1. 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

2. 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