E 379S Senior Seminar: The No-Spam Zone: Others items of interest

E 379S Senior Seminar: The No-Spam Zone: other items of interest

The links here are to sites that may be of interest to people who want to learn more about computer-mediated communication, the history and functioning of the Internet, and compuer-mediated communication as a form of literacy technology. I will update this page as I come accross items of interest.

"Girls Need Modems!": Cyberculture and Women's Ezines a masters thesis by Krista Scott of York University.
Syllabus (with references and links) for David Loundy's course Governance and Regulation of Cyberspace at The John Marshall Law School (Fall, 1998).
The Internet Society's page on The history of the Internet.
Julian Dibbell's "A Rape in Cyberspace," an early account (originally published in The Village Voice December 23, 1993) of online culture and governance.
Bibliography on Cyberfeminism.
John December's CMC Magazine (1994-1999).
Wired Magazine's Web site.
Peter Kollock's paper The Production of Trust in Online Markets.
Peter Kollock's The Economies of Online Cooperation: Gifts and Public Goods in Cyberspace.
Publications on Computer-Mediated Communication by Susan Herring.
Dennis Baron's essay From Pencils to Pixels: The Stages of Literacy Technology : an essay that places writing with computers within the broader perspective of a history of literacy.
Ok, so what is Spam??
Scott Hazen Mueller's site has clear definitions and an explanation of why spam is harmful.
Scott Southwick and J.D.Falk's Net Absue FAQ covers the topic in more detail, includes the etymology of the word, and provides suggestions for stopping spam.

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