NRCGSH@ritvax.isc.rit.edu (Prof Norm Coombs) (01/29/91)
I am contemplating designing a new course re computers and society. I am an American historian. I have not quite decided whether to focus on computers and society or whether to make it broader and talk about the new information age which would include stuff more like radio and television as well. Would focus on electronic information storeage and communication. I would appreciate information about any such courses already being given. I would appreciate a syllabus and any kind of bibliography. I'd also like to include media in the course presentation. If anyone knows of any good audio or video presentations re the topic, I'd like to get those names as well. It seems like Nova on Public TV must have had a broadcast or two. In any case, I'd appreciate information on such courses already in existence. I don't believe in totally inventing the wheel every time. Certainly, each teacher moulds a topic to his taste, but there must be much to learn from one another. By the way, I visited the information age exhibit at the Smithsonian. It is well worth seeing next time you are in Washington. Norman Coombs, Ph.D. Rochester Institute of Technology
jon@cs.washington.edu (Jon Jacky) (01/31/91)
Professor Norm Coombs writes: > I am contemplating designing a new course re computers and society. ... > I would appreciate information about any such courses already being > given. I would appreciate a syllabus and any kind of bibliography. Just what you want was announced on this newsgroup a few months ago: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: x1@oxy.edu (Rodney J. Hoffman) Newsgroups: comp.society Subject: CPSR Syllabus Collection Date: 31 Oct 90 07:28:45 GMT Organization: Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041 Now available from Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility: COMPUTING AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY A Collection of Course Syllabi Topics covered include: * Social Implications of Computing * Social Analyses of Computing * Ethics for Computer Professionals * Computers in the Arts * Computers in the Military * Computers in the Third World * Computers in Education * Bibliography To order, mail a check for $15 payable to CPSR, your name and mailing address, and this note to CPSR, P.O. Box 717, Palo Alto, CA 94302 Rodney - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > If anyone knows of any good audio or video presentations re the topic, I'd > like to get those names as well. It seems like Nova on Public TV must have > had a broadcast or two. In this last season, NOVA broadcast a show titled, "We Know Where You Live," about databases and privacy, another show re-enacting the computer espionage story told in Cliff Stoll's THE CUCKOO'S EGG, and a show about "smart" weapons. > I have not quite decided whether to focus on computers and society or > whether to make it broader and talk about the new information age ... These topics are a major interest area of CPSR. They have other materials besides the syllabus which may be useful to you; they can be contacted at the address given above. Jon Jacky