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DQ: Online Tracking
I really enjoyed reading the Wall Street Journal Article, “It’s Modern Trade: Web Users Get as Much as They Give” for class on Tuesday. It was so interesting to read, since it is so relevant to our...
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Initial Proposal for my Final Paper
I am interested in understanding online communities and relationships. Specifically, I want to learn more about Internet users finding and forming communities online, making friends, and communicating...
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RB: The Controversy of Vlogging
I am going to be examining “vlogging,” and how it relates to our current culture. There are several angles of vlogging (video blogging on YouTube) that I want to examine. First, I will be looking at...
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DQ: “Anonymous: From Lulz to Collective Action”
Do anonymous’ benefits and free speech outweigh the “hater comments” they generate? Although it is clear that they have enough history, and ethics to separate from some other facets of 4chan or troll...
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DQ: “4chan’s Chaos Theory”
The author describes Christopher Poole as, “cute and wholesome as a teen idol, with wide green eyes that match the color of his shirt.” Do you think our perceptions of “trolls” like Christopher would...
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DQ: “Contain This! Leaks, whistle-blowers and the networked news ecology”
What are some other “material differences” between Internet-held documents vs. physical documents besides that of using a USB drive to hold a lot of files? Why do you think most of WikiLeaks’ material...
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DQ: “World War 3.0″
Do you think it is fair to compare controlling the Internet to a world war? Out of the four fronts to crisis the author describes (sovereignty, piracy & intellectual property, privacy, and...
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DQ: “Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Speech on Internet Freedom”
Clinton says Egypt censored the Internet so that the public could not communicate with each other. Can you imagine if the US government engaged in such practices? How do you think we would react if the...
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RB: My Giants (References for the Final Paper)
I was surprised to find so many academic resources that relate to my paper topic, but I am thrilled to have found such interesting and informative ones. Here are five: Henry Jenkin and Sam Ford’s book,...
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Revised Paper Proposal
My paper is going to discuss vlogging (video blogging) on YouTube and how it relates to our current culture. There are several aspects of vlogging I’m going to discuss throughout my paper. First, I...
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