okay.  so here i am, for the third night in a row, working on this paper.  and it's going terribly.  i think.  last night ended nearly ended in tears.

i am having trouble sewing together the pieces of my paper.  it contains three very separate parts: i have to define internet culture, explain the social contract/its relation to internet culture, and then cite examples of real life instances.  i'm having trouble finding sources about the internet (on the internet - of course), because i don't quite know where to look.  after tirelessly searching jstor for articles about the internet and politics/democracy, i've decided to split my search completely and look only for articles about internet culture.

the social contract part is going fairly well; sources are readily available, and i found a really interesting book by ruth weissbourd grant called "john locke's liberalism."  it's been really helpful in synthesizing ideas.

the current events stuff will be last; i don't want to worry about that just yet.  honestly, i'm really overwhelmed and exhausted and frustrated.

as for a bibliography, so far i have the grant book and the article i posted a few blogs back.  everything else i've found has been too far into a field conversation of which i don't want to be a part.