[Intro to Cyberspace]
 
 
Spring 2000
Dr. Triebwasser

IMS 110:  Introduction to Cyberspace
Schedule:  Second Half


March 14 Tuesday Prof. S. Adair:  Ideas are Free . . . Except on the Internet 
     "Selling Wine Without Bottles: The Economy of Mind on the 
     Global Net" by John Perry Barlow [at: http://www.eff.org/pub/
     Misc/Publications/John_Perry_Barlow/idea_economy.article
March 16 Thursday Prof. J Harmon:  Maps on the Web
March 28 Tuesday  
March 30 Thursday  
April 4 Tuesday Term Paper Discussion
April 6 Thursday Prof. J. Harmon:  Geographic Databases and the Web
     Mapping: Chapter 7
April 11 Tuesday Prof. D. Blitz:  Data, Information, and Knowledge in the Internet Age
April 13 Thursday Prof. S. Adair:  Self and Community in Cyberspace
     Mapping: Chapter 3
April 18 Tuesday Term Paper Preparation
April 20 Thursday Term Paper Preparation
April 25 Tuesday Sex and the Internet
     Mapping: Chapter 6 
     "Cybersex: An adult affair"
Term Paper Due
April 27 Thursday Cyberaddiction 
     Mapping: Chapter 5
May 2 Tuesday The Telecommunications Act of 1996
     "Overview of the Act"
     "The Telecommunications Act of 1996 Two Years Later"
     "Cable Rates Rising as Industry Nears End of Regulation"
     "The Great Digital Giveaway"
     "Free the Media"
     "The National Entertainment State"  (Chart)
May 4 Thursday Cyberspace and Democracy
     Mapping: Chapter 10
     "The Digital Divide"
May 9 Tuesday  Review
May 18 Thursday Final Exam    (11 am - 1 pm)

 

 [Intro to Cyberspace]