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I. Introduction to Digital Culture
- Wells, H. G. World Brain:
The Idea of a Permanent World Encyclopaedia
- Rayward, Boyd. H.G. Wells¼s Idea of a World Brain: A Critical Re-Assessment
- www.mundaneum.be
- Forgotten Forefather: Paul Otlet
- Bush, Vannevar.As We May Think
- Is there a father of the internet?
- www.computerhistory.org/exhibits/internet_history/index.page
- Barlow, John Perry. A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace
- Bennahum, David. Untied Nodes of Internet - are we forming a digital nation?
- Carpenter, Brian. RFC 1958: Architectural Principles of the Internet
- Rodowick, D.N. "Audiovisual Culture and Interdisciplinary Knowledge"
- Rheingold, Howard. "Disinformocracy" in The
Virtual Community
- Hayward, Philip and Tana Wollen. "Surpassing
the Real"
- Bukatman, Scott. "Mondo
Babes & Wired Boys"
- Friedberg, Anne. "Hooked"
- Winner, Langdon. "Peter
Pan in Cyberspace"
- Winner, Langdon. "Who
Will We Be in Cyberspace?"
- Surman, M. "Wired
Words"
- www.cc.gatech.edu/classes/cs6751_97_fall/projects/follow_me/hw4
- sloan.stanford.edu/mousesite
- www.mediahistory.umn.edu/time/1960s.html
[Jan 25: no class]
II. Being Online: consensual hallucination
Dibbell, Julian. "A
Rape in Cyberspace"
III. Cyberpunk: Spacing out with Psy Fi
Gibson, William. Neuromancer
IV. Virus Culture: Meatspace, Cyberspace
Stephenson, Neal. Snow Crash
V. Rip, Mix, Burn: Digital Rights Management
Benjamin, Walter. "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproducibility"
Ambulanzen, A.S. "The Work of Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction"
VI. Net Criticism
Lovink, Geert. Dark Fiber
part 1 [chapters beginning on p. 22, 30, 42, and 68, respectively]
VII. Towards a Political Economy of Digital Culture
Lovink, Geert. Dark Fiber
part 2 [160-175: "fragments of network criticism", p. 330-379: "towards a political economy"]
VIII. Hacking and Tactical Media
Thomas, Douglas. Hacker Culture
Wark, McKenzie. "Hacker Manifesto 2.0"
- Denning, Dorothy E.
"Concerning
Hackers Who Break into Computer Systems"
- Meyer, Gordon.
"The Social
Organization of the Computer Underground"
- Meyer, Gordon and Jim Thomas.
"The Baudy
World of the Byte Bandit"
- Rheingold, Howard. "Grassroots Groupminds" in The
Virtual Community
- Ross, Andrew. "Hacking
Away at the Counter-Culture"
- Barlow, John Perry. "Crime
and Puzzlement"
- Slatalla, Michelle and Joshua Quittner. "Gang
War in Cyberspace"
- Sterling, Bruce. The
Hacker Crackdown
- Gordon, Sarah.
"The
Genetic Virus Writer II"
- Farmer, Dan and Wietse Venema.
"Improving
the Security of Your Site by Breaking Into It"
IX. Hacktivism, Surveillance, Disinformation
Levy, Stephen. Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
Denning, Dorothy E. "The Internet as a Tool for Influencing Foreign Policy
http://www.chillingeffects.org
- Wray, Stefan. "Electronic Civil Disobedience"
- Samuel, Alexandra. "Digital Disobedience"
- Rheingold, Howard. "Electronic Frontiers and On-line Activists"
in The Virtual Community
- Lessig, Laurence. "Free Culture"
- Ludlow, Peter.
High Noon on the Electronic Frontier: (esp. ch.2: "How should
we respond to exploratory hacking/cracking/phreaking?")
- Sobchack, Vivian. "New
Age Mutant Ninja Hackers"
- White, Keith. "The
Killer App"
- Niall McKay, "The Golden Age of Hacktivism"
- "Introduction to Hacktivism"
- The Hacktivist [esp. metac0m, "What Is Hacktivism? 2.0", December 2003]
- Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Center for Democracy and Technology
- Phrack
- 2600 Magazine
- NegativWorldWideWebLand
X. The Cyberoptics of Love: Digital Romance or Pixelfuck?
Chun, Wendy. Sexuality in the Age of Fiber Optics
Turkle, Sherry. Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet
XI. Computers Anonymous: Agents, Bots, A.I.
Leonard, Andrew. Bots
XII. Games and Machinima: frag that space
Poole, Steven. Trigger happy : the inner life of videogames
triggerhappy by thomson & craighead
czech it out: kill bill
help bush blast his way out of the white house
XIII. Digital Diploma Mills: Virtual Education
Turkle, Sherry. "Seeing Through Computers: Education in a Culture of Simulation"
YAHOO: Education:Instructional Technology:Online Teaching and Learning
MIT Media Lab
Old (and mean old) links - virtual visions from the past:
XIV. Networked Art, Digital Works
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