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Cultural History of the Internet

Cultural History of the Internet

a course at Johns Hopkins University

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    • A1 Consumption: Your Futurist Internet
    • A2 Identity: Bulletin Board Systems
    • A3 Regulation: Walled Gardens
    • A4 Representation: Search Engine Analysis
    • A5 Production: Archaeology of a Geocities Site
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Author: ciarac12

November 11, 2020 Memes

“Cursed” Emojis

Emojis were first invented by Shigetaka Kurita in 1999 Japan and became popularly used in the West during the 2010s

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October 28, 2020 Walled Gardens

“RIP Tumblr”: the 2018 NSFW ban

Tumblr is a microblogging & social media website created by David Karp in 2007. It’s a place where people can

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October 8, 2020 Web Design

eBay in 1999 vs. 2011

Ecommerce has become a staple part of modern life due to big retail companies like Amazon and StubHub being an

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September 25, 2020 Bulletin Board Systems

Toronto BBS: Dark Realms

In the 1990s, before the Internet was mainstream, bulletin board systems (BBS) were king. With just a computer and a

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September 16, 2020 Uncategorized

Before the Internet: Visual Art

            Humans have been creating visual art for centuries and there’s no one confirmed evolutionary reason why we do it.

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