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Cultural History of the Internet

Cultural History of the Internet

a course at Johns Hopkins University

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Author: lucasseitzmiller

December 10, 2022 Uncategorized

The New York Times Online

For the New York Times, the coming of the internet could have been a death knell. Indeed, the digital age

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November 4, 2022 Uncategorized

Production: Passat Owners Group

In the 1990s, a service called GeoCities offered users the ability to create websites but with its own distinct twist:

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October 24, 2022 Search Engine Analysis

Representation: The Great Barrier Reef

The internet has provided unprecedented access to information, particularly through search engines. But instead of trawling through such a vast

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October 7, 2022 Uncategorized / Walled Gardens

Regulation: Wikipedia

By nature, all wikis—websites edited and managed by their users—are experiments in collaborative self-regulation, but few approach the scale of

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September 28, 2022 Bulletin Board Systems / Uncategorized

Identity: The Gay and Lesbian Information Bureau

Fairly few people had access to online communication in the last three decades of the 20th century, relative to today,

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September 9, 2022 Future Internet

Consumption: Broadening Media Access in the Streaming Era

As devices for consuming visual and auditory stimuli have become smaller, sharper and faster, methods of cataloging, storing, and accessing

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