Michael Hauben
Spring 1997
Possible topics for masters project

1) Modifying Online Global Culture and Communication paper
using reviewers comments and suggestions from Corfu Conference.
Since the paper has been accepted, but I've been asked to do some
modifications, it would be helpful towards both preparing for the
conference, representing Teachers College and Columbia, and for
my project process if the work I do would fulfill my project obligations.
The Conference is held by the International Federation for
Information Processing (IFIP)  Theme - "Culture and Democracy
Revisited in the Information Society." There will be people at the
conference from around the world, especially Europe, formulating
recommendations for policy, and the proceedings will be published
by Chapman & Hall.

2) Analysis of posts from k12.chat.teacher newsgroup. Looking at
value of the newsgroup to teachers work life. Analyzing data to
come to make some observations of value of social networking
online.

3) Same as point 2 but with data from the netizens association
mailing list, which I formed April 1996 and continue to administer.

4) Continuing work and research towards exploring the Net as an
emerging public space and sphere. Continuing on the work I
started with Prof. Taylor on this. This is a common theme that I
have pursued in much of the research and writing I have done
while at Teachers College.

Academic work at TC/MA

- History of Communication: Printing Press Paper
- CMC: policy group work

- Foner paper on Participatory  Democracy from the 1960s into the
                   Future on-line 
- Truglio:  Culture and Communication, The Interplay in the New
              Public Commons - Usenet and Community Networks
      The New Technology of Computer Facilitated Communication:
             My Recent Experience Connecting to the World            

- Kleifgen: A New Literacy for the New Electronic Public Commons
	    Towards a Netizens Association: Netizens List Charter
	    Fuller Netizens List Summary / Netizens List Project
	    Journal Entries

- Video: New York Public Library Internet PSA, Computer Music: Netizens Piece
- Report on Field Work at PS125
Independent Study w/Taylor: Emergence of a new global commons

Proseminar: Papers on Art and Music, Humanities Research Class, Ethnography

Some of the other accomplishments as a TC student:
- Beppu Bay Conference '95 - presented talk and proceedings
- Inet '96 - presented talk and proceedings
- Chapter in Shumpei Kumon's Japanese book "Age of Netizens"
- Two Japanese TV program appearances
- CMC Magazine Feb'97 article
- Amateur Computerist Articles
- Presentation upcoming at Corfu IFIP 9.2/9.5 WG Conference and proceedings
- Netizens book in press at IEEE Computer Society Press. Japanese
translation also in press.
- Several Interviews in Japanese newspapers