[Air-l] key terms/concepts for understanding the web

[Louise Ferguson]

Accessibility
User Experience
Interactive Learning
The Semantic Web
Navigation
Copyright (related to your theme of Authorship)
E-participation (voting, referendums and other effects on political process)
Mass communication (health, e-government etc.)
Peer-to-Peer (related to your theme of Community, but also in the context 
of 'professional')
International governance
Digital divide

(terms such as Hypertext and Multimedia superceded)

Louise Ferguson



> >
> > "swiss at uiowa" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi, all,
> > >
> > > Am considering a new edition of a book I edited a few years ago for NYU
>Press: UNSPUN.
> > > The book looked at key terms/concepts/tropes in re: the web.
> > > In chapters written specifically for this text, the authors explored the
>key terms and concepts -- gender, community, and so on -- that help shape
>our understanding of the World Wide Web and its wide-ranging influence on
>contemporary culture.
> > > Each chapter highlighted for students both continuities and conflicts in
>the meanings of the Web by focusing on the language surrounding key terms.
>In doing so, the book  asked: what are we talking about when we talk about
>the Web?
> > >
> > > Below: the TOC. What I'm wondering about is this: what key terms do you
>all see as missing from this list? Clearly there are many. But developing
>such a list would be helpful to me, and I'd appreciate your feedback on what
>terms should be added, along with essays of about 20 pages on the terms?
> > >
> > > thanks for yr help. Contact me at <thomas-swiss at uiowa.edu>
> > >
> > > best, Thom
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------------------
> > > TABLE OF CONTENTS
> > >
> > > Introduction:  Unspun: The Web, Language, and Society
> > >
> > > 1.  Community
> > >         Jodi Dean
> > > 2.  Identity
> > >         Jay Bolter
> > > 3.  Gender
> > >         Cynthia Fuchs
> > > 4.  Race
> > >             Lisa Nakamura
> > > 5.  Political Economy
> > >         Vincent Mosco
> > > 6.  Cyberspace
> > >         Rob Shields
> > > 7. Governance
> > >         Timothy Luke
> > > 8.  Ideology
> > >         John Sloop
> > > 9.  Performance
> > >         Dawn Dietrich
> > >
> > > 10.  Hypertext
> > >         Matthew Kirschenbaum
> > > 11. Narrative
> > >         Joseph Tabbi
> > > 12. Authorship
> > >         Russell Potter
> > > 13.  Multimedia
> > >         Sean Cubitt
> > >
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