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<Week 7> 

Monday, May 5. Wired Politics

Reading:

Howard and Jones, Chapters 6, 7, 8, 9 & 15

Wednesday, May 7. Blogging and Democracy

Reading:

Andrew O Baoill, “Weblogs and the Public Sphere”

Andrew Sullivan, “The Blogging Revolution”

Browse one or more of the following blogs:

DailyKos

Mydd

Eschaton

Wonkette

Feministing

Huffington Post

Instapundit

Little Green Footballs

AndrewSullivan.com

Friday, May 9.

Government Regulation of the Internet: Privacy & Free Speech

Reading:

Howard and Jones, Chapter 17

Seth Finkelstein, “Comstock in the 90s”

Jim Tyre, “Sex, Lies and Censorware”

Jonathan Wallace, “Purchase of Censorware by Public Libraries is Unconstitutional”

Browse:

Loudoun County VA Censorware Lawsuit page

 


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