[Air-L] advice on course readings

[Thomas Ball]

I would add David Hakken's Cyborgs at Cyberspace...

Thomas Ball

On Wed, Oct 19, 2016 at 12:06 PM, Alejandro Tortolini <alemtor at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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