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Cultural History of the Internet

Cultural History of the Internet

a course at Johns Hopkins University

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  • Assignments
    • 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: tless99

November 16, 2020 Memes

Hide the Pain Harold and the Universality of Suppressing Emotions

In 2010, András Arató, an electrical engineer from Hungary, decided to model for a stock images photo shoot after he

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October 29, 2020 Walled Gardens

Netflix: Regulation As a Tool of Control

Netflix is the world’s pioneer and leading company for streaming services, yet users rarely think about how the company regulates

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October 9, 2020 Web Design

Chabad Lubavitch in Cyberspace: Chabad.org in 1997 vs 2010

While the Hasidic branch of Judaism is rooted in the mysticism of 18th century Eastern Europe, the Chabad-Lubavitch movement has

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September 27, 2020 Bulletin Board Systems

The Cave BBS in North Carolina

In 1992, Benj Edwards created a bulletin board system he called “The Cave.” At the time, he was eleven years

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September 18, 2020 Uncategorized

TikTok: Killing Time During a Pandemic

At the start of quarantine, I began using TikTok. Before the pandemic, I was extremely judgmental of the app and

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