Social Issues

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Social Issues - October 31 - November 6

Computer Professionals
for
Social Responsibility
http://www.cpsr.org

CPSR is a public-interest alliance of computer scientists and others concerned about the impact of computer technology on society. We work to influence decisions regarding the development and use of computers because those decisions have far-reaching consequences and reflect our basic values and priorities.

Read the following articles and use them as background for the discussion this week.
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Offline and Still in Touch With Away Messaging
In praise of silver surfers
Web Accessibility
Big tech on campus
Stopping spam at the source
Charity begins on the net

Mike Allen has nearly thirty years experience in the charity sector and is currently Manager of Staying Put Birmingham, part of the Anchor Trust group, the largest UK housing charity. He is working on improvements to their ICT provision, looking at social impact & usability, as well as value for money in a non-profit environment. Previously, as CEO of Age Concern Sandwell, he became interested in older users and technology; using the information he gathered about this user group he created Age Concern Sandwell's first web site.

Rodica Mocan is associate professor at the Journalism Department of the Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj, Romania. She teaches courses in New Media Journalism, Internet and Global Communication and Visual Communication. Her reasearch interests are on the uses of Internet and multimedia in distance education, journalism as well as the democratising potential of ICTs. She contributed chapters with case studies about the use of new media in distance education and political parties in Romania.

Does your internet provider have a SPAM policy about using their servers to send it? Do they have any SPAM detection software to filter SPAM you receive? Do they publish their policies? Find out.

Refer to this exercise in this weeks discussion.

Use the following question to BEGIN this week's discussion.

Have you ever felt that you were being left behind in the Technology Revolution because you couldn't afford all the toys?

Go to the Bulletin Board and begin the discussion.

The first of our three Synchronous Chats will be this week. Check the BBS for details for time and place.

Here are some links for further information

Journal of Online Behavior | Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
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