CS 485: Computers in Society
Readings

Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics
Illinois Institute of Technology


Contents

  1. Introduction to Cyberspace
  2. The Economy and Computing
  3. Computers and the Workplace
  4. Education and Social Interaction
  5. Ethics and Law in Cyberspace
  6. The Risks of Technology
  7. Computers and Privacy
  8. It's a Small, Small World
  9. Cyber Horizons
  10. Links to Related Material

I. Introduction to Cyberspace...

Shock Wave (Anti) Warrior:
interview with Alvin Toeffler, from HotWired
Society, Cyberspace, and the Future:
Report of an Exploratory Aspen Workshop Prepared by Bruce Murray, California Institute of Technology
WELCOME TO CYBERSPACE
Spring 1995; BY PHILIP ELMER-DEWITT, Time Magazine Special Issue
Is Cyberspace Destroying Society?
May 30, 1995; an online conference with Sven Birkerts from Atlantic Monthly Online

II. The Economy and Computing

Digital Cash and Monetary Freedom: White Paper
Digital Cash and Monetary Freedom: Article
April, 1995; by Jon W. Matonis, PowerGrid Journal version 1.01
THE FUTURE OF MONEY
6/12/95; By Kelley Holland and Amy Cortese, Business Week
JUST CLICK TO BUY
Spring 1995; BY JANICE CASTRO, Time Magazine Special Issue
The economic consequences of information technologies
7/95; Conjoncture, Banque Paribus Newsletter

III. Computers and the Workplace

A blinding Glimpse of the Obvious goes unseen
March/April 1996; By Jeffrey Balash, Educom Review
THE AGE OF THE "ROAD WARRIOR"
Spring 1995; BY LEON JAROFF, Time Magazine Special Issue
The Declining Middle
July 1983; Bob Kuttner, Atlantic Monthly
Repetitive Strain Injuries - The Hidden Cost of Computing
Jan. 28, 1996; Andrew B. King, webreference.com
Closing the Windows on Opportunity
March/April 1995; By Norman Coombs, Educom Review

IV. Education and Social Interaction

This is Not a Paper
November 1995; Nicholas Constantine Burbules and Bertram C. Bruce, EDUCATIONAL RESEARCHER
The Learning Revolution
Spring 1995; BY CLAUDIA WALLIS, Time Magazine Special Issue
Getting the Government We Deserve Reinventing Government By Going Beyond the Beltway
March/April 1996; By Laurence Peters, Educom Review
Cyber-Cops: Angels on the Net Curtis Sliwa Interview
January/February 1996; By Educom Review Staff; Educom Review
Logged On or Left Out? (Special Report: Women in Computing)
January 21, 1996; multiple authors, the Sacramento Bee

V. Ethics and Law in Cyberspace

Dirty bits, naughty bytes
August 26, 1996; By Joseph R. Garber, Forbes
Internet, Free Speech and Industry Self-Regulation
November 1995; A report prepared by The Information Technology Association of America Task Force on Internet Use
Protecting free expression in Electronic Communications
May/June 1996; By Robert M. O'Neil, Educom Review
SJ Games versus the Secret Service
Steve Jackson Games
CYBERLAW REPORT ON THE SJ GAMES CASE
4/93; CyberLaw
It Doesn't Fit: The Dilemma of Computer Software and Patent/Copyright Law
May 1996; by Douglas C. Derrick, E Law - Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law
To Copy or Not to Copy
brochure from the Software Publishers Association
Legal Implications of Safety Failures in Software Based Products
by Ian J Lloyd and Moira J Simpson, Centre for Law, Computers and Technology, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland

VI. The Risks of Technology

Feasting on the giant peach: will the Internet collapse?
August 26, 1996; By George Gilder, featured in Forbes ASAP
Hack Attack
June 3, 1996; Edited By Gary Andrew Poole, featured in Forbes ASAP
Waiting for 01-01-00
January-February 1995; by Bryan Hayes, American Scientist
The Year 2000 Software Conversion: Issues and Observations
January 1996; A White Paper prepared by The Information Technology Association of America
ONWARD CYBER SOLDIERS The U.S. may soon wage war by mouse, keyboard and computer virus
August 21, 1995; BY DOUGLAS WALLER WASHINGTON, Time Magazine

VII. Computers and Privacy

KEYS TO THE KINGDOM
Spring 1995; BY MIKE GODWIN, Time Magazine Special Issue
SPIES IN CYBERSPACE
March 20, 1995; BY DOUGLAS WALLER, Time Magazine
THE COMPUTERS HAVE EYES how private is private in the digital age?
February 1996; interview with Andre Bacard, Playboy Magazine
UNMASKED ON THE NET The Finns raid a computer that ferries anonymous messages
March 6, 1995; BY JOSHUA QUITTNER, Time Magazine

VIII. It's a Small, Small World...

Japan and the Net
By Howard Rheingold, Chapter Eight of The Virtual Community
COMPUTING IN SOUTH AFRICA: AN END TO APARTNESS?
February 1994; by Sy Goodman, Communications of the ACM
It's a Wired, Wired World
Spring 1995; BY JAMES O. JACKSON, Time Magazine Special Edition

IX. Cyber Horizons

Gene Genie
by Thomas A. Bass, on HotWired
The Unpredictable Certainty: Information Infrastructure Through 2000 (Executive Summary)
1996; National Academy of Sciences
Quantum Teleportation
1995; IBM Research Report
THE FUTURE OF COMPUTING AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR BUSINESS
December 13, 1995; speech by Craig R. Barrett, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Intel Corporation, at the University of California at Davis
Steve Jobs: The Next Insanely Great Thing
February 1996; Wired Interview by Gary Wolf; Wired Magazine

X. Links to Related Material

Computers and Society Articles Collection Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Links to Sources of Computers and Society Information Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Internet Resources for the Study of Communications Princeton University
Courses in Social Issues of Computing California State University, Long Beach
National Academy Press Reading Room: Computer Science (Online books)

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