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ICS 131: Social Analysis of Computerization Lecture 7: Social Aspects of Technical Questions - Networks
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Note on reading for Monday Summarizing the Constitution/Amendments can be a bit challenging. Therefore, if you prefer, you may write one summary for both, reflecting on the similarities between these documents and a computer program.
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Key Idea Computing underwent a significant social shift as computers moved from being primarily self-contained to primarily networked.
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Before the 1990s Computing –Business –Academics –Games –Hobbies
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After the 1990s Communicating –Email –WWW –Networked games (as well as computing)
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Ease of Information Exchange Benefits?
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Ease of Information Exchange Drawbacks?
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Increased Complexity Benefits?
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Increased Complexity Drawbacks?
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Information Overload The rise of search technologies –Yahoo –Google Previous search technologies –Social Networks –Librarians –Card catalogs –Others?
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Communication One to one - conversation One to several - storytelling One to many - broadcasting Many to many - WWW
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Practice Quiz (Not a real one… just a warm-up for today.) What are corporations legally obligated to do? Raise your hand if you think you know the answer.
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ANSWER Increase shareholder value!
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Practice Quiz #2 Name as many of the Supreme Court Justices as you can. Raise your hand if you can remember one that hasn’t already been said.
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ANSWER Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist Antonin Scalia Ruth Bader Ginsberg Clarence Thomas Anthony M. Kennedy David H. Souter John Paul Stevens Sephen G. Breyer Sandra Day O’Connor
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Topic for Discussion A Debate: Half of you will be asked to argue that computers were more useful before networking became wide-spread, the other half will argue that they are more useful now. You may be assigned to either side, so please consider both. Discuss with neighbors - 5 minutes.
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Today’s debaters are... Shah, Manan Jawahar Chang, Li-chun Nguyen, Tin Minh Pamulaklakin, Gene Marty Lipeles, Jeffrey David Uaje, Edgar Banares Mccollum, Lucas Edward Elghobashi, Karim Said …come on down front!
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Next class Computing and the Law: Introduction Readings: –Constitution & Amendments –Greenhouse - surveillance –Optional: Kyllo vs. US
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