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Ok fellas, so this is it. It's time I decided to humbly submit myself to the teat of academia and live in poverty for the rest of my life. I'm presenting the following (incomplete) thesis along with a 1-hour presentation followed by questions from a panel. This will determine whether or not I have what it takes to pursue a doctorate.
Your input is absolutely appreciated. You guys are, after all, the intenet generation. And this thesis is about you.
The thesis is this: Cyberspace anonymity enables individuals within our current culture to express themselves freely as they are, without consequence, embarrassment, or restraint - and through an sociological, psychological, and historical examination of technological evidence, we can logically deduce that information technology produces a destructive cyber-culture that cannot be satiated, controlled, nor quarantined. Moreover, through examining the speciation of our technology, this cyber-culture has proven a fundamental shift from any previous methods of communication, socialization, and philosophy.
The thesis in layman's terms: The internet allows you to be who you are, and you are not a good person. Online freedom causes a shitload of problems down the road because people don't know how to control themselves.
The major points I will hit include:
- Online addiction and the psychology of addictive behavior in relation to the media that we have available
- An examination of humanity and the natural restraints of society. And why these restraints do not exist in cyberspace. Also examine the good/bad of these restraints.
- an entomological discussion of human desires (will tread on spirituality/religion, but will not directly point to it) and why this is reflected in our current model of cyberspace. I.E. pornography is #1 in terms of revenue and bandwidth, etc.
- a historical examination of communications technology, and why our current cyberspace is a "grand challenge."
- cyber-hermeneutics
- Offer a solution (this will be the rest of the dissertation)
- Edit: I have not decided whether or not to go into a high level (or not so high level) ontological discussion of fallen nature of humanity. This treads very closely to what I desire to expose, but may not be considered academic enough considering the topic of social informatics.
Your input is absolutely appreciated. You guys are, after all, the intenet generation. And this thesis is about you.
The thesis is this: Cyberspace anonymity enables individuals within our current culture to express themselves freely as they are, without consequence, embarrassment, or restraint - and through an sociological, psychological, and historical examination of technological evidence, we can logically deduce that information technology produces a destructive cyber-culture that cannot be satiated, controlled, nor quarantined. Moreover, through examining the speciation of our technology, this cyber-culture has proven a fundamental shift from any previous methods of communication, socialization, and philosophy.
The thesis in layman's terms: The internet allows you to be who you are, and you are not a good person. Online freedom causes a shitload of problems down the road because people don't know how to control themselves.
The major points I will hit include:
- Online addiction and the psychology of addictive behavior in relation to the media that we have available
- An examination of humanity and the natural restraints of society. And why these restraints do not exist in cyberspace. Also examine the good/bad of these restraints.
- an entomological discussion of human desires (will tread on spirituality/religion, but will not directly point to it) and why this is reflected in our current model of cyberspace. I.E. pornography is #1 in terms of revenue and bandwidth, etc.
- a historical examination of communications technology, and why our current cyberspace is a "grand challenge."
- cyber-hermeneutics
- Offer a solution (this will be the rest of the dissertation)
- Edit: I have not decided whether or not to go into a high level (or not so high level) ontological discussion of fallen nature of humanity. This treads very closely to what I desire to expose, but may not be considered academic enough considering the topic of social informatics.
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