[Air-L] advice on course readings

[Ogan, Christine L.]

And I'd add: Carolyn Marvin's "When Old Technologies were New," and Russell Neuman's "The Future of the Mass Audience." 

Chris Ogan
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Hi! Let me add Mosco, Vincent: "The digital sublime", and Hafner, Katie:
"Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet".
Best,

Alejandro.

El mié., 19 oct. 2016 a las 10:26, Aaron Hung (<aaron.chiayuanhung at gmail.com>)
escribió:

> 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
> >
> > ---------------------------
> > Nathaniel Poor, PhD
> > http://github.com/natpoor <http://github.com/natpoor>
> > http://natpoor.blogspot.com <http://natpoor.blogspot.com/>
> > http://sites.google.com/site/natpoor/ <http://sites.google.com/site/
> > natpoor/>
> > http://www.underwood-institute.org <http://underwood-institute.org/>
> >
> > > 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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