Tentative Moorpark English 1A: Reading List
Last Revised 1/5/2002
Required Texts
Holeton, Richard. Composing Cyberspace: Identity, Community, and Knowledge in the Electronic Age. Boston: McGraw Hill, 1998.
Silverman, Hughes and Wienbroer. Rules of Thumb. 5th ed. Boston: McGraw Hill, 2002.
Crump, Eric and Carbone, Nick. Writing Online: A Student's Guide to the Internet and
the World Wide Web. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. Online Site http://www.hmco.com/hmco/college/english/englishonline/EnglishOnline.html
Building Community in the Electronic Age
Virtual Community
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Amy S. Bruckman. "Finding One's Own in Cyberspace."
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Howard Reingold. "The Heart of the WELL."
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E. M. Forster. "The Air Ship."
- Choose one reading from Electronic Democracy or The Global Village
- Shirley, John. "Wolves of the Plateau."
Constructing Identity in the Computer Age
New Windows on the Self
- William Gibson. "Johnny Mnemonic."
- Card, Orson Scott. "The Giant's Drink."
- Ian A. Boal. "Body, Brain, and Communication: An Interview with George Lakoff."
- Choose one article from Identity section
- Charles Platt. "What's It Mean to Be Human, Anyway?"
Seeking Knowledge in the Information Age
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Craig Branham. "A Student's Guide to Research with the WWW." http://www.slu.edu/departments/english/research/
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Dave Barry. "Selected Web Sites: At Last, Proof That Civilization Is Doomed."
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Shymala Reddy. "The Once and Future Book."
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Brenda Laurel. "Virtual Reality: A New Opposable Thumb."
Whole text Booklist.
Other readings will be announced in class.
