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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: jeremys728

November 14, 2020 Memes

Rickrolling: The Theme Song of the Internet

“Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around and desert you…” If you grew

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October 29, 2020 Walled Gardens

Facebook and the War on Fake News

The concept of fake news has been at the forefront of American politics since the 2016 election. One of the

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October 9, 2020 Web Design

Netflix Website Design: 1999 vs 2010

Netflix was founded on August 29th, 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph. The first documentation of its website on

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September 28, 2020 Bulletin Board Systems

OSUNY: By Hackers, For Hackers

The Ohio Scientific Users of New York, or OSUNY, was a dial-up BBS in the 1980’s based in Scarsdale and

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September 21, 2020 Uncategorized

Sports Websites in the Age of COVID

 March 11th, 2020 will always be known to me as the start of the pandemic in the US. This was

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