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  (these are not exhaustive - just meant to get you thinking - and some will need to be narrowed further).

  • Commercialization of the Internet
  • Privacy and PGP
  • Government surveillance on the Internet (e.g., Carnivore)
  • The USA Patriot Act & civil rights online
  • Music and the Internet - MP3, Napster, etc.
  • The "Dot Com" Boom and/or Bust 
  • Gender and the Internet
  • Race, Racism, and the Internet
  • the "Digital Divide"
  • Computers in the Classroom
  • Classrooms in the Computer
  • Interactive Performance on the Internet
  • Ethical Issues relevant to the Internet (e.g., pseudonymity)
  • 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 wars
  • 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)
  • Unskilled labor in the high tech industry
  • Online Voting
  • Performing Identity in Cyberspace
  • Online Gaming
  • Grassroots Organizing on the Internet
  • Anti-trust case(s) against Microsoft


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