CLASS05SP New Media Law & Policy

Turn in papers/finals to faculty mailboxes, 244 Lincoln Hall

Turn in papers/finals to faculty mailboxes, 244 Lincoln Hall

Don't forget that 244 Lincoln Hall is closed from 12-1

Don't forget that 244 Lincoln Hall is closed from 12-1

Papers and finals are due at 1:30 p.m., 5/12

Papers and finals are due at 1:30 p.m., 5/12

GRAD PAPERS DUE

by 1:30 p.m.
(For graduate students only.)

FINAL EXAM DUE

1:30 p.m.

(Undergraduates only.)

Defense Electromagnetic Spectrum Chart

Department of Defense, The. (2001). Electromagnetic Spectrum Chart. Washington, D.C.: DoD. http://www.jsc.mil/images/speccht.jpg

US Frequency Allocations

National Telecommunications and Information Administration, The. (2003). US Frequency Allocations. Washington, D.C.: NTIA.
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/osmhome/allochrt.pdf

FINAL EXAM PASSED OUT

(Undergraduates only.)

Conclusion

BLOG POST: Wireless Internet

In the Bar & Galperin article assigned for last Wednesday, the authors briefly mention several concepts from the research literature that might be applied to the development of wireless data networks. Outlined on pp. 47-52, these include Hughes's four-stage model of infrastructure evolution (47), Sawhney's eight-stage "Infrastructure Development Model" (48), "path dependency" (49-50), "critical junctures" (50), the political economy of "the regulatory regime" (51).

Choose a wireless Internet event, group, technology, or case study discussed at any other point in the class (e.g., some material that is NOT from the Bar & Galperin article) and apply one of these concepts to it. Show that the model or concept is a useful way to think about the example you chose (or that it is not useful and explain why). Be sure to write about the concept in a way that makes it clear that you understand it.

For instance, you might consider the wireless Internet providers we talked about in Wednesday's lecture and their role in infrastructure development (Tribal Digital Village, Prairie Internet, the NYCWireless / PublicInternet Bryant Park project in New York, the WarCar) or you might draw on earlier examples of course material (Proxim, Atheros, Metricom Ricochet, the Champaign-Urbana Community Wireless Netowrk, or other wireless Internet groups of your choice). You might discuss examples from the Benkler reading (e.g., Benkler's definition of a mesh).

Post an answer in your blog that is at least 200 words. DEADLINE: 1 p.m. -- one hour before class begins.

Final Exam Study Guide

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The Final Exam Study Guide is online

Wireless Internet activism

Reading amnesty day.

The reading formerly assigned for today has been removed so that you can put your effort into the Wi-Fi mapping project.

Recommended CAMPUS EVENT Tuesday 5/3

The results of the Mapping Project are online