[Air-L] advice on course readings

[sally]

I second this. You can pretty much throw a dart at any Castells and it will be useful reading on this subject. 


On Oct 19, 2016, at 6:25 AM, Aaron Hung wrote:

> 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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>> Nathaniel Poor, PhD
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>> 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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