Week 2

<BODY bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <H2>Week 2 - Jan 26/28 </H2> <A HREF="lecture.html"><h2>What is "cyberspace"?</H2></A> <HR> <A NAME="read"></A> <H2>Readings </H2> <H3>Required:</H3> <UL> <LI>"Introduction: Identity in the Age of the Internet" in Sherry Turkle's <B><I>Life on the Screen</I></B> <LI> "Introduction" to Howard Rheingold's <B><I>The Virtual Community</I></b> <LI> "The Judgement of Thamus" in Neil Postman's <B><i>Technopoly</I></b> </UL> <H3>Recommended:</H3> <UL> <LI>"Introduction" to <I><B>Cyberspace: First Steps</B></I> by Benedikt, 1993. <LI>"The Electronic Vernacular" by Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, in <I><B>Connected</I></B> edited by George Marcus, University of Chicago Press, 1996 (Vol 3 in the <B>Late Editions Series</B>). <LI> "A Primer on How to Work With the Usenet Community" by Chuq Von Rospach, 1995. Posted to <I>news.misc., news.answers</I>. <LI><B><I>being digital</I></B> by Nicholas Negroponte, 1995. <LI> "The Global Matrix of Minds" by John S. Quarterman, 1993, in <B><I>Global Networks</I></B> edited by Linda Harasim. </UL> <HR> <A NAME="browse"></A> <H2>Browse</H2> <UL> <LI> <A HREF="http://www.algonet.se/~danj/gibson1.html" target="_top">William Gibson</a> invented the term "cyberspace" in his novel <B><i>Neuromancer</i></b> in 1984. <LI> <A HREF="http://www.well.com/user/hlr/texts/mindtomind/turkleint2.html" target="_top"> an interview with Sherry Turkle by Howard Rheingold</A> at http://www.well.com/user/hlr/texts/mindtomind/turkle.html <LI> <A HREF="http://www.group-mind.com/educom/conf/97/webcast.html" target="_top"> Sherry Turkle and John Perry Barlow speak at Educom97</A> (streaming video) at http://www.group-mind.com/educom/conf/97/webcast.html <LI><A HREF="http://www.nyu.edu/classes/bkg/electronic.html" target="_top"> The Electronic Vernacular</A> by Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, 1993, at http://www.nyu.edu/classes/bkg/electronic.html <LI> <A HREF="http://www.columbia.edu/~hauben/" target="_top"> WayStation for all Netizens</A> at http://www.columbia.edu/~hauben/ <LI> <A HREF="http://ds.internic.net/cgi-bin/tochtml/0intro.dirofdirs/" target="_top"> InterNIC Directory of Directories</A> at http://ds.internic.net/cgi-bin/tochtml/0intro.dirofdirs/ </UL> <HR> <A NAME="assign"></A> <H2>Assignment</H2> Hand in your essay in response to questions in session1's assignment. Be prepared to discuss your thoughts in class on Jan 28. <HR> <A HREF="http://lrw.net/impacts" target="_top">Top Page</A> </BODY>