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Cultural Implications of Tech
CS 340
Spring 2015Slide2
Where did you hear
about North
Korea hacking into Sony because of Sony’s film The Interview?
Phone call / conversationRead about it on Facebook, Twitter or other social mediaRead about it in the paper newspaper or other mediaRead about it at an online news siteSaw it on televisionThis slide…Slide3
Where do you get your news?
Where do you get your news?Slide4
Ch. 6 “How Computing is Changing Who We Are
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Page 195, Brinkman’s
Ethics in a Computing Culture“Computing is transforming our sense of personal identity, affecting the meaning and significance of our interpersonal relationships…Google and Wikipedia are changing the way we construct knowledge…Whether these changes are beneficial or detrimental is the subject of heated debate.”Slide5
Early Networking Methods
Before the semaphore, the fastest information could travel was by horse.
http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZxTdzsrcIwOptical networking method Next came electric-line telegraph service in US, 1840s. Then, telephone development, 1860s-1870s:Initial adoption rates Proliferation after patent expiration in the 1890s.French, late 1790sSlide6
Does technology create new problems?Slide7
Cell
phone interruptions.
http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXZU_teQjMU PC Mag’s Five funny cell interruptions http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2398930,00.asp Slide8
Is this a *NEW* problem?
Sara
Baase’s
A Gift of Fire: Often, technology merely places “old problems into a new context.”Example: The landline telephone1897 article, about NY Gov. Chauncey Depew.“unwanted intrusion, unwelcome interruption”Could now be used to describe cell phone & text messages.Slide9
Bullying Cyber-bullying
Compare and Contrast class discussion
Well known victims:
Phoebe Prince (Jan ’10)Tyler Clementi (Sept ’10)Watch Anderson Cooper segment: https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgxNItGmiC4Sentencing: http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/21/justice/new-jersey-rutgers-sentencing/
See the fact sheet
:
http://
www.stopbullying.gov/image-gallery/what-you-need-to-know-infographic.pdf
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Stalking
Cyber-stalking
Compare and Contrast class
discussionSlide11
Oversharing to a few the world
Compare and Contrast class discussion on
http://
www.slideshare.net/USArmySocialMedia/social-media-roundupgeotagging-safetyThings to focus on: Adam Savage twitter exampleWired magazine experimentKnow about geotaggingSlide12
Distracted driving
Does the Internet introduce new, unique issues and dangers?
What kind of statistics/facts have you heard?
Distracted driving: vs. Impact of choicesSlide13
Thinking about the choice to adopt new technology in our lives.Slide14
Amish Ideals
Principles:
Gelassenheit
OrdnungHumilityModestyPatienceConformity to goals and community activityOther concepts:No single governing bodyDifferent groups: Old Order, Mennonites, BrethrenSlide15
The Amish Viewpoint on Technology Adoption
Central question: does it bring us together or draw us apart?
Ex. Telephone
Ex. Gas grillSlide16
Does this bring us together
or draw us apart?
Skype
FaceTimeSlide17
The set of rules that the Amish follow is
Gelassenheit
Gesundheit
OrdnungRegelnSlide18
Ch. 6 “How Computing is Changing Who We Are”Slide19
Case 6.1: Kratos and Poseidon’s Princess
Jamal is the father of two sons who want to play the game.
The only way to finish a level is to kill the princess.Slide20
What would Aristotle say about the kids playing this game
?
Video games are pretend so what is the big deal?
It is wrong to use people as means to an end.Mimicking violent and evil acts will not help the boys develop virtuous habits.It’s okay as long as the boys get their homework done first.Slide21
What would
Kant
say about the kids playing this game?
Video games are pretend so what is the big deal? It is wrong to use people as means to an end.Mimicking violent and evil acts will not help the boys develop virtuous habits.It’s okay as long as the boys get their homework done first.Slide22
Case 6.2 Virtual Two Timing
Mitch and Meghan play an online game.
Meghan is dating mutual friend Erik IRL
In the game there is sweetheart’s day, and Mitch and Meghan’s characters wear banners proclaiming love for each other.Slide23
Opinion: Is Meghan being unfaithful to Erik with this behavior?
Yes
No
MaybeSlide24
Opinion Question: Is it possible to date/be in a relationship with someone that you have never met?
Yes
No
Book section 6.5.3, pp. 216-217
Is Cyberdating really dating?Slide25
The Internet and Self
Self concept, p. 198-199
Article for discussion: “Facebook causes envy ‘on unprecedented scale’”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/9820910/Facebook-causes-envy-on-an-unprecedented-scale.html Slide26
Sociopathic behavior on the Internet
Dissocial personality disorder, definition quote, top of page 196
Types:
Cyberbully: uses the Internet to harass a particular target, often using fake identities or public Web sites to enable harassment; often chooses targets known in real lifeTroll: posts in a public forum or chat room, with the goal of either subverting the conversation or otherwise provoking an emotional responseGriefer
: online version of a spoilsport; enjoys making other players not enjoy online games26
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Antisocial definitionSlide28
Social Network & Graph
Terms:
Nodes /vertices = Interconnected objects
Edges = links/lines that connectTheoriesTraditional: 6 degrees of separation‘67 Prof. Stanley Milgram’
s experiment (6.5 steps), page 210Modern: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/22/technology/between-you-and-me-4-74-degrees.html?_r=1&
Note figure
Note between US residents figure
Ethics in a Computing Culture
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How the Internet Changes
How
We Know
Epistemology: study of the nature of knowledge and how we know what we knowAcquired:Indirect
DirectGrowing role of intentional bias in finding information
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6.5.1:
Homophily
Homophily
: the tendency for people to have close friendships primarily with people similar to themselves When searching for information about political issues on the Internet, would you prefer that the pages be sorted by quality only, or would you like your beliefs taken into account, so that high-quality pages that agree with you are shown closer to the top than high-quality pages that disagree with you?
Would you prefer to see online advertisements that are randomly selected, or would you prefer to see advertisements for things that your friends like?
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6.5.2: Expert fear of
Wikipedia
In evaluating the quality of information you use in your academic work, how important is it to you that the author is an expert in the topic?
For example, would you be more likely to trust a Wikipedia article on U.S. history if the author is a history professor, instead of an average person? Why or why not?CrowdsourcingWisdom of Crowds
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Which term relates to a collective opinion of a large set of people being as accurate or better than an expect?
Homophily
Wisdom of the crowd
Crowd sourcingSix degrees of separation