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The Internet and Politics

Agenda for Today. class business Introduction to the Internet introduce web site. The Internet and Politics. History of the Internet. Why do we need to know about the history of the Internet?. Ideas:. The Internet and Politics. Goals for Today.

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The Internet and Politics

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  1. Agenda for Today • class business • Introduction to the Internet • introduce web site The Internet and Politics

  2. History of the Internet Why do we need to know about the history of the Internet? Ideas: The Internet and Politics

  3. Goals for Today • Identify politically salient features of the Net • Understand impact of these features on online interaction • Start to develop a nuanced way of thinking about the Net’s political consequences The Internet and Politics

  4. Key concepts • Path dependence • Centralization vs. decentralization • 1-to-1, 1-to-many, many-to-1 • Synchronous vs. asynchronous communication • Online community The Internet and Politics

  5. Path dependence • decisions have unpredictable consequences • origins of the Net: • designed to survive nuclear war • no central authority: why? • expansion and modification The Internet and Politics

  6. Path dependence • QWERTY example The Internet and Politics

  7. Path dependence Lessons: • Once established, standards have staying power. • “historical lock-in” • Tech examples: VHS, Windows • Political examples: constitutions The Internet and Politics

  8. Centralize/Decentralize • Net as anarchic The Internet and Politics

  9. The Net: central organizations • ISOC (http://www.isoc.org) • IETF (http://www.ietf.org) • IESG (http://www.iesg.org) • IAB (http://www.iab.org) • ICANN (httpp://www.icann.org) • W3C (http://www.w3.org) The Internet and Politics

  10. The Net: decentralized Consequences: • continued growth of Net • political outlook of Net users • model of decision-making The Internet and Politics

  11. 1-to-many vs. Many-to-many • 1-to-many: • Mail • Books • Newspapers • Radio • TV The Internet and Politics

  12. Synchronous vs Asynchronous Synchronous: • Chat • MUDs • Gaming • chatrooms Aynchronous: • E-mail • E-mail lists • Usenet • Web sites The Internet and Politics

  13. Online community What defines community? Ideas: The Internet and Politics

  14. Online community • e-mail • Usent • Text chat • MUDs • WWW? The Internet and Politics

  15. Choosing your medium The Internet and Politics

  16. Choosing your medium • Questions: • How can your group use its assigned medium to address its issue? • What are the advantages of your medium? • What are the disadvantages? The Internet and Politics

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