[Air-L] Histories of public perception of the internet?

[Peter Gloviczki]

Dear David,

This paper by James Carey might be of interest to your question:

 Carey, J. W. (2005). Historical pragmatism and the internet. New
Media & Society, 7(4), 443-455.

 Kindly, Peter


On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 9:57 AM, David Brake <davidbrake at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Dear all,
>
> Any recommendations for histories of how the public perception of the internet has changed? I was reminded by Eszter Hargittai recently (who circulated this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m4KZHDVWRE&feature=youtu.be) how the internet was once viewed unproblematically as a great place to get information. Then (thanks to Howard Rheingold) as a place where likeminded people could find each other. Then disillusionment set in (was it that Rimm Cyberporn paper http://www.columbia.edu/cu/21stC/issue-1.2/Cyber.htm that started it?). Now there's a long laundry list of reasons why we try to keep kids off it.
>
> This is just my recollection though - has anyone written a paper or book that tackles all the twists and turns?
>
> PS There's a great, readable and teachable paper:
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> Cassell, J. and M. Cramer (2007) "High Tech or High Risk: Moral Panics About Girls Online" in Digital Young, Innovation, and the Unexpected, pp. 53-75. http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/dmal.9780262633598.053
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> which goes all the way back to Victorian concern about the intrusiveness of the telegraph but it's a focused critique of sexual predator discourses about the internet rather than a broader history.
>
> Regards,
>
> David
>
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