First Name: Last Name:

Department and Major:

Do you have a Web site? Yes No
If so, what is the url?

Do you have a blog? Yes No
If so, what is the url?

What type of employment are you seeking after graduation?

Out of the 51 topics below, please check the 13-18 topics that you are most interested in covering in this course. Do not choose more than 18 topics, because that is all we have time for in the semester. Please use the Other entry below, if you have another topic to suggest.

History of Computers
  1. Timeline and evolution of computing
  2. Mac vs. PC
Internet and Web
  1. History
  2. How the Web Works
  3. Searching and Search engines
  4. Defining New Media
Theories of New Media
  1. Interactivity
  2. Media Determinism
  3. Social Construction
  4. Diffusion
  5. Digital Divide–race, economics, gender
  6. Cyberfeminism
  7. Network Theory
  8. The Long Tail
Online Journalism, Convergence, and Emergent media
  1. Writing for the Web
  2. Multimedia Packages
  3. Web Credibility
  4. Convergence Implications and Media Ownership
  5. Blogging, Podcasting, Syndication, Wikis– concepts & implications
  6. Writing about technology and the Internet
  7. Future of media
Other Media Implications
  1. Interactive Advertising
  2. Public Relations Online Media
Web Design
  1. Domain registration and hosting
  2. html, css, and Web editing
  3. Multimedia Design – Flash, audio, video editing
  4. Starting your own Blog
  5. Creating your own Podcast
  6. Web Accessibility and Usability
Legal Issues
  1. Libel
  2. Intellectual Property and Copyright
  3. Privacy and Security
  4. Net Neutrality
Researching New Media
  1. Studying Web Content
  2. Studying Web Users
The Internet and Everyday Life
  1. Online Education and Distance Learning
  2. Music Sharing, Book Digitization, Digital Film Distribution, Satellite Radio
  3. Online Communities & Social Networking (Online Identity, Craigslist, Wikipedia)
  4. Politics and Democracy
  5. Online Dating and Relationships
  6. Internet Addiction
  7. Wireless and mobile technologies
  8. Cybersex and porn
  9. Video games
  10. Religion online
  11. Fandom and personal Web sites
  12. Online Shopping and Ecommerce
  13. Gambling
Current and future issues
  1. Open Source and Free Software
  2. AJAX and other Web technologies (ASP, PHP, MySQL)
  3. Semantic Web, Internet 2

Other:

Please indicate the level of experience you have with the following skills?

Coding in html or xhtml

none some a great deal

Coding in css

none some a great deal

Web Editing (Dreamweaver, GoLive, Frontpage, iWeb)

none some a great deal

Image/graphic design (Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark, InDesign)

none some a great deal

Multimedia (Flash, Final Cut, iMovie)

none some a great deal

What is the most important thing you want to gain from this course (and any other comments)?

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