Week 1

<BODY bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <H2>Week 1 - Jan 21 <BR> Overview and Introduction</H2> <P> <A HREF="tut/history.html">A brief history of the Internet</A> <BR><A HREF="tut/structur.html">How does the Internet work?</A> <BR><A HREF="tut/global-d.gif">Domain Names Country Codes</A> <BR><A HREF="tut/connecti.gif">Global Connectivity map</A> <BR><A HREF="tut/access.html">What you need to Get Access</A> <BR><A HREF="tut/what.html">What will you find on the Net?</A> <P> <b>1. There are two required texts for the course:</b> <P> <UL> <LI><i><B>Life on the Screen</B></i>, Sherry Turkle <LI><i><B>The Virtual Community</B></i>, Howard Rheingold </UL> <P> These have been put on reserve in the library. They have also been ordered for this class by the university bookstore. <P> <B>2. Weekly readings</b> are available either online or on reserve in the library, or in the department when possible. Electronic addresses are included in this syllabus. <P> <B>3. Students will also need a general guide on using the Internet.</B> <BR> Make sure the one you get contains information on email, ftp, gopher, the World Wide Web. I recommend the following: <UL> <LI> Brendan Kehoe's <i><B>Zen and the Art of the Internet</b></i>. It has been ordered for this class by the bookstore. The first edition (1992) is available online at <A HREF="http://sundance.cso.uiuc.edu/Publications/Other/Zen/zen-l.0_toc.html" target="_top"> http://sundance.cso.uiuc.edu/Publications/Other/Zen/zen-l.0_toc.html</A>. <LI> Ed Krol's <I><B>The Whole Internet</B></I> <LI> John Frost's <B><I>The Cyberpoet's Guide to Virtual Culture</I></B> at <A HREF="http://homepage.seas.upenn.edu/~mengwong/cyber/cgvc1.html" target="_top"> http://homepage.seas.upenn.edu/~mengwong/cyber/cgvc1.html</A> </UL> <P> <B>4. This syllabus is subject to change when necessary. </B> <HR> <A NAME="read"></A> <H2>Reading</H2> <P> <H3>Required:</H3> <I>A Short History of the Internet</I> by Bruce Sterling, 1993, located at <A HREF="http://w3.aces.uiuc.edu/AIM/scale/nethistory.html" target="_top"> http://w3.aces.uiuc.edu/AIM/scale/nethistory.html</A> <P> <H3>Recommended:</H3> <UL> <LI> <I>The Social Forces Behind the Development of Usenet</I> by Michael Hauben, chapter 3 in his book <B><I>Netizens</I></B>, 1997. The article was originally published in <B>The Amateur Computerist</b>, Volume 5 No.1-2, Winter-Spring 1993. How to access back issue of ACN is explained at <A HREF="http://www.columbia.edu/~hauben/acn/" target="_top"> http://www.columbia.edu/~hauben/acn/</A>. <P> <LI> <i>Controlling Dissemination Mechanisms: The Unstamped Press and the 'Net</I> by Marc Demarest at <A HREF="http://www.hevanet.com/demarest/marc/unstamped.html" target="_top"> http://www.hevanet.com/demarest/marc/unstamped.html</A> <P> <LI><B><I>Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet</i></b> by Katie Hafner and Matthew Lyon, Simon & Schuster 1996. </UL> <HR> <A NAME="browse"> <H2>Browse</H2></A> <UL> <LI> Hobbes' Internet Timeline at <A HREF="http://info.isoc.org/guest/zakon/Internet/History/HIT.html" target="_top"> http://info.isoc.org/guest/zakon/Internet/History/HIT.html</A> <LI> Community Memory -- History of Cyberspace at <A HREF="http://www.reach.com/matrix/community-memory.html" target="_top"> http://www.reach.com/matrix/community-memory.html</A> <LI> History of Internet Protocols at CERN <A HREF="http://wwwcn.cern.ch/pdp/ns/ben/TCPHIST.html" target="_top"> http://wwwcn.cern.ch/pdp/ns/ben/TCPHIST.html</A> <LI> History of the Internet at <A HREF="http://www.ccit.arizona.edu/internet/inthist.html" target="_top"> http://www.ccit.arizona.edu/internet/inthist.html</A> <LI> Media History Project at <A HREF="http://www.mediahistory.com" target="_top"> http://www.mediahistory.com</A> <LI> The GNU Project at <A HREF="http://www.gnu.ai.mit.edu" target="_top"> http://www.gnu.ai.mit.edu</A> <LI> Internet Society at <A HREF="http://www.isoc.org" target="_top"> http://www.isoc.org</A> </UL> <HR> <A NAME="assign"> <H2>Assignment</H2></A> Based on the assigned reading and recommended browsing, think about these questions: <UL> <LI>Who invented the internet? <LI>Who owns the internet? <LI>Who runs the internet? <LI>who uses the Internet? <LI>Where is the internet located? <LI>What is new about the Internet? </UL> Write down your thoughts in a short essay that is to be handed in Monday Feb 2. Be prepared to discuss your answers in class that day. <HR> <A HREF="http://lrw.net/impacts" target="_top">Top Page</A> </BODY>