"Creating a World Wide Web-based Multimedia Portfolio"

With a review of the history of the Internet and the World Wide Web

A Master's Degree Portfolio Project

Copyright 1999 by Brian Wasson

This project was the culminating project for my master's degree in journalism from Regent University. It is hardly the definitive word on the subject, but I've posted it here in the hope that it may assist others who are pursuing scholarly work on the subject of the Internet, the World Wide Web, or any of its associated uses. The bibliography and literature review, in particular, may prove valuable to researchers.

N.B.: This document has not been updated much since it went live in 1999 (although I have fixed a few things here and there). While most of the links in the bibliography are likely to still work, undoubtedly some will be out of date.

The practical application of this paper may be found at my Web site.

Comments are welcome.

Chapter One: Problem

1. An introduction to the problem and research question.
2. A suggested solution.

Chapter Two: Literature Review

1. A history of the Internet and World Wide Web
2. A history of other Internet-mediated communication forms
3. The future of the Internet
4. Publishing on the World Wide Web
5. Legal considerations of Web publishing
6. Job-hunting online

Chapter Three: Methodology

1. Description and scope of the project
2. Web site production software
3. Web site production hardware
4. Site hosting and archival
5. Project assumptions and parameters

Works Cited/Bibliography