Communication and Technology
Communication Studies 454
Department of Communication Studies
College of Arts, Media, and Communication
California State University, Northridge

Christie Logan, Ph.D.

    Suggestions for topics reports and final projects  (not exhaustive - just to get you started)

  • Commercialization of the Internet
  • Privacy and PGP
  • Music and the Internet - MP3, Napster, etc.
  • The "Dot Com" Boom and/or Bust 
  • Gender and the Internet
  • Race, Racism, and the Internet
  • Computers in the Classroom
  • Classrooms in the Computer
  • Ethics and the Internet
  • Copyright & Intellectual Property on the Internet 
  • Freedom of Speech Online
  • Pornography on the Internet
  • The relation between the Military and the Internet
  • "Cybersex"
  • Sociality in MUDs and MOOs
  • Technology and Embodiment
  • DVD-CSS
  • Security and Computer Hacking
  • The Figure of the Cyborg
  • Technology and the Environment
  • Open Source issues, efforts
  • Web and Television mergers/alliances (e.g. AOL & Time/Warner)
  • Online Voting
  • Performing Identity in Cyberspace
  • Online Gaming
  • Grassroots Organizing on the Internet


** Reference librarian Dr. Karin Duran has offered her expertise to assist you.

Also consult A Guide to Virtual Libraries by Andreea Buhoi (RTFM project for COMS 454, Spring 2001)


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