Soc. 3280: Society and Technology

Handouts

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  1. Howard Reingold, The Virtual Community.
  2. Bill LeFurgy, From: CULTURE IN CYBERSPACE October 21, 1996/Volume 01, Issue 34 Issues Concerning Worker Displacement and High Technology: "It's the Knowledge, Stupid".
  3. Articles for classroom use only!! New York Times:Cybertimes, and other news sories. Articles for Classroom Use.

These articles are being referenced from the WWW edition of the New York Times:

(you'll have to logon to "roksworld" to view these documents--see the syllabus)

  1. Internet Access as Tax Exempt Service
  2. Net Fund Growing
  3. Survey Doubles Estimate of Web Use to 17 Million American Adults (2/17/96)
  4. Feminism on the Web
  5. NY Times, Cybertimes, Feb. 13, 1997: Hackers Go on TV to Show Perils in ActiveX
  6. NY Times, Cybertimes, February 14, 1997: A New Kind of Ban in Boston
  7. NY Times, Cybertimes, February 15, 1997: Medical Records Are Headed to the Internet
  8. NY Times, Cybertimes, February 15, 1997:Growing Winter Web Sites Seed Summer Plant Orders
  9. NY Times, Cybertimes, February 17, 1997: New Software Expected to Cut Web Delays
  10. NY Times, Cybertimes, March 7, 1997: On Web, New Threats to Young Are Seen
  11. Using the GPS for Industry 9/28/98
  12. Annoying or Obscene?   9/28/98

These articles are being referenced from the WWW edition of the Associated Press , St. Louis Post-Dispatch, other other news services.

(you'll have to logon to "roksworld" to view these documents--see the syllabus)

  1. Snooping on your neighbor is just a keyboard away (Knight-Rider, in STL-PD, 9/30/98)
  2. Internet companies wonder if you are a 'Mouse Potato' (Reuters, in STL-PD, 9/30/98)
  3. "The Mouse at 30," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, AP, 12/9/98.
  4. "Internet's Birthday," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 8/30/99
  5. "Batteries," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 8/25/99
  6. The Air Conditioner and Change (6/13/99) (Post Story)
  7. Internet Gap (7/9/1999)
  8. Business and GPS (9/28/99)
  9. Computers and Schools (abstract) (The Information Society Journal, Summer 1999)
  10. Clone a Mammmoth? (AP, 10/2/99)

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Last Updated: September 30, 1998