[Air-L] advice on course readings

[Aaron Hung]

Check out:

Castells, M. (2001). *The Internet galaxy: Reflections on the Internet,
business, and society*. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 9:01 AM, Nathaniel Poor <natpoor at gmail.com> wrote:

> Rheingold’s “The Virtual Community” may be useful, it’s also free online
> which students always appreciate.
> http://www.rheingold.com/vc/book/ <http://www.rheingold.com/vc/book/>
>
> That link has the TOC, you’ll have to see which chapters if any serve your
> purposes.
>
> If you really want historical antecedents, you should include the
> telegraph, which means James Carey’s telegraph chapter from Communication
> As Culture….
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_W._Carey#Communication_As_Culture <
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_W._Carey#Communication_As_Culture>
> …and also more mass press, Standage’s “The Victorian Telegraph”.
>
> You could even include failed sort-of internets, like videotex.
> Mosco, V. (1982). Pushbutton fantasies: Critical perspectives on videotex
> and information technology. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
> Kyrish, S. (2001). Lessons from a predictive history: What videotex told
> us about the World Wide Web. Convergence: The Journal of Research into New
> Media Technologies, 7(4).
>
> I am also tempted to include….
> Baym, N. (1999). Tune in, log on: Soaps, fandom, and online community. New
> York, NY: Sage.
> “Cataloging the world : Paul Otlet and the birth of the information age”
> http://www.worldcat.org/title/cataloging-the-world-paul-
> otlet-and-the-birth-of-the-information-age/oclc/861478071 <
> http://www.worldcat.org/title/cataloging-the-world-
> paul-otlet-and-the-birth-of-the-information-age/oclc/861478071>
>
>
> Of course these are my favorite things, they may not be what you are
> looking for (YMMV).
>
> -Nat
>
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> > On Oct 19, 2016, at 8:45 AM, Adriana de Souza e Silva <aasilva at ncsu.edu>
> wrote:
> >
> > All,
> >
> > I’m teaching a graduate seminar for MS and PhD students called “internet
> and society” next spring.
> >
> > I’m looking for good readings (book chapters and/or journal articles) on
> two subjects:
> > - history of asynchronous communication platforms (USENET, BBS, blogs,
> wikis, etc.)
> > - history of synchronous communication platforms (MUDs, chat
> environments, etc.)
> >
> > I find a lot of stuff on specific uses of blogs, twitter etc, but very
> little on their historical antecedents. Any suggestions would be welcome!
> >
> > Best,
> > Adriana
> > ______________________________
> > Adriana de Souza e Silva, Ph.D.
> > Associate Professor of Communication
> > Director of the Communication Rhetoric and Digital Media (CRDM) Ph.D.
> Program
> > NC State University
> > http://www.souzaesilva.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
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