Course Syllabus

• Drupal 7: The Essentials, Introduction
• Living in a Networked World, 1.1-1.5
• What is the Internet? (http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/guides/what-is-the-internet)

• What kinds of people created and used the early Internet?
• What were the values and goals behind the creation of the Internet?

• The Internet: IP Addresses and DNS (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o8CwafCxnU)
• Is Google Making Us Stupid? (http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07/is-google-making-us-stupid/306868/)
• Get Smarter (http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/07/get-smarter/307548/)

• Drupal 7: The Essentials, Drupal core basics: Nodes (skip "Node types and node administration")
• Vanity Fair: How the Web Was Won (http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/07/internet200807)
• The True Story of the Internet - Browser Wars (43:45) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQwCx-Ey6x8)

• What is the difference between the Web and the Internet, in terms of function? In terms of values?
• Why did the Web win out over other similar technologies?
• What were the major events and results of the "browser wars"?

• Living in a Networked World, 1.6-1.9
• The True Story of the Internet - People Power (43:50) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f42J_reRO0Q)

• How did the Internet's physical infrastructure grow to span the country/world?
• What was the impact of social media on the Internet?

• The Internet: HTTP and HTML (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBXQZMmiA4s)

• Living in a Networked World, 2.1-2.2
• Introduction to Web Accessibility (http://webaim.org/intro/)
• Web Accessibility: Why Should We Care? (8:27) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIRx3RJzbZg)

• How does web accessibility benefit people with disabilities? How does it benefit people without disabilities?
• How can designers be sure their sites are accessible?

• Living in a Networked World, 2.3
• Smartphones Bridging the Digital Divide (http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/06/10/190415432/census-smartphones-bridging-digital-divide)
• The Digital Divide is Still Leaving Americans Behind (http://mashable.com/2013/08/18/digital-divide/#19CHuiLNV5qW)
• Bridging the Digital Divide (https://youtu.be/kaxCRnZ_CLg) (~10min)

• What are the impacts of the digital divide on people with lower access? What are the impacts on people with higher access?
• What are the causes behind the digital divide, and how can they be dealt with?

• Living in a Networked World, 2.4-2.5 (content note: bullying, harassment, suicide)
• Drupal 7: The Essentials, Themes (skip "Base themes and writing your own themes")
• What is Black Twitter? (http://www.cnn.com/videos/entertainment/2015/08/03/what-is-black-twitter-social-media-lisa-france-orig.cnn)
• Social Media & LGBT Community (http://www.salzburg.umd.edu/unesco/social-media-and-lgbt-community)

• What defines a community on the Internet?
• What are communities that you belong to online, and how have they impacted you?
• How does the creation or expression of community online differ from offline, and how is it the same?

• 18 Times Black Twitter Broke the Internet in 2015 (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/18-times-black-twitter-broke-the-internet-in-2015_us_56686a65e4b0f290e5217d78)

• Drupal 7: The Essentials, Drupal core basics: Blocks
• Unmasking One of the Internet's Biggest Trolls (http://www.npr.org/2012/10/17/163109373/unmasking-one-of-the-internets-biggest-trolls) (content note: sexism, pedophilia, voyeurism)
• The Man Behind The Troll (2012) (http://gawker.com/5950981/unmasking-reddits-violentacrez-the-biggest-troll-on-the-web) (content note: sexism, pedophilia, voyeurism)
• The Only Guide to Gamergate You Will Ever Need to Read (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2014/10/14/the-only-guide-to-gamergate-you-will-ever-need-to-read/) (content note: sexism, harassment, threats)

• What are ways you or people you know have been impacted by trolling?
• What are some acceptable/useful responses to deal with trolling and harassment online? What are the limits on how to respond to/deal with trolling?
• What kinds of trolling or harassment should people have to deal with online, and what kinds should they not?

• Living in a Networked World, 3.1
• I Got Doxxed So You Don’t Have To (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/06/29/i-got-doxxed-so-you-don-t-have-to.html)
• Anonymous threatens to dump real names of 1,000 KKK members (http://boingboing.net/2015/10/29/anonymous-threatens-to-dump-re.html)

• When is it acceptable to doxx someone?
• What can you do to prevent being doxxed, and what can you do if it's already happened?

• Living in a Networked World, 3.2-3.3
• Drupal 7: The Essentials, Drupal core basics: Menus
• Gary Kovacs: Tracking the Trackers (6:40) (http://www.ted.com/talks/gary_kovacs_tracking_the_trackers.html)
• The Data Brokers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAT_ina93NY)
• The NSA Is Building the Country's Biggest Spy Center (http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/03/ff_nsadatacenter/all/1)

• What kinds of transactional data are gathered about individuals online, and how?
• What is transactional data about internet users used for?

• Living in a Networked World, 3.4-3.5
• How Stuff Works: Encryption
• EFF's Tor: Myths and Facts (https://www.eff.org/document/tor-myths-and-facts)
• NSA Whistleblower: Everyone in US under virtual surveillance... (12:29) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuET0kpHoyM)

• Which kinds of communications should users encrypt, and which should they not?
• Should governments be given "back doors" into encryption algorithms to allow for "wire taps" of encrypted data?
• What are the positives and negatives of anonymity online?

• Tor - Anonymity Online (https://www.torproject.org/)
• What is Tor and Should You Use It? ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6czcc1gZ7Ak )

• Living in a Networked World, 4.1-4.2
• What Exactly is Freedom of Speech and How Does It Apply to the Internet (http://lifehacker.com/5953755/what-exactly-is-freedom-of-speech-and-how-does-it-apply-to-the-internet)
• Facebook Shuts Down Live Stream of Shooting at Police Request ( http://fortune.com/2016/08/05/facebook-video-police/ )

• What kinds of speech online should be protected from government suppression, and what kinds should not?
• What limits, if any, should there be on censorship of internet users by private service providers?

• Freedom of Speech: Crash Course Government and Politics ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zeeq0qaEaLw )

• 10 Most Censored Countries (https://cpj.org/2015/04/10-most-censored-countries.php)
• Social Media: Destroyer or Creator? (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/03/opinion/social-media-destroyer-or-creator.html)
• How the Internet has made social change easy to organize, hard to win (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo2Ai7ESNL8)

• What methods are used for internet censorship?
• What benefit can social media offer to organizing? What are the down-sides?

• Living in a Networked World, 4.3-4.4
• Supreme Court May Have Made Online Abuse Easier (http://time.com/3903908/supreme-court-elonis-free-speech/) (content note: violence, harassment, sexism)

• What companies/organizations are necessary for you to broadcast your speech online?
• What aspects of a person's speech online should be used to decide whether that speech is a threat?

• Living in a Networked World, 5.1-5.2
• The History of File-Sharing (https://torrentfreak.com/the-history-of-filesharing-120422/)
• Tiny Music Royalties Add Up, Unexpectedly (http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2015/05/11/404485444/tiny-music-royalties-add-up-unexpectedly)

• What is a fair length for copyrights? For patents? Why?
• Are file sharing technologies more harmful or more beneficial to society?

• What is Open Source Software
• How Stuff Works: Digital Rights Management
• Arguments for and Against Software Patents

• What rights do open source licenses grant to users? What rights do they deny users?
• What limits, if any, should there be on how restrictive DRM can be on purchased products?
• What are the benefits of copyright versus patents for software? What are the benefits of patents over copyright?

• Living in a Networked World, 5.3
• Dead and buried: Microsoft's holy war on open-source software (https://www.cnet.com/news/dead-and-buried-microsofts-holy-war-on-open-source-software/)
• TED Talk: Drew Curtis - How I beat a patent troll (6:41)
• Understanding How Open Source Software Developers Make Money (http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/understanding-how-open-source-software-developers-make-money/)

• Why would for-profit companies encourage or engage in open source development?
• What are the goals of patent trolls, and how do they achieve them?

• Open Source Basics (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tyd0FO0tko8)

• Living in a Networked World, 5.4
• Creative Commons: Wanna Work Together? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3rksT1q4eg)
• Creative Commons Licenses Explained In Plain English (http://sarafhawkins.com/creative-commons-licenses-explained-plain-english/)
• CC-BY, Copyright, and Stolen Advocacy (http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2014/03/31/cc-by-copyright-and-stolen-advocacy/)

• What rights do Creative Commons licenses grant to users? What rights do they deny users?
• What are some ways that content creators can profit from releasing work with Creative Commons licenses? Are these effective enough to be worth it?

• Mat Honan's Epic Hacking (http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/08/apple-amazon-mat-honan-hacking/)
• The Guide to Password Security, and Why You Should Care( https://www.cnet.com/how-to/the-guide-to-password-security-and-why-you-should-care/ )
• Why You Should Start Using Two-Factor Authentication Now ( https://heimdalsecurity.com/blog/start-using-two-factor-authentication/ )

• What are common ways that hackers get access to people's accounts?
• What are some ways you can protect your online accounts?

• Deep Web & Dark Web Explained (5:06)

Read/view the following for HW7 Discussion:

• Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks from the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) (https://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST04-014.html)
• OnGuard Online - Phishing (http://www.onguardonline.gov/phishing)

• What are some common goals of phishing? How are they achieved?
• What are some steps you can take to avoid phishing attacks?

• Living in a Networked World, 6.1-6.2
• Can You Hack It? - Hackers Wanted (2010 - 1:26:34)

• Which kinds of hacking should be punished? Which kinds should be rewarded?
• What kinds of roles should hacktivists play in modern political activism?

• Stuxnet: The First Cyber Guided Missile (https://unh-kanopystreaming-com.libproxy.unh.edu/video/stuxnet-first-cyber-guided-missile)
• Nova: Rise of the Hackers (https://unh-kanopystreaming-com.libproxy.unh.edu/video/nova-rise-hackers)

• Living in a Networked World, 6.3-6.4
• Hackers: The Internet's Immune System (2014 - 16:35 (http://www.ted.com/playlists/10/who_are_the_hackers)

• What are some of the ways that nations engage in cyber-warfare against each other?
• What should be done to limit the kind of harm that could be done by large-scale cyber-warfare?

• Mikko Hypponen: Fighting viruses, defending the net (2011 - 17:35) (http://www.ted.com/talks/mikko_hypponen_fighting_viruses_defending_the_net.html)
• Avi Rubin: All your devices can be hacked (2011 - 16:56) (http://www.ted.com/playlists/10/who_are_the_hackers.html)
• Misha Glenny: Hire the hackers! (2011 - 18:40) (http://www.ted.com/playlists/10/who_are_the_hackers.html)
• How To Test A Suspicious Link Without Clicking On It (http://netsecurity.about.com/od/antivirusandmalware/a/How-To-Test-A-Suspicious-Link-Without-Clicking-It.htm)