Manifesto Guidelines

• Your manifesto should be an informed essay that takes a stand, stakes out a position, makes some claims, etc. It does not need to be radical or strident, but you shold avoid a weak, middle-of-the-road position.

• Your manifesto need not be written in a "scholarly" style. Feel free to play with language and write somewhat colloquially if you wish.

• The manifesto should relate in some way to the stuff we've talked about and read about in this course. I expect that most manifestos will contain references to some of the works we've read.

• You should make an attempt to position your argument/stance/point of view. Do you depart with popularly held opinions about the internet? Which authors do you agree with? Which thinkers do you reject, which you agree with, etc.>

• Audience: I plan on putting these manifestos up on the course website. Thus, your audience should be websurfers who might be wondering what to make of the internet.

• Length: I don't have strict length guidelines in mind. I more interested that you say some interesting stuff, not how long it takes you to say it. A rough length to shoot for is seven to ten pages.

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