Writing the Information Superhighway

Part III: Writing About the Internet (2/14-3/16)

The information superhighway excites many people about its perceived positive impact on society, culture, politics, and education. A number of critics of the information superhighway are concerned with issues of economics, politics, class, gender, and so forth. During this part of the course we will look at the Internet critically.

Writing assignment for

Project III: Writing about the Internet

Part III Support Materials

Sample Argument: Pornography, Obscenity, and the Case for Censorship, by Irving Kristol
2/16 InterChange on Features of Argumentation
2/16 InterChange: Brainstorming Topics
2/16 InterChange on CyberEthics
2/16 InterChange on Winners and Losers
2/16 InterChange on CMC vs. F2F
One of our resident webmasters, Stephen Chim, has collected a number of links that classmates might find useful for Project III.

Writing the Information Superhighway Navigation Panel

Course Home Page w/ Instructor Information
Course Overview
Evaluation
Class Roster (eventually you will be able to see students' home pages, too!)
Texts and Materials
Other Useful Resources
Attributions
General Resources
Resources about the Internet and Its Tools
Resources for Writing
On-Line Journals and Mags
Part I: It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (1/5-1/24)
Part II: Look Who's Talking Now (1/26-2/9)
Project II Support Materials
Part IV: Using the Internet to Write in the Disciplines (3/16-4/18)

As a class we've been finding and sharing ftp, gopher and WWW sites and usenet and e-mail groups related to our research interests. Most of those are now collected in our Hotlinks Research Repository.

If you are using a browser that supports web mail, you can now contact us through our class e-mail group at infohighway@umich.edu. Drop us a line!

Contact wbutler@umich.edu

with comments or questions.

Modified: 3/18/95