kling@ICS.UCI.EDU (Rob Kling) (03/09/91)
The book has one section (of 7) devoted to issues of
privacy & social control. Anothers ection is devoted to
"electronic communities."
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Computerization & Controversy, an anthology of articles about
social issues of computing, by Charles Dunlop and Rob Kling is
now available.
Computerization and Controversy:
Value Conflicts and Social Choices
Charles Dunlop and Rob Kling (Editors)
Univ. of Michigan - Flint Univ. of California - Irvine
Many students, professionals, managers, and laymen are hungry for
honest, probing discussions of the opportunities and problems of
computerization. This book introduces some of the major social
controversies about the computerization of society. It highlights
some of the key value conflicts and social choices about comput-
erization. It helps readers recognize the social processes that
drive and shape computerization, and to understand the paradoxes
and ironies of computerization
Some of the controversies about computerization covered in this
collection include:
the appropriateness of utopian and anti-utopian scenarios
for understanding the future
whether computerization demonstrably improves the
productivity of organizations
how computerization transforms work
how computerized systems can be designed with social
principles in view
whether electronic mail facilitates the formation of new
communities or undermines intimate interaction
whether computerization is likely to reduce privacy and
personal freedom
the risks raised by computerized systems in health care
the ethical issues when computer science researchers accept
military funding
the extent to which organizations, rather than "hackers,"
are significant perpetrators of computer abuse
The authors include Paul Attewell, Carl Barus, Wendell Berry,
James Beninger, John Bennett*, Alan Borning, Niels Bjorn-
Anderson*, Chris Bullen*, Roger Clarke, Peter Denning, Pelle Ehn,
Edward Feigenbaum, Linda Garcia, Suzanne Iacono, Jon Jacky*, Rob
Kling, Kenneth Kraemer*, John Ladd, Kenneth Laudon, Pamela
McCorduck, David Parnas, Judith Perrolle*, James Rule, John
Sculley, John Shattuck, Brian Smith, Clifford Stoll, Lindsy Van
Gelder, Fred Weingarten, Joseph Weizenbaum, and Terry Winograd.
(*'d authors have contributed new essays for the
book.)
Each of the seven sections opens with a 20 page analytical essay
which identifies major controversies and places the articles in
the context of key questions and debates. These essays also point
the reader to recent additional research and debate about the
controversies.
Published by Academic Press (Boston). 758 pp. Available: March 5
1991. $34.95
ISBN: 0-12-224356-0 Phone: 1-800-321-5068
Individuals may purchase copies directly from Academic Press by
calling 1-800-321-5068 or by writing to: Academic Press Ordering
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