Internet Studies Blog

finally done

2008-12-15T13:55:00.001-05:00

here is the link for my last two papers and my webpage.

2008-12-15T13:52:00.000-05:00

here are my last two papers and the link to my webpage

Website

2008-12-15T12:43:00.002-05:00

http://www.appstate.edu/~jf69460/Homepage.htm

Above is the link for group 5- Lindsey Harkins, John Edwards, Christine Baratta and myself. Thanks again for extending to us grace! Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
-Jonathan

link to my webpage w/project 3

2008-12-15T12:16:00.005-05:00

www.amandahighsmith.weebly.com

link to my webpage

2008-12-15T11:55:00.000-05:00

Group #3

2008-12-15T08:55:00.002-05:00

http://newarbys.googlepages.com

Rio, Scott, Paul, Stewart

2008-12-15T08:44:00.003-05:00

Peer to Peer open source file sharing... Piracy? ... Perhaps, in a progressive sense of the word. Excessive and extensive copyrights on essentially all forms of generated media exceedingly inhibits the potential for collective creativity. In the age of the internet, and other unprecedented technologies, we must examine the existing political discourse that allows absurdly restrictive copyrights, which continually result in exorbitant fines on regular people that happen to use a file sharing network, or mix&create on existing music... and reevaluate a copyright system that is more equitable to those entitled, and less regulative of creativity...

Our Group Project

2008-12-15T08:21:00.005-05:00

The link is in the title

Our Group Project

2008-12-15T07:58:00.002-05:00

Here is the web address where you can find our group project.

www.theprinceproblem.weebly.com

Our Group Project

2008-12-15T03:38:00.002-05:00

Here is the link to our group project. Hope this works well.

Chris

Website Creating Tool

2008-12-15T00:51:00.001-05:00

I know its a bit late, but for future stuff. I came across this website that lets you build your own interactive website and its pretty cool and got lots of options. Its also really easy to use. Might help people in the future.

Internet Biggies

2008-12-04T11:19:00.000-05:00

I even found it with stumbleupon.

http://www.skidzopedia.com/2008/11/21/17-people-who-enhanced-the-web/

Things for you to use...

2008-12-03T12:15:00.003-05:00

As you work on your group projects, here are some tools and resources you may find helpful. Feel free to post others for us too.

Digital Medio Studio: Located in room 355 of the Belk Library the Digital Medio Studio has digital cameras, video cameras, and video editing software for you to use, and a staff to help you use them.

EFF: A good site to check for news about digital copyright issues.

WetPaint: An easy to use group web-site/wiki platform. Some groups may find this an easy site to use for hosting your online, group collaborations.

YouMashTube: An online, one-stop video editing site for making your own mashups.

StripGenerator: drag and drop 3-panel comic strips made easy.

You also may want to think about ways you can use Twitter, YouTube, Blogger, Flickr, YahooPipes and/or Google Sites in your projects.

Have fun. Be creative. Stretch yourselves.

Random House pushing more e-Books?

2008-12-03T08:37:00.002-05:00

In an interesting move especially in light of Google having pretty much already done this, Random House is going to digitize some 8,000 books of their collection. The big difference between this and Google is that Random House intends to sell the e-Books whereas Google allows us all to look at the portions of the books, that they can provide, for free.

Just another link to the Article!!

xkcd comic...

2008-12-03T00:49:00.000-05:00

http://www.xkcd.com/511/

references 'Free Culture'...enjoy.

No Class, Monday 11/24

2008-11-24T10:30:00.001-05:00

You may use the class time to meet with your groups though. Have a great Thanksgiving!

Final Group Projects

2008-11-19T12:21:00.010-05:00

Final Web Project and Symposium (1000-2000 words): Due Monday, 12/15, 9:00-11:30 AM.

Your final group project will be on a topic chosen by your group relating to the issues raised in Lessig's Free Culture and will be presented to the class during our regularly scheduled final exam period.

Each group will focus on one specific web site that deals with copyrighted digital content such as YouTube, Pandora, Flickr, LastFM, GarageBand, iTunes, MySpace, GoogleBooks, MarvelDigitalComics, NetFlix, or any of the many, many other sites you may find. Making explicit and substantive use of Lessig, you will examine the ways in which current copyright laws are impacting these sites and the services they offer and suggest specific policy changes that might better serve the various interests involved.

Your group will publish online and then present to the class for discussion your particular case study, arguments, conclusions, and recommendations using an online medium or combination of mediums: blog posts, web pages, youtube video, podcast, twitter, myspace page, flickr, or any other online form/s. Be clear, creative, specific, focused, and complete in your exposition.

Your grade will be based on both what you say, and how you say it using your chosen online tools, as well as on your in-class presentation and exposition.

Post the address of your group project to your individual class blogs.

Below are the groups for your final projects:

Group 1:
Jordan McCarthy
David Gill
Chris Spender
William Lehman

Group 2:
Scott Walker
Rio Tazewell
Paul Butler
Stewart Cox

Group 3:
Lauren Franklin
Dane Mann
Christina Fisher
Nathan Walker
Margaret Patterson

Group 4:
Amanda Highsmith
Jeff Worley
Caleb Humphries
Carrie McKeee
Chase Gibson

Group 5:
Christine Baratta
John Edwards
Lindsey Harkins
Jonathan Fawcett

The Break Down

2008-11-19T00:51:00.001-05:00

This is a post of wired magazine's article deciphering all the different artists' clips that comprise one of the songs on mashup artist, Girl Talk's new album.

Here is the link again:
http://www.wired.com/special_multimedia/2008/pl_music_1609

Harvard Law Professor Defends Song Swapping

2008-11-18T09:40:00.002-05:00

Ironically after our talk yesterday, I found this article on a website that I read everyday. Its a really short article about a Harvard Law Professor defending a Boston University graduate on the basis that the Copyright Act of 1999 is unconstitutional. Should be interesting to follow.

Another Link to Article!!

I just had to share

2008-11-14T22:52:00.004-05:00

(Click title for article)

I came across this article just now and had to share it with the class. Apparently, there is a real life couple who met in the virtual world of Second Life. It's not completely out of the ordinary until the man started cheating on his new wife with someone else in the same virtual world. She got so mad that she broke up with him!

It's just weird to think about, that's all. Does this really happen? What did this 28 year old woman see in this 40 year old bald guy? Or, better yet, what did she see in this man's "avatar?"

Fair(y) Use

2008-11-12T12:37:00.001-05:00

What are we Thinking?

2008-11-06T11:45:00.001-05:00

My web assignment 3 after I have FINALLY found Contribute!!!

2008-11-05T10:31:00.001-05:00

No Class Monday, November 3

2008-10-29T15:33:00.002-04:00

Good work today in our virtual class. Sorry for those of you who had technical difficulties. Don't worry -- there are no penalties attached for missing the class.

No class on Monday, 1/3.

But finish reading Turkle and we'll wrap up our discussion of the book next Wednesday.

See you then.

Dr. D

2008-10-29T14:39:00.001-04:00

I made it to the CMC hall, but couldn't find "Dr. D" or anything else that looked like a responding human. Did anyone else get this figured out?

Stewart Cox