Class Schedule (by date)

20 Dec (Mon):

Class Policies   [Information]
Grading Scale   [Information]
Class Requirements   [Information]
Class Structure   [Information]
Instructor and Office Hours   [Information]
Class Description   [Information]
Image Credits   [Home Page]
Essentials   [Home Page]

26 Dec (Sun):

The class Web site is now online   [Announcement]

28 Dec (Tue):

How to use the Web Readings   [Web Reading]
How to use the Online Class Reader   [Online Class Reader]

19 Jan (Wed):

What is "New Media Law & Policy," exactly?   [Lecture]
Part I: TEN BASIC QUESTIONS   [Major Section Begins]

24 Jan (Mon):

Why should I care about Policy?   [Lecture]

26 Jan (Wed):

What is media convergence?   [Lecture]

31 Jan (Mon):

How does the Internet work?   [Lecture]

2 Feb (Wed):

Where did the Internet come from?*   [Lecture]

7 Feb (Mon):

Who makes law & policy and how do they do it?   [Lecture]

9 Feb (Wed):

Who has the Internet and who needs it?   [Lecture]

14 Feb (Mon):

What does the telecom industry have to do with the Internet?   [Lecture]

16 Feb (Wed):

How are telecom companies regulated?   [Lecture]

21 Feb (Mon):

How is Internet policy different in other countries?   [Lecture]

23 Feb (Wed):

MIDTERM PASSED OUT   [Deadline]
Midterm review and catch-up   [Lecture]

28 Feb (Mon):

MIDTERM DUE   [Deadline]
User resistance, activism, and innovation   [Lecture]
Part II: BATTLEGROUNDS   [Major Section Begins]

2 Mar (Wed):

Hacking, Security, and Freedom of Speech   [Lecture]
GRAD PROPOSALS DUE   [Deadline]

7 Mar (Mon):

File Sharing (Intellectual Property & Rights Management)   [Lecture]

9 Mar (Wed):

Open Source Software (Intellectual Property 2)   [Lecture]

14 Mar (Mon):

Reverse Engineering and Internet Development   [Lecture]

16 Mar (Wed):

Broadband and Open Access   [Lecture]

28 Mar (Mon):

Searches and Directories   [Lecture]

30 Mar (Wed):

Development and Inequality   [Lecture]

4 Apr (Mon):

Graduate Seminar Paper Workshop   [Lecture]

6 Apr (Wed):

What is the electromagnetic spectrum and how is it regulated?   [Lecture]
Part III: THE SPECTRUM   [Major Section Begins]

11 Apr (Mon):

Licensing the spectrum -- Administrative review and the public interest   [Lecture]

13 Apr (Wed):

Radio pirates and license enforcement   [Lecture]

18 Apr (Mon):

Organizing the spectrum: As Property   [Lecture]

20 Apr (Wed):

Organizing the spectrum: Open spectrum   [Lecture]

25 Apr (Mon):

Licensing broadcasters*   [Lecture]

27 Apr (Wed):

Wireless Internet from ALOHANET to Wi-Fi   [Lecture]

2 May (Mon):

Wireless Internet activism   [ Lecture ]

4 May (Wed):

FINAL EXAM PASSED OUT   [ Deadline ]
Conclusion   [ Lecture ]

12 May (Thu):

GRAD PAPERS DUE   [ Deadline ]
FINAL EXAM DUE   [ Deadline ]