Online bulletin boards systems have been around since the era of BBS, MUDs, the WELL project, and the USEnet system. Members within the bulletin board group construct their virtual space to fit the needs of the group. Symbols are used and maintained by the group. Communal social experiences are replayed through this symbols and are …
Note: This post was written for SOC 616: Sociological Theory at Ohio University as part of the Weekly Reading Notes assignments. This was posted in my original cyberstudies.blog.com site. I am keeping it here as part of the archive of my work as described in my “Ephemeral/Restart” post. Jurgen Habermas is one of the essential theorist in …
For a paper I’m working on for a conference, I will be discussing for the next several weeks, the case of U.S. v Elcomsoft and how it relates to “modern” cyberculture. U.S. v Elcomsoft is significant for five reasons. The first being that it was the first direct challenge to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act …
One of the significant works in cyberstudies is Donna Haraway’s “A Cyborg Manifesto.” She argues that she would rather be a cyborg as it is a “social reality… our most important political construction, a world-changing fiction.” This centerpiece of organic substance and mechanical precision forms the basis of Haraway’s religion. The boundary breakdowns listed by …
This question must be addressed before this blog can discuss the issues mentioned in the first article. Cyberstudies are more than the casual observation of the Internet and other similar modes of telecommunication. It must be conducted with the passion of academic interest, the zeal of discovering connections and applied to the strict methodology of …
Note: The original title for my website was going to be the 42 Chronicles. Based on Douglas Adams’ Answer to Life, Universe, and Everything. After researching cyberjournaling and cyberjournalism for the past 18 months, I decided to make a new year resolution. I’m going to actually start a blog. I’m not sure where this blog will …