Media Technology and Social Change Nature and consequences of media technology Different technological capabilities Mediating communication Rethinking time and space Technological determinism Technology and the media environment Marshall McLuhan Sound and images in public life Electronic media and social identity: Meyrowitz and No sense of place Social Construction of media technologies Radio, Television, and Internet: Convergence of modes

Campbell, et al., Chap 2: The Internet The Development of the Internet World Wide Web (HTML) Commercialization of the Web ISPs Web 2.0 IM Social Networks Blogs (Weblogs) Wiki sites Online Game Playing Ownership Issues Portals Advertising Alternative Voices Open Source Software Other Issues Firewalls Government Surveillance Unethical Data Gathering Content Regulation Digital Divide