STSC 260 - Cyberculture

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University of Pennsylvania

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Distribution Course in Society. Class of 2009 & prior only. Ensmenger. Free speech, free software, MOOS, MUDs, anime and cyberpunk. All of these are elements of a braod set of social, technical and political phenomena associated with the emergence of a nascent "cyberculture". In this seminar we explore the ways in which recent developments in information technology -- the computer and the Internet in particular -- relat to changing contemporary notions of community, identity, property and gender. By looking at an eclectic collection of popular and scholarsly resources including film, fiction and the World Wide Web, we will situate the development of "cyberculture" into the larger history of the complex relationship between technology and Western society.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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