[Air-L] Invitation to contribute discussion to an article entitled 'Internet History Differentiated: A Proposal

[Noel Packard]

Dear Colleagues ,

You are invitated to contribute some discussion to my latest draft article
entitled, "Internet History Differentiated: A Proposal" here:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/dhgrk647cz13kot5u5wag/Internet-History-Differentiated-A-Proposal-N-Packard-May-26-2025-copy.pdf?rlkey=5l8sbn7xwscwd1lbpljfp694k&st=07fdnx5g&dl=0

 I am proposing that social scientists begin to differentiate history into
non-Internet years (up to 1960), military/pre-Internet or Cold War years
(1960-1995) and post-Internet years (1995- onward). I write about what
hinders this (or why we don’t differentiate Internet history) and why it
would be a benefit to do so. I illustrate the article with one of my
infographics that I designed and Hannah Day crafted. The article is about
8,200 words. I would be honoured if you could write a few sentences for the
Discussion section and send them to me by June 30th 2025.

The infographic in the article is also part of a show entitled, 'Making
Internet History More Visible' which I am presenting at the New Zealand
Science Festival in July.:
https://scifest.org.nz/programme/making-internet-history-more-visible

Please feel free to send questions and discussion to
npac825 at aucklanduni.ac.nz

Kind Regards
Noel Packard PhD, BA Honors, MA, MPA, BA
(pronounced Noelle she/her)
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6589-3362