Here are some resources for unit IS3105. Their formats are generally given along with the description. Just click the link to display or download, depending on how your browser is configured.
Lecture notes will be placed in the Outlook Temporary Files folder.
Shaping Cyberspace: interpreting and transforming the Internet, Graham Thomas and Sally Wyatt (from Research Policy, vol 28, 1999, pp.681-698. (In Word .doc format; 90k)
The Governance of Cyberspace - John Perry Barlow, with a response by Richard Barbrook. (In .txt format - should display on screen; 35k). An exchange from 1996 that highlights some recurrent issues. WARNING: parental guidance - the first of these articles contains what TV announcers would call "strong language, from the outset". This is deliberate, and the language used relates directly to the topic of the article.
Graham Thomas, Aug. 2004