Article Assignments
Here are the assignments for research articles. You are not bound to the titles
initially proposed or listed here. If I haven't heard from you yet, please send me
an article proposal as soon as possible.
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Lisaane Davis, Betsy Diamant-Cohen, Jean Donnell
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An article on some aspect of pornography as an approach to Internet culture.
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Du Raun Epps
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"After Napster"--digital music and music trading in the new century.
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Charlie Gamble
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"J. Edgar Hoover, Meet L. Ron Hubbard"--implications of the Church
of Scientology's battle against the FBI for digital subcultures and
society in general. Or as the author put it: "Scientology vs the Internet (or at least the perceived freedom of the Net) with the FBI acting as the church's agent in pursuing its enemies (maybe an appropriate subtitle should be 'Strange Bedfellows')."
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Julie Ann Halick
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"I've Never Met My Teacher"--Home schooling as a test case for application
of information technologies.
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Laurie Hare
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"Cookies and Other Monsters"--issues concerning privacy in on-line and otherwise mediated
life.
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J. Haulsee
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"Intellectual Property in Online Education: Who 'Owns' the Content?"--current practices and predicted trends in the ownership of academic work and what it means to the concept of academic freedom and intellectual property.
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Jewel Kerr Jackson
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The Internet and the "First War of the 21st Century:" implications for national security,
terrorism, and personal freedom.
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Greg Leatham
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"The Digital Divide"--economic and social consequences of the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act.
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Linda Pacylowski
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"Youth Gone Wild"--investigating the effects of networks and digital media
on children and adolescents.
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Brad Petty
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"I'm Not a Human Being But I Play One on TV"--computer-generated imagery and
popular entertainment.
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Dave Reiss
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"Biological Convergence"--the possibilities for further info-tech revolution in
nanotechnology and (physical) human-computer interfaces.
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Jennifer Reitz
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"The Love That Dare Not Name Its Price"--the Internet considered as a venue for pornography
(of many kinds?).
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Jay Riggin
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"On-Line Learning After the Meltdown"--the fate of the technology-enhanced learning industry
after the e-commerce bubble; does any hope survive? have strategies changed?
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Gerald Windley
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"Game Time"--on computer game culture and the emergence of a major entertainment
and culture industry.
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