kling@ICS.UCI.EDU (Rob Kling) (03/26/91)
N O W A V A I L A B L E
Computerization & Controversy, an anthology of articles about
social aspects of computing, by Charles Dunlop and Rob Kling is
now available. It is a 758 page paperback and sells for $34.95.
_Computerization and Controversy:
Value Conflicts and Social Choices_
Charles Dunlop and Rob Kling (Editors)
Univ. of Michigan - Flint Univ. of California - Irvine
This book introduces some of the major social controversies surrounding
the computerization of society. It highlights various key value conflicts
and emphasizes a wide variety of social choices posed by computerization.
It helps readers to recognize social processes that drive and shape
computerization, and to understand the paradoxes and ironies of computer-
ization.
Some of the controversies covered in this collection include:
o the appropriateness of utopian and anti-utopian scenarios for
understanding the future of technology
o whether computerization is likely to reduce privacy and personal
freedom
o how computerization transforms work
o the extent to which the reliability of computer systems can be
guaranteed by testing and other forms of verification
o how computerized systems can be designed with social principles in view
o whether electronic mail facilitates the formation of new communities
or undermines intimate interaction
o the risks raised by computerized systems in communications, health care,
and strategic defense
o the ethical issues that arise from large-scale Defense Department
funding of academic computer science research
o the locus of moral responsibility when computer systems cause damage
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 major analytical essay that
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 now. $34.95
ISBN: 0-12-224356-0 Phone: 1-800-321-5068
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