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Final Exam Largest question: privacy.
Why people should be worried about privacy Several different SUPPORTED arguments
Questions on presentations What is the controversy? 2 or 3 arguments for each side Can NOT do your own topic
Additional questions Scenarios (a la midterm) General, large principles
Cheat Sheet Expanded to 2 pages Specific topics
Identify controversies and arguments Capture enough detail of specifics for concrete
essays General topics
Capture the big items
Group exercise What lessons have you learned? Write full sentences until I tell you to stop. Examples:
Code can affect behavior as much as – possibly more than – laws. (Lessig)
We are a culture of simulation, which can often cause problems. (Turkle)
Not all gamers who experience compulsive internet use came to the game with psychological problems. (Ward)
We cannot always predict the effects of a new technology, but that doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t try. (Kling)
Topics• Morality Theory• How computers work• Reliability issues• Enabling technologies• eGovernment• eInformation• Privacy• Social issues
• Digital divide• Genetics and privacy• Games• Digital rights• Anti-trust• eVoting• Workplace• Medicine
Class Statements Games can restrict or enhance social interaction for people
with phobias. Enabling technologies use computers to help people with
disabilities. Even though Internet voting is very convenient, people are
worried about hacking and security. Employer access to genetic information can cause
discrimination in the workplace. Privacy is becoming an increasing concern due to the
growing number of online databases and personal info online. Digital divide is the gap that exists in regards to computer use
between races and socio-economic groups. Games can be so addictive to cause people to drop out of
school; they can also do significant good and teach people.
Class Statements (cont.) Digital divide is not limited to third-world
countries. E-voting will increase participation in our
generation. Anti-trust legal cases must rely on both
technology experts and legal experts. Use of e-government may imply a computer
literacy test.
6 Degrees of Separation: the Legend Stanley Milgram (Harvard) 1967
asked each of several volunteers in the Midwest to get a letter to a stranger in Boston
Could send a letter only to someone they knew Median number of intermediaries was six
Hence “six degrees of separation”
6 Degrees of Separation: the Reality Milgram experiment
Initial experimant: only 3 of 60 letters (5%) made it
Later experiments only achieved 30% First proposed in a 1929 short story
Chains by Karinthy Frigyes
Multiple personae and avatars Having multiple personalities in the real
world is considered an illness Is it okay in cyberspace? What’s the difference?
Awareness Choice of focus
Second Life
Exploring Personailty Options Get control of your life Try new techniques Opportunities that you would not otherwise
have
How is this different from lying? Pretending that you are someone that you are not