Networking Knowledge & the Digital Age

Another Semester comes to a close

2005-12-02T12:13:00-04:00

Here we are at the end of another semester of NKDA. Much as we had planned the course revolved around timely discussions of the nature of technology and its role in society, giving students an introduction to some of the...

Public Good vs. Private Gain in the Networking Age

2005-11-16T08:58:23-04:00

IP rights exist to reward creativity and stimulate new innovation. But when do ownership rights go beyond this role to actually stifle access, expression, and the common good? Intellectual Property Rights, copyrights, patents, and trademarks, exist to protect the ownership...

Lawrence Lessig asks Who Owns Culture?

2005-11-15T09:25:00-04:00

Let's take an introductory look at some of the broader social, legal, and ethical implications of the new mode intercreativity encouraged by networking. You may have seen Apple's advertisements awhile back that encourage you to rip, mix, & burn your...

Socio-technical Shifts

2005-11-09T09:27:53-04:00

We've been talking an awfully lot about the differences between a decentralized, two-way medium like the Internet, and the centralized, one-way broadcast approach of television. This post illustrates how the nature of a medium's content and user experience tends to...

Research Pages

2005-10-19T12:00:46-03:00

Please make comment here that introduces your topic and points us to your research page.

Iteration # 2

2005-10-19T11:53:10-03:00

The next iteration of your research paper is due on Wednesday November 9, 2005. Please start working on it now.

Mind to Mind?

2005-10-19T09:49:22-03:00

In Chapter 12, Tim, expands on his two part dream for the Web. (this page is a work in progress) TBL (WTW p, 157) on his two part dream for the web: I have a dream for the Web...and it...

Enhanced Communication Through Shared Knowledge

2005-10-19T09:48:21-03:00

TBL (WTW p. 162): "When I proposed the web in 1989, the driving force I had in mind was communication through shared knowledge and the driving "market" for it was collaboration among people at work and at home. By building...

More feedback on your 1st iteration

2005-10-19T09:47:21-03:00

Another piece of general but important feedback applies to all of your papers. Rarely did I see you look to the technical architecture of our technologies to understand what is going on in society. A premise of this course is...

Some General Feedback on your 1st iteration

2005-10-18T18:33:57-03:00

I really enjoyed reading the first iteration of your research papers and I've now had a chance to meet with each of you on a one-on-basis. Though my feedback was different for each one of you a common thread runs...

Share your research!

2005-10-18T12:46:57-03:00

By now I have met with most of you on a one-on-one basis to provide feedback on the first iteration of your research paper (if we haven't met please email me to arrange a time asap). Our next step is...

Ottawa demands greater wiretap access

2005-10-12T09:53:43-03:00

This article tells of the Canadian government's plan to conduct round-the-clock surveillance on the e-mail, Internet or phone use of more than 8,000 people at a time. Is this fair? necessary?

Privacy concerns and technology

2005-10-12T08:48:36-03:00

We continue to plod through an era distinguished not only by an unprecedented and accelerating technological evolution but also by a lag in the development of the attendant social, ethical, and legal institutions it demands. Think of the Wild West....

Is Google getting too powerful?

2005-10-05T09:57:29-03:00

It used to be Microsoft that some pointed to as dangerously powerful - having control of the personal computing market through their monopoly on operating systems. Now people are talking about Google's growing influence on the Web. Google is much...

Is Media Concentration an Issue?

2005-10-05T09:14:29-03:00

More on the notion that, for innovation and free society to flourish, the layers of any communication medium must operate independently. Many people believe that our current media landscape, dominated by a few vertically integrated mega-conglomerates, while threatened by the...

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