and compelling journalism that covers gaps in current reporting, they must also understand that the only engine for achieving such a goal is to increase the consumer demand for such reporting. While pumping government dollars into subsidizing news organizations or providing newspaper tax credits to individuals may moderately expand viewership (and financially prop the journalistic craft), the goal should be to analyze behaviors, time, consumer trends and find ways to convince a consumer base that news is much more than headlines and TV viewership.
--[[User:Jimmyh|Jimmyh]] 17:41, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

== Links from Class ==

Copyright in Cyberspace

2012-02-15T14:16:28Z

RobF: /* Required Readings */

{{ClassCalendar}}
'''February 28'''

The Internet has enabled individuals to become involved in the production of media and to distribute their contributions widely at a very low cost. The former bastion of the entertainment industry is opening up to what many are calling a democratization of culture. The copyright doctrine of fair use seemingly bolsters the right to "recut, reframe, and recycle" previous works, but the protection fair use gives to those re-purposing copyrighted material is notoriously uncertain.

Digital and file-sharing technologies also spawned the proliferation of sharing of media and music, which has led to a number of controversial legal and technological strategies. The "notice-and-takedown" provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") allow Internet service providers to limit their liability for the copyright infringements of their users if the ISPs expeditiously remove material in response to complaints from copyright owners. The DMCA provides for counter-notice and "put-back" of removed material, but some argue that the statutory mechanism can chill innovative, constitutionally-protected speech.

This class provides an overview of some major copyright law concepts and takes up some of the issues swirling around copyright in cyberspace.

<onlyinclude>
== Required Readings ==

* [http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ01.pdf U.S. Copyright Office, Circular 1, "Copyright Basics" (.pdf)]
* [http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/107 17 U.S.C. § 107 (“Limitations on Exclusive Rights: Fair Use”)]
* [http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/512 17 U.S.C. § 512(c) (“Information Residing on Systems or Networks at Direction of Users”)]
* [http://www.bloomsburyacademic.com/view/Remix_9781849662505/chapter-ba-9781849662505-chapter-0001.xml Lawrence Lessig, Remix, Bloombsbury Academic (2008) (CC BY-NC 3.0), Ch. 1, "Introduction"]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/24/technology/24google.html Miguel Helft, "Judge Sides with Google in Viacom Video Suit," NYTimes.com (June 23, 2010)]
* [http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2011/12/copyright-infringement-defendants-turn-the-table-on-righthaven335.html Jeffrey D. Neuburger, "Copyright Infringement Defendants Turn the Table on Righthaven," Mediashift (December 1, 2011)]
* [http://www.boston.com/ae/specials/culturedesk/2010/11/cooks_source_probably_shutting.html Steve Greenlee, "Cooks Source probably shutting down," Boston Globe CultureDesk (November 17, 2010)]
* [http://futureoftheinternet.org/reading-sopa Jonathan Zittrain, Kendra Albert, and Alicia Solow-Niederman, "A Close Look at SOPA," The Future of the Internet Blog (December 2, 2011)]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/opinion/what-wikipedia-wont-tell-you.html?_r=2 Cary Sherman, "What Wikipedia Won't Tell You," NY Times (February 7, 2012)]
* [http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120208/01453517694/riaa-totally-out-touch-lashes-out-google-wikipedia-everyone-who-protested-sopapipa.shtml Mike Masnick, "RIAA Totally Out of Touch: Lashes Out At Google, Wikipedia And Everyone Who Protested SOPA/PIPA," TechDirt (February 8, 2012)]

== Optional Readings ==

* [http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2011/02/02/super-bust-due-process-and-domain-name-seizure.html Super Bust: Due Process and Domain Name Seizure]
* [http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/comics1 Creative Commons: A Spectrum of Rights (comic)]
* [http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/resources/publications/recut_reframe_recycle/ Center for Social Media, Recut, Reframe, Recyle] (full report optional)
* [http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=8647956476676426155&q=545+U.S.+913&hl=en&as_sdt=2002 MGM v. Grokster, 545 U.S. 913 (2005)] (Sec. II, pp. 928 - 937)
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/09/nyregion/09potter.html?_r=1 "Rowling Wins Lawsuit Against Potter Lexicon" (J. Eligon, NY Times, 9/8/08)]
* [http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/16/830/index.html New York Times Bits Blog: Mixing It Up Over Remixes and Fair Use]
* [http://www.eff.org/files/20030926_unsafe_harbors.pdf EFF, Unsafe Harbors: Abusive DMCA Subpoenas and Takedown Demands]
* [http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/03/15/concrete-steps-congress-can-take-protect-americas-intellectual-property The White House Blog: Concrete Steps Congress Can Take to Protect America's Intellectual Property]
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== Class Discussion ==

== Links ==

Main Page

2012-01-23T14:43:59Z

RobF: /* Participating Asynchronously */

= Internet and Society: Technologies and Politics of Control=
'''LSTU E–120 - Harvard Extension School - Spring 2012 - Tuesdays 5:30-7:30 pm EST'''

'''[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/contact Berkman Center for Internet and Society] - 23 Everett Street - Conference room, 2nd floor'''

This course examines current legal, political, social, and technical struggles for control of the global Internet—and the content and relationships it conveys. The course focuses on the interaction of new technologies and services with emerging models of production, innovation, communication, learning, and civic engagement—looking at both the US and international contexts. Prerequisites: willingness to experiment with new technologies and to participate in class discussions, whether virtually or in person. (4 credits) '''[[course overview|continued...]]'''

=='''Syllabus at a glance'''==
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|-
| Jan 24
| [[Politics and Technology of Control: Introduction]]
|-
| Jan 31
| [[Paradigms for Studying the Internet]]
|-
| Feb 7
| [[Regulating Speech Online]]
| ''(Assignment 1 due)''
|-
| Feb 14
| [[New Economic Models]]
|-
| Feb 21
| [[Peer Production and Collaboration]]
| ''(Assignment 2 due)''
|-
| Feb 28
| [[Copyright in Cyberspace]]
|-
| Mar 6
| [[New and Old Media, Participation, and Information]]
|-
| Mar 13
| ''No class - Spring Break''
|-
| Mar 20
| [[Collective Action and Decision-making]]
| ''(Assignment 3 due)''
|-
| Mar 27
| [[Internet and Democracy]]
|-
| Apr 3
| [[Control and Code: Privacy Online]]
|-
| Apr 10
| [[Internet and Democracy: The Sequel]]
| ''(Assignment 4 due)''
|-
| Apr 17
| [[Internet Infrastructure and Regulation]]
|-
| Apr 24
| [[The Wikileaks Case]]
|-
| May 1
| [[Cybersecurity and Cyberwarfare]]
|-
| May 8
|'''[[Final Project]] due''' (no class)
|
|}

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'''Course Information:'''
* [[Class Participation]]
* [[Grading]]
* [[Statement on Plagiarism]]
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'''Assignments & Projects:'''
* [[Assignments]]
* [[Assigned Readings|Complete List of Assigned Readings]]
* [[Final Project]]

|
'''Resources:'''
* [[Recorded class videos]]
* [[Powerpoint Slides from Class]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page How to edit a wiki]
* [http://www.extension.harvard.edu/resources/writing.jsp Extension School Writing Center]
|
'''External:'''
* [[Upcoming Events]]
* [[In the news]]
|
'''People:'''
* [[Staff Contact Info]]
* [[List of User Profiles]]
|-
|}

=='''Participating During Class (Tuesdays 5:30-7:30 pm EST)'''==
* Attend in person at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, 23 Everett St., Second Floor, Cambridge, MA 02138 ([http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/contact directions])

You can use Adobe Connect to participate during class time. Visit [https://continuinged.adobeconnect.com/_a931819597/berkman our Adobe Connect site] and log in as guest.

We recommend that, if you would like to speak during class, you use a combination headphone/microphone to participate. Alternatively, you may use headphones along with your computer's built-in mic. As a last resort, you can use your computer's built-in mic without headphones, but please be aware that this may cause audio issues for both you and the class as a whole.

''Note: When you log in to Adobe Connect, you will log in as a guest. Please use your full name or a pseudonym that will allow us to identify who you are so we can give you credit for your class participation.''

* If you have any trouble running Adobe Connect, please go to the [https://continuinged.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm support page on Adobe Connect's site] or click on the "Help" button in the upper right corner of the Connect window.

=='''Participating Asynchronously'''==
* The recorded videotapes of the class produced by Harvard Extension School are available here: [link TBD]. Videos are typically available 1-2 days after class.

=='''Contact Information'''==
* All questions, comments, etc. should be sent to:
** There are no set office hours; feel free to send an email, and the TAs will respond to it as soon as they can.
* If you need to contact an instructor or TA individually, please use their personal contact info located on the [[Staff Contact Info]] page.

Staff Contact Info

2012-01-12T21:02:44Z

RobF:

== Instructor ==

Rob Faris:
rfaris - a t - cyber dot law dot harvard dot edu

==TAs==

Rebekah Heacock: rheacock@cyber.law.harvard.edu

==Berkman==
617-495-7547

==Course Administrivia==
[http://www.extension.harvard.edu/courses/22054 Extension School listing of LSTU E-120]

Assignments

2012-01-12T20:57:57Z

RobF: /* Group Work */

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<big>'''Assignments'''</big>

'''[[Assignment 1 Details and Reporting]]''' | [[Assignment 1 Submissions|Submissions]]<br />
''Due February 7''

'''[[Assignments#Assignment_2:_Prospectus| Assignment 2]]''' | [[Assignment 2 Submissions|Submissions]]<br />
''Due February 21''

'''[[Assignments#Assignment_3:_Project_Outline| Assignment 3]]''' | [[Assignment 3 Submissions|Submissions]]<br />
''Due March 20''

'''[[Assignment 4 Details and Links]]''' | [[Assignment 4 Submissions|Submissions]]<br />
''Due April 10''

'''[[Final Project]]''' | [[Final Projects|Submissions]]<br />
''Due May 2''

</div>
During the course of the semester, you will be responsible for the following assignments, tasks, and projects:

==Class Participation==

* [[Class Participation|General Class Participation]]: This obligation is ongoing.

* [[Class Participation|Comment/Critique of Rough Drafts]]: You do this as a response to one of the rough drafts put together by your colleagues in [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/is2011/Assignments Assignment 2].

==Group Work==
'''Students have the option of working in groups for Assignments 2-4 and the Final Project.''' Working in a group can be fun and productive and should enable the participants to take their topic farther than an individual. Students should also consider the time required to coordinate their activities and potential complications of group work. A majority of students in previous classes have had a good experience working in groups.

The maximum group size is three. Those that wish to work in a group will be responsible for forming and organizing the group by March 9 at the latest. For those that choose to work in a group, it is essential to come to a clear understanding within the group how the work will be shared. There is an additional class requirement for those that work in a group: each group must submit a statement that describes the contribution of each member of the group.

'''Prospective groups should submit a short paragraph by March 1 explaining why a group approach to their proposed topic for the final project makes sense.'''

Looking to form a group or join a group? Need a partner? Go to the [[Group Project Page]].

==Assignments==

===Assignment 1: Wikipedia===
'''Due February 7'''

For this assignment, you will investigate the rich social ecosystem and organizational structure that allows [http://en.wikipedia.com Wikipedia] to function. Specifically, you will explore some of the community policies that govern Wikipedia, and write a report on how these rules play out in practice, and whether they contribute to or inhibit collaboration on Wikipedia. Ideally you will create an account, and make several edits before writing the report to give you some "hands on" data about community on the site. More details on the assignment as well as the menu of rules to choose from, as well as a space for you to report your observations can be found on the [[Assignment 1 Details and Reporting]].

'''Submit your reports here: [[Assignment 1 Submissions]]'''

===Assignment 2: Prospectus===
'''Due February 21'''

For this assignment, you will choose a topic that will be later developed into your '''[[Final Project]]'''. '''[[Assignments#Group_Work|You may work in groups.]]'''
* Read the description of the final project on the [[Final Project]] page.
* Write a one page prospectus (no more than 400 words) of a topic you would like work on for your final project. Thinking of the big picture: write your research questions, prepare your potential arguments, and do a bit of research. Use links as appropriate.
* The goal is to '''identify a focused research question (or set of research questions)''' and to explain how you will answer these questions. What methodologies will you use or observable behaviors will you examine to address your topic? What case study/community will you use? For some research question examples, see the [[Research_questions]] page.

The purpose of the prospectus is to help you start thinking about your final project. Your proposal doesn't need to be a final product, and your topic may change, but putting in the time to develop an idea up front will help you as you work on your project later in the semester.

* You can choose any topic for your final project. We are open to topics, but we advise that you get in touch with us in advance with your idea. If you are unsure of what topic you want to address, some examples are listed on the [[Project Ideas]] page.

'''Submitting Assignment 2'''
*When you have completed your proposal, upload your document as a .txt file (or related readable format, such as .rtf, .doc, and .odt) to the class Wiki using the ''Upload file'' link to the left. (Remember to write your name on your assignment and in the file name!)
*Write your name, the title of your project, and link to your document on the '''[[Assignment 2 Submissions]]''' page.

'''Participation Grade for Assignment 2'''
*Everyone will receive an additional participation grade for this assignment. You should read through everyone's proposals after they are uploaded and add constructive comments on the '''[[Assignment 2 Submissions]]''' page, below the proposal on which you're commenting. '''Comments should be submitted by March 6''' so you have time to incorporate them, if applicable, into your project outline. (Remember to sign your comments!)

===Assignment 3: Project Outline===
'''Due March 20'''

Submit an outline (2-4 pages, including a list of related materials and sources) of your project along with a description of the methodological approach you will take for the project. If you are taking an empirical approach, describe how you will structure your observations and data gathering.

'''[[Assignments#Group_Work|You may work in groups]]''', provided you have submitted a short paragraph to the instructors by March 9 explaining why a group approach to your proposed topic for the final project makes sense.

'''Submit your outline and description here: [[Assignment 3 Submissions]]'''

===Assignment 4: Rough Draft and Bonus AV Credit===
'''Due April 10'''

'''[[Assignments#Group_Work|You may work in groups]]''', provided you have submitted a short paragraph to the instructors by March 1 explaining why a group approach to your proposed topic for the final project makes sense.

This assignment will be to turn in a rough draft of your final, 8-10 page final project paper. It will be a chance for us to give you some comments, and suggest some places to push your research project forward in the next few weeks.

It's also an opportunity to get some extra credit. If you are interested, you may prepare an audiovisual work of your creation discussing and presenting your research to date. The work could be an audio file (such as a podcast), a video (such as a remix or animation), or an in-class presentation. You should aim for a length of 3-5 minutes (there is 7 minute maximum). Content and presentation are much more important than length (a compelling 2-minute audio interview would be great). These may be presented in class. More information about this extra credit assignment is available here: [[Assignment 4 Details and Links]].

'''Submit your rough draft (and your extra credit, if applicable) here: [[Assignment 4 Submissions]]'''

==Final Project==
'''Due May 8'''

*For details, see the [[Final Project]] page.

Assignments

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RobF: /* Assignment 3: Project Outline */

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<big>'''Assignments'''</big>

'''[[Assignment 1 Details and Reporting]]''' | [[Assignment 1 Submissions|Submissions]]<br />
''Due February 7''

'''[[Assignments#Assignment_2:_Prospectus| Assignment 2]]''' | [[Assignment 2 Submissions|Submissions]]<br />
''Due February 21''

'''[[Assignments#Assignment_3:_Project_Outline| Assignment 3]]''' | [[Assignment 3 Submissions|Submissions]]<br />
''Due March 20''

'''[[Assignment 4 Details and Links]]''' | [[Assignment 4 Submissions|Submissions]]<br />
''Due April 10''

'''[[Final Project]]''' | [[Final Projects|Submissions]]<br />
''Due May 2''

</div>
During the course of the semester, you will be responsible for the following assignments, tasks, and projects:

==Class Participation==

* [[Class Participation|General Class Participation]]: This obligation is ongoing.

* [[Class Participation|Comment/Critique of Rough Drafts]]: You do this as a response to one of the rough drafts put together by your colleagues in [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/is2011/Assignments Assignment 2].

==Group Work==
'''Students have the option of working in groups for Assignments 2-4 and the Final Project.''' Working in a group can be fun and productive and should enable the participants to take their topic farther than an individual. Students should also consider the time required to coordinate their activities and potential complications of group work. A majority of students in previous classes have had a good experience working in groups.

The maximum group size is three. Those that wish to work in a group will be responsible for forming and organizing the group by March 1 at the latest. For those that choose to work in a group, it is essential to come to a clear understanding within the group how the work will be shared. There is an additional class requirement for those that work in a group: each group must submit a statement that describes the contribution of each member of the group.

'''Prospective groups should submit a short paragraph by March 1 explaining why a group approach to their proposed topic for the final project makes sense.'''

Looking to form a group or join a group? Need a partner? Go to the [[Group Project Page]].

==Assignments==

===Assignment 1: Wikipedia===
'''Due February 7'''

For this assignment, you will investigate the rich social ecosystem and organizational structure that allows [http://en.wikipedia.com Wikipedia] to function. Specifically, you will explore some of the community policies that govern Wikipedia, and write a report on how these rules play out in practice, and whether they contribute to or inhibit collaboration on Wikipedia. Ideally you will create an account, and make several edits before writing the report to give you some "hands on" data about community on the site. More details on the assignment as well as the menu of rules to choose from, as well as a space for you to report your observations can be found on the [[Assignment 1 Details and Reporting]].

'''Submit your reports here: [[Assignment 1 Submissions]]'''

===Assignment 2: Prospectus===
'''Due February 21'''

For this assignment, you will choose a topic that will be later developed into your '''[[Final Project]]'''. '''[[Assignments#Group_Work|You may work in groups.]]'''
* Read the description of the final project on the [[Final Project]] page.
* Write a one page prospectus (no more than 400 words) of a topic you would like work on for your final project. Thinking of the big picture: write your research questions, prepare your potential arguments, and do a bit of research. Use links as appropriate.
* The goal is to '''identify a focused research question (or set of research questions)''' and to explain how you will answer these questions. What methodologies will you use or observable behaviors will you examine to address your topic? What case study/community will you use? For some research question examples, see the [[Research_questions]] page.

The purpose of the prospectus is to help you start thinking about your final project. Your proposal doesn't need to be a final product, and your topic may change, but putting in the time to develop an idea up front will help you as you work on your project later in the semester.

* You can choose any topic for your final project. We are open to topics, but we advise that you get in touch with us in advance with your idea. If you are unsure of what topic you want to address, some examples are listed on the [[Project Ideas]] page.

'''Submitting Assignment 2'''
*When you have completed your proposal, upload your document as a .txt file (or related readable format, such as .rtf, .doc, and .odt) to the class Wiki using the ''Upload file'' link to the left. (Remember to write your name on your assignment and in the file name!)
*Write your name, the title of your project, and link to your document on the '''[[Assignment 2 Submissions]]''' page.

'''Participation Grade for Assignment 2'''
*Everyone will receive an additional participation grade for this assignment. You should read through everyone's proposals after they are uploaded and add constructive comments on the '''[[Assignment 2 Submissions]]''' page, below the proposal on which you're commenting. '''Comments should be submitted by March 6''' so you have time to incorporate them, if applicable, into your project outline. (Remember to sign your comments!)

===Assignment 3: Project Outline===
'''Due March 20'''

Submit an outline (2-4 pages, including a list of related materials and sources) of your project along with a description of the methodological approach you will take for the project. If you are taking an empirical approach, describe how you will structure your observations and data gathering.

'''[[Assignments#Group_Work|You may work in groups]]''', provided you have submitted a short paragraph to the instructors by March 9 explaining why a group approach to your proposed topic for the final project makes sense.

'''Submit your outline and description here: [[Assignment 3 Submissions]]'''

===Assignment 4: Rough Draft and Bonus AV Credit===
'''Due April 10'''

'''[[Assignments#Group_Work|You may work in groups]]''', provided you have submitted a short paragraph to the instructors by March 1 explaining why a group approach to your proposed topic for the final project makes sense.

This assignment will be to turn in a rough draft of your final, 8-10 page final project paper. It will be a chance for us to give you some comments, and suggest some places to push your research project forward in the next few weeks.

It's also an opportunity to get some extra credit. If you are interested, you may prepare an audiovisual work of your creation discussing and presenting your research to date. The work could be an audio file (such as a podcast), a video (such as a remix or animation), or an in-class presentation. You should aim for a length of 3-5 minutes (there is 7 minute maximum). Content and presentation are much more important than length (a compelling 2-minute audio interview would be great). These may be presented in class. More information about this extra credit assignment is available here: [[Assignment 4 Details and Links]].

'''Submit your rough draft (and your extra credit, if applicable) here: [[Assignment 4 Submissions]]'''

==Final Project==
'''Due May 8'''

*For details, see the [[Final Project]] page.

Assignments

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<big>'''Assignments'''</big>

'''[[Assignment 1 Details and Reporting]]''' | [[Assignment 1 Submissions|Submissions]]<br />
''Due February 7''

'''[[Assignments#Assignment_2:_Prospectus| Assignment 2]]''' | [[Assignment 2 Submissions|Submissions]]<br />
''Due February 21''

'''[[Assignments#Assignment_3:_Project_Outline| Assignment 3]]''' | [[Assignment 3 Submissions|Submissions]]<br />
''Due March 20''

'''[[Assignment 4 Details and Links]]''' | [[Assignment 4 Submissions|Submissions]]<br />
''Due April 10''

'''[[Final Project]]''' | [[Final Projects|Submissions]]<br />
''Due May 2''

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During the course of the semester, you will be responsible for the following assignments, tasks, and projects:

==Class Participation==

* [[Class Participation|General Class Participation]]: This obligation is ongoing.

* [[Class Participation|Comment/Critique of Rough Drafts]]: You do this as a response to one of the rough drafts put together by your colleagues in [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/is2011/Assignments Assignment 2].

==Group Work==
'''Students have the option of working in groups for Assignments 2-4 and the Final Project.''' Working in a group can be fun and productive and should enable the participants to take their topic farther than an individual. Students should also consider the time required to coordinate their activities and potential complications of group work. A majority of students in previous classes have had a good experience working in groups.

The maximum group size is three. Those that wish to work in a group will be responsible for forming and organizing the group by March 1 at the latest. For those that choose to work in a group, it is essential to come to a clear understanding within the group how the work will be shared. There is an additional class requirement for those that work in a group: each group must submit a statement that describes the contribution of each member of the group.

'''Prospective groups should submit a short paragraph by March 1 explaining why a group approach to their proposed topic for the final project makes sense.'''

Looking to form a group or join a group? Need a partner? Go to the [[Group Project Page]].

==Assignments==

===Assignment 1: Wikipedia===
'''Due February 7'''

For this assignment, you will investigate the rich social ecosystem and organizational structure that allows [http://en.wikipedia.com Wikipedia] to function. Specifically, you will explore some of the community policies that govern Wikipedia, and write a report on how these rules play out in practice, and whether they contribute to or inhibit collaboration on Wikipedia. Ideally you will create an account, and make several edits before writing the report to give you some "hands on" data about community on the site. More details on the assignment as well as the menu of rules to choose from, as well as a space for you to report your observations can be found on the [[Assignment 1 Details and Reporting]].

'''Submit your reports here: [[Assignment 1 Submissions]]'''

===Assignment 2: Prospectus===
'''Due February 21'''

For this assignment, you will choose a topic that will be later developed into your '''[[Final Project]]'''. '''[[Assignments#Group_Work|You may work in groups.]]'''
* Read the description of the final project on the [[Final Project]] page.
* Write a one page prospectus (no more than 400 words) of a topic you would like work on for your final project. Thinking of the big picture: write your research questions, prepare your potential arguments, and do a bit of research. Use links as appropriate.
* The goal is to '''identify a focused research question (or set of research questions)''' and to explain how you will answer these questions. What methodologies will you use or observable behaviors will you examine to address your topic? What case study/community will you use? For some research question examples, see the [[Research_questions]] page.

The purpose of the prospectus is to help you start thinking about your final project. Your proposal doesn't need to be a final product, and your topic may change, but putting in the time to develop an idea up front will help you as you work on your project later in the semester.

* You can choose any topic for your final project. We are open to topics, but we advise that you get in touch with us in advance with your idea. If you are unsure of what topic you want to address, some examples are listed on the [[Project Ideas]] page.

'''Submitting Assignment 2'''
*When you have completed your proposal, upload your document as a .txt file (or related readable format, such as .rtf, .doc, and .odt) to the class Wiki using the ''Upload file'' link to the left. (Remember to write your name on your assignment and in the file name!)
*Write your name, the title of your project, and link to your document on the '''[[Assignment 2 Submissions]]''' page.

'''Participation Grade for Assignment 2'''
*Everyone will receive an additional participation grade for this assignment. You should read through everyone's proposals after they are uploaded and add constructive comments on the '''[[Assignment 2 Submissions]]''' page, below the proposal on which you're commenting. '''Comments should be submitted by March 6''' so you have time to incorporate them, if applicable, into your project outline. (Remember to sign your comments!)

===Assignment 3: Project Outline===
'''Due March 20'''

Submit an outline (2-4 pages, including a list of related materials and sources) of your project along with a description of the methodological approach you will take for the project. If you are taking an empirical approach, describe how you will structure your observations and data gathering.

'''[[Assignments#Group_Work|You may work in groups]]''', provided you have submitted a short paragraph to the instructors by March 15 explaining why a group approach to your proposed topic for the final project makes sense.

'''Submit your outline and description here: [[Assignment 3 Submissions]]'''

===Assignment 4: Rough Draft and Bonus AV Credit===
'''Due April 10'''

'''[[Assignments#Group_Work|You may work in groups]]''', provided you have submitted a short paragraph to the instructors by March 1 explaining why a group approach to your proposed topic for the final project makes sense.

This assignment will be to turn in a rough draft of your final, 8-10 page final project paper. It will be a chance for us to give you some comments, and suggest some places to push your research project forward in the next few weeks.

It's also an opportunity to get some extra credit. If you are interested, you may prepare an audiovisual work of your creation discussing and presenting your research to date. The work could be an audio file (such as a podcast), a video (such as a remix or animation), or an in-class presentation. You should aim for a length of 3-5 minutes (there is 7 minute maximum). Content and presentation are much more important than length (a compelling 2-minute audio interview would be great). These may be presented in class. More information about this extra credit assignment is available here: [[Assignment 4 Details and Links]].

'''Submit your rough draft (and your extra credit, if applicable) here: [[Assignment 4 Submissions]]'''

==Final Project==
'''Due May 8'''

*For details, see the [[Final Project]] page.

Final Project

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Final Project

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List of User Profiles

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This is a list of user profiles on this wiki. If we wish, you may use a pseudonym. If you are using a pseudonym, contact us off-list so that we know who you are.

This page differs from the [[Special:ListUsers|User List]] page in that this page contains only active profiles of individuals who wish to contribute to this wiki. Please add yourself by clicking on the appropriate edit button next to the letter range that corresponds to your user name.

==Users==

===A-G===
===H-M===

===N-S===

=====RobFaris=====
I'm the research director at the [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ Berkman Center for Internet & Society]. My research interests include the role of digital technologies in social mobilization and political change and broadband policy.

===T-Z===

Cybersecurity and Cyberwarfare

2012-01-12T13:57:36Z

RobF:

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<big>'''Syllabus'''</big>
{| border="0" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4" style="background:#eeeeff; text-align: left;"
|
* [[Politics and Technology of Control: Introduction|Jan 24]]
* [[Paradigms for Studying the Internet|Jan 31]]
* [[Regulating Speech Online|Feb 7]]
* [[New Economic Models|Feb 14]]
* [[Peer Production and Collaboration |Feb 21]]
* [[Copyright in Cyberspace |Feb 28]]
* [[New and Old Media, Participation, and Information |Mar 6]]
* Mar 13 - ''No class''
|
* [[Collective Action and Decision-making |Mar 20]]
* [[Internet and Democracy |Mar 27]]
* [[Control and Code: Privacy Online |Apr 3]]
* [[Internet and Democracy: The Sequel |Apr 10]]
* [[Internet Infrastructure and Regulation |Apr 17]]
* [[The Wikileaks Case |Apr 24]]
* [[Cybersecurity and Cyberwarfare|May 1]]
* [[Final Project|May 8]] - ''No class''
|}
<br clear="right" />
</div>
'''May 1'''

Cybersecurity has been identified as one of the greatest challenges facing the United States today, but it is ill-defined and almost impossible to address. How can we frame this problem to better inspire solutions? How should government, military, businesses, and technologists approach the problem from different angles and do these different approaches work together?

<onlyinclude>
== Readings ==
* [http://www.lawfareblog.com/2010/12/senator-cardin%E2%80%99s-bill-to-explore-isp-enforcement-of-digital-security/ Jack Goldsmith: Senator Cardin’s Bill to Explore ISP Enforcement of Digital Security]
* [http://yupnet.org/zittrain/ Zittrain, The Future of the Internet: And How to Stop It; Chapter 3]
* [http://www.chathamhouse.org.uk/files/17827_r1110_cyberwarfare_es.pdf Chatham House Report On Cyberwarfare - Executive Summary]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet Wikipedia entry on Stuxnet]

== Optional Readings ==
* Whitehouse.gov, [http://www.whitehouse.gov/cybersecurity Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative, Cyberspace Policy Review]
* Jack Goldsmith, [http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2010/1208_4th_amendment_goldsmith.aspx The Cyberthreat, Government Network Operations, and the Fourth Amendment]
* Jane Holl Lute and Bruce McConnell, [http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/02/dhs-op-ed/ Op-Ed: A Civil Perspective on Cybersecurity]
* Zittrain, [http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=freedom-and-anonymity Freedom and Anonymity]
* Infoweek, [http://informationweek.com/news/security/attacks/229401866 Leaked Cables Indicate Chinese Military Hackers Attacked U.S.]
* CNET, [http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20055091-245.html Cyber attacks rise at critical infrastructure firms]
</onlyinclude>

== Class Discussion ==

== Links ==

The Wikileaks Case

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RobF:

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<big>'''Syllabus'''</big>
{| border="0" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4" style="background:#eeeeff; text-align: left;"
|
* [[Politics and Technology of Control: Introduction|Jan 24]]
* [[Paradigms for Studying the Internet|Jan 31]]
* [[Regulating Speech Online|Feb 7]]
* [[New Economic Models|Feb 14]]
* [[Peer Production and Collaboration |Feb 21]]
* [[Copyright in Cyberspace |Feb 28]]
* [[New and Old Media, Participation, and Information |Mar 6]]
* Mar 13 - ''No class''
|
* [[Collective Action and Decision-making |Mar 20]]
* [[Internet and Democracy |Mar 27]]
* [[Control and Code: Privacy Online |Apr 3]]
* [[Internet and Democracy: The Sequel |Apr 10]]
* [[Internet Infrastructure and Regulation |Apr 17]]
* [[The Wikileaks Case |Apr 24]]
* [[Cybersecurity and Cyberwarfare|May 1]]
* [[Final Project|May 8]] - ''No class''
|}
<br clear="right" />
</div>
'''April 24'''

In this class, we will address many of the issues surrounding the Wikileaks case. We will explore the technical, legal, regulatory, ethical and normative elements of the events leading up to and following the massive leak of US government documents made available via Wikileaks. The case touches upon and exemplifies many of the concepts and questions that are presented in the course and will offers us the opportunity to reflect, refine and consolidate the changes and challenges of digital media.

<onlyinclude>

==Readings==

* Case Study: the Wikileaks Incident (To be posted)

== Additional Resources==

== Class Discussion ==
== Links ==

Internet Infrastructure and Regulation

2012-01-12T13:56:31Z

RobF:

<div class="editsection noprint editlink plainlinksneverexpand" align="right" style="float: right; margin: 5px; background:#eeeeff; color:#111111; border: 4px solid #dddddd; text-align: center;">
<big>'''Syllabus'''</big>
{| border="0" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4" style="background:#eeeeff; text-align: left;"
|
* [[Politics and Technology of Control: Introduction|Jan 24]]
* [[Paradigms for Studying the Internet|Jan 31]]
* [[Regulating Speech Online|Feb 7]]
* [[New Economic Models|Feb 14]]
* [[Peer Production and Collaboration |Feb 21]]
* [[Copyright in Cyberspace |Feb 28]]
* [[New and Old Media, Participation, and Information |Mar 6]]
* Mar 13 - ''No class''
|
* [[Collective Action and Decision-making |Mar 20]]
* [[Internet and Democracy |Mar 27]]
* [[Control and Code: Privacy Online |Apr 3]]
* [[Internet and Democracy: The Sequel |Apr 10]]
* [[Internet Infrastructure and Regulation |Apr 17]]
* [[The Wikileaks Case |Apr 24]]
* [[Cybersecurity and Cyberwarfare|May 1]]
* [[Final Project|May 8]] - ''No class''
|}
<br clear="right" />
</div>
'''April 17'''

In this class, we will cover the politics, policy, economics and technology of deploying broadband infrastructure. We will look at the year-old US National Broadband Plan and the Berkman Center review of international experiences in broadband policy. Additionally, we will look at the substance and politics of the net neutrality debate.

<onlyinclude>
==Readings==

* Executive Summary of the National Broadband Plan [http://www.broadband.gov/plan/executive-summary/]

* National Broadband Plan Commission Meeting: National Purposes Update, February 18th 2010 [http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-296353A1.pdf ]

* Next Generation Connectivity: A review of broadband Internet transitions and policy from around the world, Berkman Center [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/sites/cyber.law.harvard.edu/files/Berkman_Center_Broadband_Final_Report-C1_15Feb2010.pdf ]

* Net Neutrality 101 [http://www.savetheinternet.com/frequently-asked-questions?gclid=CKbclcK65KcCFULf4AodaxmJCg]

* More Confusion about Internet Freedom [http://techliberation.com/2011/03/01/more-confusion-about-internet-freedom/]

* Hands Off the Internet [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlhSbJYxOnc]

== Optional Readings==

* [http://www.fcc.gov The Federal Communications Commission]
* [http://www.broadband.gov National Broadband Plan]
* [http://www.openinternet.gov OpenInternet.gov]
* [http://www.ietf.org The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)]
* [http://www.icann.org The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers]
* [http://www.fcc.gov/Reports/tcom1996.txt The Telecommunications Act of 1996]
* [http://wireless.fcc.gov/auctions/default.htm?job=auctions_home FCC - Wireless Spectrum Auctions]
* [http://www.isp-planet.com/cplanet/tech/2004/prime_letter_040301_powell.html Powell's Four Freedoms]
</onlyinclude>

== Class Discussion ==

== Links from Class ==

Internet and Democracy: The Sequel

2012-01-12T13:56:15Z

RobF:

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<big>'''Syllabus'''</big>
{| border="0" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4" style="background:#eeeeff; text-align: left;"
|
* [[Politics and Technology of Control: Introduction|Jan 24]]
* [[Paradigms for Studying the Internet|Jan 31]]
* [[Regulating Speech Online|Feb 7]]
* [[New Economic Models|Feb 14]]
* [[Peer Production and Collaboration |Feb 21]]
* [[Copyright in Cyberspace |Feb 28]]
* [[New and Old Media, Participation, and Information |Mar 6]]
* Mar 13 - ''No class''
|
* [[Collective Action and Decision-making |Mar 20]]
* [[Internet and Democracy |Mar 27]]
* [[Control and Code: Privacy Online |Apr 3]]
* [[Internet and Democracy: The Sequel |Apr 10]]
* [[Internet Infrastructure and Regulation |Apr 17]]
* [[The Wikileaks Case |Apr 24]]
* [[Cybersecurity and Cyberwarfare|May 1]]
* [[Final Project|May 8]] - ''No class''
|}
<br clear="right" />
</div>
'''April 10'''

A decade ago, the Internet was widely seen as a means to diminish the power of countries to regulate the flow of ideas and information. However, we have witnessed the resurgence of national sovereignty in cyberspace, with many countries now resorting to a combination of technology, law and intimidation to reign in the spread of free speech via the Net. Often aided by the technological support of the private sector in the United States, for this class, we will debate the ethics, practicality and implications of Internet censorship.

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==Assignments==

[[Assignments#Assignment 4: Rough Draft and Bonus AV Credit|Assignment 4 due]]

== Readings ==

* Read John Palfrey and Jonathan Zittrain: [http://opennet.net/sites/opennet.net/files/Deibert_06_Ch05_103-122.pdf Reluctant Gatekeepers: Corporate Ethics on a Filtered Internet]
* Take a look at the [http://opennet.net/blog ONI blog]
* And the [http://opennet.net/map ONI global filtering map]
* Explore the Global Network Initiative website [http://www.globalnetworkinitiative.org/ GNI], with particular attention to the [http://www.globalnetworkinitiative.org/principles/index.php Principles], [http://www.globalnetworkinitiative.org/implementationguidelines/index.php Implementation Guidelines], and [http://www.globalnetworkinitiative.org/governanceframework/index.php Governance Framework]

== Additional Resources ==

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== Class Discussion ==

== Links ==

Control and Code: Privacy Online

2012-01-12T13:55:53Z

RobF:

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<big>'''Syllabus'''</big>
{| border="0" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4" style="background:#eeeeff; text-align: left;"
|
* [[Politics and Technology of Control: Introduction|Jan 24]]
* [[Paradigms for Studying the Internet|Jan 31]]
* [[Regulating Speech Online|Feb 7]]
* [[New Economic Models|Feb 14]]
* [[Peer Production and Collaboration |Feb 21]]
* [[Copyright in Cyberspace |Feb 28]]
* [[New and Old Media, Participation, and Information |Mar 6]]
* Mar 13 - ''No class''
|
* [[Collective Action and Decision-making |Mar 20]]
* [[Internet and Democracy |Mar 27]]
* [[Control and Code: Privacy Online |Apr 3]]
* [[Internet and Democracy: The Sequel |Apr 10]]
* [[Internet Infrastructure and Regulation |Apr 17]]
* [[The Wikileaks Case |Apr 24]]
* [[Cybersecurity and Cyberwarfare|May 1]]
* [[Final Project|May 8]] - ''No class''
|}
<br clear="right" />
</div>
'''April 3'''

Code is law; the architecture of the Internet and the software that runs on it will determine to a large extent how the Net is regulated in a way that goes far deeper than legal means could ever achieve (or at least ever achieve alone). Technological advances have also produced many tempting options for regulation and surveillance that may severely alter the balance of privacy, access to information and sharing of intellectual property. By regulating behavior, technological architectures or codes embed different values and political choices. Yet code is often treated as a technocratic affair, or something best left to private economic actors pursuing their own interests. If code is law, then control of code is power. If important questions of social ordering are at stake, shouldn't the design and development of code be brought within the political process? In this class we delve into the technological alternatives that will shape interactions over the Internet, as well as the implications of each on personal freedom, privacy and combating cyber-crime.

<onlyinclude>
==Readings==

* [http://futureoftheinternet.org/download Jonathan Zittrain, Future of the Internet, Chapter 9: Privacy 2.0]
* [http://www.bitsbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/chapter2.pdf Abelson, Ledeen, Lewis, Blown to Bits, Chapter 2: Naked in the Sunlight: Privacy Lost, Privacy Abandoned]
* [http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-295.html Solveig Singleton, Privacy as Censorship (CATO)]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/26/business/media/26privacy.html Noam Cohen, It’s Tracking Your Every Move and You May Not Even Know (NYTimes, March 26, 2011)]

==Optional Readings==

* [http://www.onthemedia.org/episodes/2010/04/02/segments/152890 NPR On the Media Story "Anonymous Justice"]
* [http://www.danah.org/papers/talks/2010/SXSW2010.html "Making Sense of Privacy and Publicity." Transcript of talk given by Danah Boyd at SXSW. Austin, Texas, March 13, 2010]
* [https://www.socialtext.net/codev2/privacy Lawrence Lessig, Code 2.0: Privacy]
* http://paranoia.dubfire.net/2009/12/8-million-reasons-for-real-surveillance.html
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_flesh_search_engine
</onlyinclude>

== Class Discussion ==

== Links ==

Internet and Democracy

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RobF:

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<big>'''Syllabus'''</big>
{| border="0" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4" style="background:#eeeeff; text-align: left;"
|
* [[Politics and Technology of Control: Introduction|Jan 24]]
* [[Paradigms for Studying the Internet|Jan 31]]
* [[Regulating Speech Online|Feb 7]]
* [[New Economic Models|Feb 14]]
* [[Peer Production and Collaboration |Feb 21]]
* [[Copyright in Cyberspace |Feb 28]]
* [[New and Old Media, Participation, and Information |Mar 6]]
* Mar 13 - ''No class''
|
* [[Collective Action and Decision-making |Mar 20]]
* [[Internet and Democracy |Mar 27]]
* [[Control and Code: Privacy Online |Apr 3]]
* [[Internet and Democracy: The Sequel |Apr 10]]
* [[Internet Infrastructure and Regulation |Apr 17]]
* [[The Wikileaks Case |Apr 24]]
* [[Cybersecurity and Cyberwarfare|May 1]]
* [[Final Project|May 8]] - ''No class''
|}
<br clear="right" />
</div>
'''March 27'''

Digital tools are seen as playing a major part in political activities and revolutions around the world from the Green Revolution in Iran to the recent events in the Middle East and North Africa. In this class, we'll explore the role of the Internet in political organizing, social movements and popular protests, and the potential impact of digital tools on governance.

<onlyinclude>
== Readings ==
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/14/world/middleeast/14egypt-tunisia-protests.html?_r=2&hp A Tunisian-Egyptian Link That Shook Arab History]

* [http://ejournalism.co.uk/?p=739 Clay Shirky on social media in the Middle East and North Africa]

* [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/sites/cyber.law.harvard.edu/files/Mapping_the_Arabic_Blogosphere_0.pdf Etling, Kelly, Faris and Palfrey, Mapping the Arabic Blogosphere: Politics, Culture and Dissent]

== Additional Resources ==

* [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/publications/2008/Mapping_Irans_Online_Public Bruce Etling and John Kelly, Mapping Iran's Online Public]

* [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/publications/2010/Public_Discourse_Russian_Blogosphere Etling, Alexanyan, Kelly, Faris, Palfrey, and Gasser, Public Discourse in the Russian Blogosphere: Mapping RuNet Politics and Mobilization]

* [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/publications/2008/Digitally_Networked_Technology_Kenyas_Post-Election_Crisis Josh Goldstein and Juliana Rotich, Digitally Networked Technology in Kenya's 2007-2008 Post-Election Crisis].

* [http://fletcher.tufts.edu/forum/archives/pdfs/32-2pdfs/Faris-Etling_32-2.pdf Faris, Etling, Madison and the Smart Mob: The Promise and Limitations of the Internet for Democracy]

</onlyinclude>

== Class Discussion ==

== Links ==

Collective Action and Decision-making

2012-01-12T13:55:19Z

RobF:

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<big>'''Syllabus'''</big>
{| border="0" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4" style="background:#eeeeff; text-align: left;"
|
* [[Politics and Technology of Control: Introduction|Jan 24]]
* [[Paradigms for Studying the Internet|Jan 31]]
* [[Regulating Speech Online|Feb 7]]
* [[New Economic Models|Feb 14]]
* [[Peer Production and Collaboration |Feb 21]]
* [[Copyright in Cyberspace |Feb 28]]
* [[New and Old Media, Participation, and Information |Mar 6]]
* Mar 13 - ''No class''
|
* [[Collective Action and Decision-making |Mar 20]]
* [[Internet and Democracy |Mar 27]]
* [[Control and Code: Privacy Online |Apr 3]]
* [[Internet and Democracy: The Sequel |Apr 10]]
* [[Internet Infrastructure and Regulation |Apr 17]]
* [[The Wikileaks Case |Apr 24]]
* [[Cybersecurity and Cyberwarfare|May 1]]
* [[Final Project|May 8]] - ''No class''
|}
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'''March 20'''

Mass collaboration and the aggregation of information enable potentially profound changes in business and politics. In this class, we will compare and contrast the transformations in economic life and collective decision-making processes brought on the information revolution. The discussions will also explore the role of open information systems on business and the scope for greater transparency and participation in government, politics and public life.

==Assignments==

[[Assignments#Assignment_3:_Project_Outline|Assignment 3 due]]

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== Readings ==
* James Surowiecki, [http://www.randomhouse.com/features/wisdomofcrowds/excerpt.html Wisdom of Crowds (excerpt)]
**[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/22/books/review/0523books-mclemee.html?ex=1400644800&en=43bc95eb638bfed2&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND NYT Review]

* [http://ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1125 Ethan Zuckerman's blog review of Infotopia] Great summary of the issues in the book.

== Optional Readings ==

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federalist_Papers Federalist Papers] published under the pseudonym Publius.
* [http://www.blogpulse.com/papers/2005/AdamicGlanceBlogWWW.pdf Divided They Blog] - a paper showing trackbacks between political blogs, mentioned by Ethan Zuckerman in his review of Cass Sunstein's Infotopia
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== Class Discussion ==

== Links ==

New and Old Media, Participation, and Information

2012-01-12T13:54:57Z

RobF:

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<big>'''Syllabus'''</big>
{| border="0" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4" style="background:#eeeeff; text-align: left;"
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* [[Politics and Technology of Control: Introduction|Jan 24]]
* [[Paradigms for Studying the Internet|Jan 31]]
* [[Regulating Speech Online|Feb 7]]
* [[New Economic Models|Feb 14]]
* [[Peer Production and Collaboration |Feb 21]]
* [[Copyright in Cyberspace |Feb 28]]
* [[New and Old Media, Participation, and Information |Mar 6]]
* Mar 13 - ''No class''
|
* [[Collective Action and Decision-making |Mar 20]]
* [[Internet and Democracy |Mar 27]]
* [[Control and Code: Privacy Online |Apr 3]]
* [[Internet and Democracy: The Sequel |Apr 10]]
* [[Internet Infrastructure and Regulation |Apr 17]]
* [[The Wikileaks Case |Apr 24]]
* [[Cybersecurity and Cyberwarfare|May 1]]
* [[Final Project|May 8]] - ''No class''
|}
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</div>
'''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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==Readings==
* John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney, [http://www.thenation.com/article/death-and-life-great-american-newspapers The Life and Death of Great American Newspapers]
* [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/sites/cyber.law.harvard.edu/files/Overview_MR.pdf Media Re:public Overview] - Read at least the executive summary
* [https://secure.nmmstream.net/anon.newmediamill/aspen/kcfinalenglishbookweb.pdf Knight Commission Report on Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy] - Read at least the executive summary, recommendations and conclusions
* Nieman Journalism Lab, [http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/06/four-crowdsourcing-lessons-from-the-guardians-spectacular-expenses-scandal-experiment/ Four crowdsourcing lessons from the Guardian’s (spectacular) expenses-scandal experiment]
* [http://sunlightfoundation.com/ Sunlight Foundation website] - just look around the site to see what they are up to
* Pennenberg, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/28/AR2011012803042.html WikiLeaks' Julian Assange: 'Anarchist,' 'agitator,' 'arrogant' and a journalist]

== Optional Readings ==

* [http://www.ftc.gov/opp/workshops/news/jun15/docs/new-staff-discussion.pdf FTC Staff Discussion Draft, Potential Policy Recommendations to Support the Reinvention of Journalism] - just skim it
* Leonard Downie, Jr., and Michael Schudson, [http://www.cjr.org/reconstruction/the_reconstruction_of_american.php?page=all The Reconstruction of American Journalism]
* [http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wemedia/book/index.csp We The Media, Dan Gillmor] (the [http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wemedia/book/ch00.pdf Introduction] is a good start, so to speak)
* [http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2005/01/21/berk_essy.html Jay Rosen, Bloggers vs. Journalists Is Over]
* [http://www.ted.com/talks/clay_shirky_how_cellphones_twitter_facebook_can_make_history.html Shirky on Social Media]
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== Class Discussion ==

== Links from Class ==

Copyright in Cyberspace

2012-01-12T13:54:29Z

RobF:

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<big>'''Syllabus'''</big>
{| border="0" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4" style="background:#eeeeff; text-align: left;"
|
* [[Politics and Technology of Control: Introduction|Jan 24]]
* [[Paradigms for Studying the Internet|Jan 31]]
* [[Regulating Speech Online|Feb 7]]
* [[New Economic Models|Feb 14]]
* [[Peer Production and Collaboration |Feb 21]]
* [[Copyright in Cyberspace |Feb 28]]
* [[New and Old Media, Participation, and Information |Mar 6]]
* Mar 13 - ''No class''
|
* [[Collective Action and Decision-making |Mar 20]]
* [[Internet and Democracy |Mar 27]]
* [[Control and Code: Privacy Online |Apr 3]]
* [[Internet and Democracy: The Sequel |Apr 10]]
* [[Internet Infrastructure and Regulation |Apr 17]]
* [[The Wikileaks Case |Apr 24]]
* [[Cybersecurity and Cyberwarfare|May 1]]
* [[Final Project|May 8]] - ''No class''
|}
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</div>
'''February 28'''

The Internet has enabled individuals to become involved in the production of media and to distribute their contributions widely at a very low cost. The former bastion of the entertainment industry is opening up to what many are calling a democratization of culture. The copyright doctrine of fair use seemingly bolsters the right to "recut, reframe, and recycle" previous works, but the protection fair use gives to those re-purposing copyrighted material is notoriously uncertain.

Digital and file-sharing technologies also spawned the proliferation of sharing of media and music, which has led to a number of controversial legal and technological strategies. The "notice-and-takedown" provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") allow Internet service providers to limit their liability for the copyright infringements of their users if the ISPs expeditiously remove material in response to complaints from copyright owners. The DMCA provides for counter-notice and "put-back" of removed material, but some argue that the statutory mechanism can chill innovative, constitutionally-protected speech.

This class provides an overview of some major copyright law concepts and takes up some of the issues swirling around copyright in cyberspace.

== Required Readings ==
* [http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ01.pdf U.S. Copyright Office, Copyright Basics]
* [http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#107 17 U.S.C. § 107 ("Limitations on Exclusive Rights: Fair Use")]
* [http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html#512 17 U.S.C. § 512(c) ("Information Residing on Systems or Networks at Direction of Users")]
* [http://www.free-culture.cc/freecontent/ Lawrence Lessig, Free Culture] (pp. 1-20)
* Viacom v. YouTube: [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/technology/19youtube.html?pagewanted=1&sq=viacom&st=cse&scp=2 "Viacom Says YouTube Ignored Copyrights" (M. Helft, NY Times, 3/18/2010)], [http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2010/07/what-the-viacom-vs-youtube-verdict-means-for-copyright-law183.html What the Viacom vs. YouTube Verdict Means for Copyright Law]
* Righthaven Copyright Lawsuits: [http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/mar/29/righthaven-wins-round-litigation-campaign/ Las Vegas Sun, Righthaven wins round in litigation campaign], [http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/business-notebook/2011/mar/19/righthaven-lawsuits-backfire-reduce-protections-ne/ Las Vegas Sun, Righthaven lawsuits backfire, reduce protections for newspapers], and skim [http://www.righthavenlawsuits.com/ this].
* [http://www.citmedialaw.org/sites/citmedialaw.org/files/news%20aggregation%20white%20paper.pdf The Rise of the News Aggregator: Legal Implications and Best Practices]

== Optional Readings ==
* [http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2011/02/02/super-bust-due-process-and-domain-name-seizure.html Super Bust: Due Process and Domain Name Seizure]
* [http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/comics1 Creative Commons: A Spectrum of Rights (comic)]
* [http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/resources/publications/recut_reframe_recycle/ Center for Social Media, Recut, Reframe, Recyle] (full report optional)
* [http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=8647956476676426155&q=545+U.S.+913&hl=en&as_sdt=2002 MGM v. Grokster, 545 U.S. 913 (2005)] (Sec. II, pp. 928 - 937)
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/09/nyregion/09potter.html?_r=1 "Rowling Wins Lawsuit Against Potter Lexicon" (J. Eligon, NY Times, 9/8/08)]
* [http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/16/830/index.html New York Times Bits Blog: Mixing It Up Over Remixes and Fair Use]
* [http://www.eff.org/files/20030926_unsafe_harbors.pdf EFF, Unsafe Harbors: Abusive DMCA Subpoenas and Takedown Demands]
* [http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/03/15/concrete-steps-congress-can-take-protect-americas-intellectual-property The White House Blog: Concrete Steps Congress Can Take to Protect America's Intellectual Property]
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== Class Discussion ==

== Links ==

Peer Production and Collaboration

2012-01-12T13:54:14Z

RobF:

<div class="editsection noprint editlink plainlinksneverexpand" align="right" style="float: right; margin: 5px; background:#eeeeff; color:#111111; border: 4px solid #dddddd; text-align: center;">
<big>'''Syllabus'''</big>
{| border="0" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4" style="background:#eeeeff; text-align: left;"
|
* [[Politics and Technology of Control: Introduction|Jan 24]]
* [[Paradigms for Studying the Internet|Jan 31]]
* [[Regulating Speech Online|Feb 7]]
* [[New Economic Models|Feb 14]]
* [[Peer Production and Collaboration |Feb 21]]
* [[Copyright in Cyberspace |Feb 28]]
* [[New and Old Media, Participation, and Information |Mar 6]]
* Mar 13 - ''No class''
|
* [[Collective Action and Decision-making |Mar 20]]
* [[Internet and Democracy |Mar 27]]
* [[Control and Code: Privacy Online |Apr 3]]
* [[Internet and Democracy: The Sequel |Apr 10]]
* [[Internet Infrastructure and Regulation |Apr 17]]
* [[The Wikileaks Case |Apr 24]]
* [[Cybersecurity and Cyberwarfare|May 1]]
* [[Final Project|May 8]] - ''No class''
|}
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</div>
'''February 21'''

The free software movement is one example of a trend towards distributed volunteer networks of individuals collaborating on collective projects that were formerly the domain of the for-profit private sector. In this session, we explore how far such peer production can go in redefining the economic and social structures of modern society.

<onlyinclude>
==Assignments==

[[Assignments#Assignment_2:_Prospectus|Assignment 2]] due

==Readings==
* Yochai Benkler, [http://mitworld.mit.edu/play/394/ News, Information and the Wealth of Networks] (watch from 8:32 to 26:07)

* Joseph Reagle, [http://reagle.org/joseph/2010/06/reagle-nrhm-special-collab-norms.html ”Be Nice”: Wikipedia Norms for Supportive Communication]

== Additional Resources==
Joseph Reagle's book: [http://reagle.org/joseph/2010/gfc/ Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia]

The following audio streams from NPR may be interesting:
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4986453 Wikipedia, Open Source and the Future of the Web]
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6051103 Wikipedia Wins Users and Critics by Jenny Lawton]
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4506421 Wikipedia's Growth Comes with Concerns by Laura Sydell]
</onlyinclude>

== Class Discussion ==

== Links ==

New Economic Models

2012-01-12T13:53:38Z

RobF:

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<big>'''Syllabus'''</big>
{| border="0" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4" style="background:#eeeeff; text-align: left;"
|
* [[Politics and Technology of Control: Introduction|Jan 24]]
* [[Paradigms for Studying the Internet|Jan 31]]
* [[Regulating Speech Online|Feb 7]]
* [[New Economic Models|Feb 14]]
* [[Peer Production and Collaboration |Feb 21]]
* [[Copyright in Cyberspace |Feb 28]]
* [[New and Old Media, Participation, and Information |Mar 6]]
* Mar 13 - ''No class''
|
* [[Collective Action and Decision-making |Mar 20]]
* [[Internet and Democracy |Mar 27]]
* [[Control and Code: Privacy Online |Apr 3]]
* [[Internet and Democracy: The Sequel |Apr 10]]
* [[Internet Infrastructure and Regulation |Apr 17]]
* [[The Wikileaks Case |Apr 24]]
* [[Cybersecurity and Cyberwarfare|May 1]]
* [[Final Project|May 8]] - ''No class''
|}
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</div>
'''February 14'''

The rise of the networked economy is changing economic possibilities around the world. From the call centers in India to eBay and the new Internet entrepreneurs, there are many signs that suggest a flatter world fueled by innovative production and marketing strategies. In this session, we will explore the promise and reality of the changing economic tides associated with rising Internet use including those marketing to the long tail and the new oligopolists.

<onlyinclude>

==Readings==

* Wikipedia, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-com_bubble Dot-com Bubble]
* Chris Anderson, [http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.10/tail.html The Long Tail]
* Kevin Kelly, [http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/01/better_than_fre.php Better than Free]
* Eric von Hippel:
** The Economics of Open Content Symposium: New Models of Creative Production in the Digital Age Collaboration and the Marketplace - '''Video stream of the 30-minute presentation: [http://forum-network.org/lecture/boston-ideas-2005-eric-von-hippel new improved link!]''' (requires [http://real.com/ RealPlayer]). See below for alternate links to the presentation in video and audio format.
** [http://web.mit.edu/evhippel/www/books/DI/Chapter8.pdf Democratizing Innovation, Chapter 8: Adapting Policy to User Innovation]

== Additional Resources==
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Tail "Wikipedia Long Tail"]
* Free by Chris Anderson[http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?]
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* Larry Lessig's [http://codev2.cc/ Code 2.0]

== Class Discussion ==
== Links ==

Regulating Speech Online

2012-01-12T13:53:24Z

RobF:

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<big>'''Syllabus'''</big>
{| border="0" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4" style="background:#eeeeff; text-align: left;"
|
* [[Politics and Technology of Control: Introduction|Jan 24]]
* [[Paradigms for Studying the Internet|Jan 31]]
* [[Regulating Speech Online|Feb 7]]
* [[New Economic Models|Feb 14]]
* [[Peer Production and Collaboration |Feb 21]]
* [[Copyright in Cyberspace |Feb 28]]
* [[New and Old Media, Participation, and Information |Mar 6]]
* Mar 13 - ''No class''
|
* [[Collective Action and Decision-making |Mar 20]]
* [[Internet and Democracy |Mar 27]]
* [[Control and Code: Privacy Online |Apr 3]]
* [[Internet and Democracy: The Sequel |Apr 10]]
* [[Internet Infrastructure and Regulation |Apr 17]]
* [[The Wikileaks Case |Apr 24]]
* [[Cybersecurity and Cyberwarfare|May 1]]
* [[Final Project|May 8]] - ''No class''
|}
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</div>
'''February 7'''

The Internet has the potential to revolutionize public discourse. It is a profoundly democratizing force. Instead of large media companies and corporate advertisers controlling the channels of speech, anyone with an Internet connection can "become a town crier with a voice that resonates farther than it could from any soapbox." Reno v. ACLU, 521 U.S. 884, 896-97 (1997). Internet speakers can reach vast audiences of readers, viewers, researchers, and buyers that stretch across real space borders, or they can concentrate on niche audiences that share a common interest or geographical location. What's more, with the rise of web 2.0, speech on the Internet has truly become a conversation, with different voices and viewpoints mingling together to create a single "work."

With this great potential, however, comes new questions. What happens when anyone can publish to a national (and global) audience with virtually no oversight? How can a society protect its children from porn and its inboxes from spam? Does defamation law apply to online publishers in the same way it applied to newspapers and other traditional print publications? Is online anonymity part of a noble tradition in political discourse stretching back to the founding fathers or the electronic equivalent of graffiti on the bathroom wall? In this class, we will look at how law and social norms are struggling to adapt to this new electronic terrain.

<onlyinclude>
==Assignments==

[[Assignments#Assignment_1:_Wikipedia|Assignment 1]] due

== Readings ==

* [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1625820 David Ardia, Free Speech Savior or Shield for Scoundrels: An Empirical Study of Intermediary Immunity Under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act] (Parts I & II)
* [http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode47/usc_sec_47_00000230----000-.html Communications Decency Act § 230]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/technology/companies/25google.html Larger Threat is Seen in Google Case NYT]
* [http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/national-news/portfolio/2009/02/11/Two-Lawyers-Fight-Cyber-Bullying/index.html David Margolick, "Slimed Online," Portfolio.com, February 11, 2009, read all]
* [http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/a-friendly-exchange-about-the-future-of-online-liability.ars John Palfrey and Adam Thierer, "Dialogue: The Future of Online Obscenity and Social Networks," Ars Technica, March 5, 2009, read all]

== Optional Readings ==

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reno_v._American_Civil_Liberties_Union Wikipedia on Reno v. ACLU].
* [http://www.socialtext.net/codev2/index.cgi?free_speech Lawrence Lessig, Code 2.0, Chapter 12: Free Speech]
* [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1689865 David Ardia, Reputation in a Networked World: Revisiting the Social Foundations of Defamation Law] (Part III)
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==Class Discussion ==

== Links from Class ==

Paradigms for Studying the Internet

2012-01-12T13:53:06Z

RobF:

<div class="editsection noprint editlink plainlinksneverexpand" align="right" style="float: right; margin: 5px; background:#eeeeff; color:#111111; border: 4px solid #dddddd; text-align: center;">
<big>'''Syllabus'''</big>
{| border="0" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4" style="background:#eeeeff; text-align: left;"
|
* [[Politics and Technology of Control: Introduction|Jan 24]]
* [[Paradigms for Studying the Internet|Jan 31]]
* [[Regulating Speech Online|Feb 7]]
* [[New Economic Models|Feb 14]]
* [[Peer Production and Collaboration |Feb 21]]
* [[Copyright in Cyberspace |Feb 28]]
* [[New and Old Media, Participation, and Information |Mar 6]]
* Mar 13 - ''No class''
|
* [[Collective Action and Decision-making |Mar 20]]
* [[Internet and Democracy |Mar 27]]
* [[Control and Code: Privacy Online |Apr 3]]
* [[Internet and Democracy: The Sequel |Apr 10]]
* [[Internet Infrastructure and Regulation |Apr 17]]
* [[The Wikileaks Case |Apr 24]]
* [[Cybersecurity and Cyberwarfare|May 1]]
* [[Final Project|May 8]] - ''No class''
|}
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</div>
'''January 31'''

Before we can even begin exploring the who's, what's, and why's -- we need to answer the critical question of '''how.''' Indeed, the phrase "studying the web" could embrace a staggering world of possible routes to explore, even before beginning to examine its relationship with society and culture. We need something to guide us through this massive field of (very interesting!) foxholes, and link the ideas we encounter into a consistent piece. We need some kind of structure to allow us to ''understand'' what we are looking at, the same way a chemist thinks of things in terms of atoms and molecules, or a philosopher can think about things in terms of schools of thought.

This class will explore different frameworks for studying the web, which will structure both the discussion and topic matter covered in the course, as well as the methodology that you should apply to your assignments.

<onlyinclude>
== Readings ==

* [http://www.benkler.org/Benkler_Wealth_Of_Networks_Chapter_11.pdf Yochai Benkler, The Wealth of Networks] (Read pages 379-396. The rest of this chapter expands the discussions of each layer in more detail, if you want to read more about them)

* [http://yupnet.org/zittrain/archives/13 Jonathan Zittrain, The Future of the Internet, Chapter 4,The Generative Pattern]

* [https://www.socialtext.net/codev2/what_things_regulate Lawrence Lessig, Code 2.0, Chapter 7, What Things Regulate]
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== Optional Readings ==

== Videos Watched in Class ==

== Links ==

For people interested in a more technical primer on the architecture of the web, how email works, etc. check out ethan zuckerman and andrew mclaughlin's [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/digitaldemocracy/internetarchitecture.html Introduction to Internet Architecture and Institutions]

== Class Discussion ==