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Computers, Information Technology, the Internet, Ethics, Society and Human Values Philip Pecorino, Ph.D. Queensborough Community College, CUNY Chapter 11 Social Change
Resources WEBLIOGRAPHY The Information Revolution and Social Change Cyberspace and the American Dream: a Magna Carter for the Knowledge Age- Ms. Esther Dyson; Mr. George Gilder; Dr. George Keyworth; and Dr. Alvin Toffler Beyond the Information Revolution by Peter Drucker We Are the Web by Kevin Kelly Where We Have Come To (Part 1) (Steve Talbott) On Kevin Kelly's "We Are the Web" "Netizens: On the History and Impact of Usenet and the Internet" by Michael Hauben and Ronda Hauben The Promise and Peril of the Third Wave by Carl Davidson, Ivan Handler and Jerry Harris Information Society Links Impact of IT and IN The Alvin Toffler Archive at Wired War and Anti-WarCultures in conflict with the Digital Revolution lectures on the information society by Daniel Chandler and Ewan Sutherland Globalization New Village – “Leapfrogging the Grid” on a Micro Scale Terrell Ward Bynum Economics of Computing and Monopolies and Pricing and Access Issues -Terrel Ward Bynum The Cyber Rights Working Group, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility The Global Culture of Digital Technology and Its Ethics,” an abstract of a paper by Krystyna Gorniak-Kocikowska Impact CS Project Social and Ethical Impact of Computing Technological Determinism and Social Choice Engagement with media: Shaping and Being Shaped by Daniel Chandler Technological or Media Determinism by Daniel Chandler. Computer Based Information Systems and Managers' Work Kimble Determinism (Wikipedia) Technological Determinism (Principia Cybernetica) Technological Questions and Issues (Trinity Church of England School) Social Aspects of Technology and Science (Records of course meetings at UC San Diego) What is the Social Shaping of Technology? - Robin Williams and David Edge review research that addresses 'the social shaping of technology. Technological Futures and Determinisms Robinson: (2001 Technological Determinism of Marshall McLuhan - Slide show by Whittenburg/Shedletsky from University of Southern Maine Marshall McLuhan Meets William Gibson in "Cyberspace"' Michael E. Doherty in the Computer-Mediated Communication Magazine. Internet and Community The Virtual Community by Howard Rheingold I'm Glad the Net `Corrodes' My Culture Marcelo Rinesi Who Are We Without Our Technologies? Muktha Jost Does the Internet Strengthen Community? William A. Galston How About a Moratorium on Internet Surveys? Steve Talbott, Internet and Society: Preliminary Report Stanford Institute for the Quantitative Study of Society, I(February 2000) Online Communities: Networks That Nurture Long-Distance Relationships and Local Ties Pew Internet and American Life Project, (October 2001) (read summary of findings) NetFuture: Technology and Human Responsibility It seeks especially to address those deep levels at which we half-consciously shape technology and are shaped by it. Virtual Reality Blay Whitby, The Virtual Sky is not the Limit: Ethics in Virtual Reality Peter Horsfield The ethics of virtual reality: the digital and its predecessors Colin Beardon The Ethics of Virtual Reality First published in: Intelligent Tutoring Media. 3(1), 23-28, 1992. Creating and Using Virtual Reality: a Guide for the Arts and Humanities edited by Kate Fernie and Julian D. Richards BIBLIOGRAPHIES SOCIETIES and Organizations The Internet Society – an international organization for global cooperation UNESCO’s Info-Ethics Program, The United Nations OTHER
Web Surfer's Caveat: These are class notes, intended to comment on readings and amplify class discussion. They should be read as such. They are not intended for publication or general distribution. ppecorino@qcc.cuny.edu @copyright 2006 Philip A. Pecorino Last updated 8-2006 Return to Table of Contents