What do I want out of this class?

As a social scientist, I question everything about society and how society is systematically shaped. The virtual world plays a significant role in society and is continuously affecting the world in a positive and negative way. I have always been thankful for the internet simply because it connects me with my family overseas as well as makes life much easier for me. Even though the internet has been a blessing for me and the world there are many negative things about it and many things that worry me such as privacy, the inability for humans to have a personal connection as well as many other things. While I'm in this class I want to learn more about the evolution of the virtual world. Besides just knowing the basics of the virtual world I truly want to learn more about it on a deeper level. I want to know the people who have played important impacts, the negatives, the positives but most importantly how the virtual world has impacted society from the past and how it will continue to impact society in the future.  From looking at the syllabus it makes me extremely excited because I see many topics that I'm interested in such as the purchasing and evolution of e-tailing privacy because I shop online quite a bit. The other topic I'm interested in is the cyber crime topic simply because  I know that the internet has had a huge impact on crime lately and I just want to learn more about it . Over all I'm excited to learn more about the virtual world as I'm sure it'll expand my knowledge more.