Cybercultural studies

The Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies promotes the academic study of emerging online communities. Their website includes essays and book reviews, as well as links to course syllabi, conferences, and other resources.

Courses include:

• Barret McCormick's "Politics of the Internet" (Marquette)
• Kirsten Foot's "Communication and Information Technologies and Politics" (U Washington)
• Arthur Morin's "Public Policy, Law and Ethics in Information Networking" (Fort Hays State)
• David Watkins' "Politics and Technology" (U Washington)
• Paul Harwood's "IT and Society" (U Maryland)
• Jonathan Zittrain's "Internet and Society: Technologies and Politics of Control" (Harvard)
• Bruce Larkin's "Politics of the Internet" (UC Santa Cruz)
• Alexandra Samuel's "The Internet and Politics" (U British Columbia)
• Michael Froomkin's "Internet and the State: Social and Political Regulation" (U Miami)
• Larry Martinez's "Cyberspace Citizenship" (Cal State-Long Beach)

... and oodles more. Clearly, many departments see this as relevant. Competitive edge, anyone?