HISTSCI 187 - Cybersociety

Institution:

Harvard University

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Description:

Cybersociety explores the social, cultural, moral, legal and political implications of the Internet and other recent communications technologies. Tracking the history of the Internet from a 'survivable' cold war network to a social networking tool, the class will explore how these technologies have transformed privacy, sociality, notions of selfhood and identity, commerce, globalization, the media, and the boundaries of the body. By studying packet switching, email, hypertext, Facebook, Second Life, and Twitter as cultural as well as technological phenomena, we will explore the complicated influence of these artifacts on our everyday lives.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.harvard.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 495-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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