INLS 105 Information Ethics, UNC-CH, Fall 2003, Access to Technology

School of Information and Library Science
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

INLS 105, Information Ethics
Fall 2003

Access to Technology

Key Readings

Anderson, R. E., Lundmark, V., Harris, L., & Magnan, S. (1994). Equity in computing. In Huff, C., & Finholt, T. (1994). Social Issues in Computing: Putting Computing in its Place. New York: McGraw-Hill, 352-385. (Pages 352-356 only.) [Davis - QA76.9 .C66 S62 1994]

Civille, R. (1995). The Internet and the poor. In Kahin, B., & Keller, J. (Eds.), Public Access to the Internet. Cambridge: MIT Press, 175-207. [SILS, Davis - TK5105.875 .I57 P83 1995]

Johnson, D. G. (1985). Equal access to computing, computing expertise, and decision making about computers. Business & Professional Ethics Journal, 4(3 & 4). [Davis - HF5387 .B8] Reprinted in Dejoie, R., Fowler, G., & Paradice, D. (Eds.). (1991). Ethical Issues in Information Systems. Boston: Boyd & Fraser, 210-218. [SILS - QA76.9 .M65 E83 1991]

Kretchmer, S. B., & Carveth, R. (2001). The color of the net: African Americans, race, and cyberspace. Computers and Society, 31(3), 9-14. [ACM Digital Library]

Miller, S. E. (1996). Universal service: giving everyone a chance. In Civilizing Cyberspace: Policy, Power, and the Information Superhighway. New York: ACM Press; Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 179-210. [SILS, UL - HE7572 .U6 M55 1996]

Mitchell, W. J. (1999). Equitable access to the online world. In Schön, D. A., Sanyal, B., & Mitchell, W. J. (eds.), High Technology and Low-Income Communities: Prospects for the Positive Use of Advanced Information Technology. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 151-163. [Davis - T58.5 .H55 1999]

Press, L. (1997). Toward an access rights policy. Communications of the ACM, 40(7), 17-21. [ACM Digital Library]

Shneiderman, B. (2000). Universal usability. Communications of the ACM, 43(5), 84-91. [ACM Digital Library]

Additional Readings

Bertot, J. C., & McClure, C. R. (1999). U.S. public library outlet internet connectivity: progress, issues and strategies. Library & Information Science Research, 21(3), 281-298. [Online via UNC libraries]

Cisler, S. (1994). Access issues for the National Research and Education Network (NREN). In Huff, C., & Finholt, T. (1994). Social Issues in Computing: Putting Computing in its Place. New York: McGraw-Hill, 386-398. [Davis - QA76.9 .C66 S62 1994]

Henderson, C. C., & King, F. D. (1995). The role of public libraries in providing public access to the Internet. In Kahin, B., & Keller, J. (Eds.), Public Access to the Internet. Cambridge: MIT Press, 154-171. [SILS, Davis - TK5105.875 .I57 P83 1995]

Hofmann, J. (1999). Writers, texts and writing acts: gendered user images in word processing software. In MacKenzie, D., & Wajcman, J. (eds.), The Social Shaping of Technology. Buckingham: Open University Press, 222-243. [SILS - T14.5 .S6383 1999]

Jue, D. K., Koontz, C. M., Magpantay, A., Lance, K. C., & Seidl, A. M. (1999). Using public libraries to provide technology access for individuals in poverty: a nationwide analysis of library market areas using a geographic information system. Library & Information Science Research, 21(3), 299-325. [Online via UNC libraries]

Moss, J. (2002). Power and the digital divide. Ethics and Information Technology, 4(2), 159-165. [Online via UNC libraries]

Nardi, B. A., & O’Day, V. L. (1999). Digital photography at Lincoln High School. In Information Ecologies: Using Technology with Heart. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 153-168. [Davis – T14.5 .N344 1999]

Payton, F. C. (2003). Rethinking the digital divide. Communications of the ACM, 46(6), 89-91. [ACM Digital Library]

Resnick, M., Rusk, N., & Cooke, S. (1999). The computer clubhouse: technological fluency in the inner city. In Schön, D. A., Sanyal, B., & Mitchell, W. J. (eds.), High Technology and Low-Income Communities: Prospects for the Positive Use of Advanced Information Technology. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 263-286. [Davis - T58.5 .H55 1999]

Shaw, A., & Shaw, M. (1999). Social empowerment through community networks. In Schön, D. A., Sanyal, B., & Mitchell, W. J. (eds.), High Technology and Low-Income Communities: Prospects for the Positive Use of Advanced Information Technology. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 315-336. [Davis - T58.5 .H55 1999]

Wehn, U. (1998, March). Internet access for all: the obstacles and the signposts. id21 Insights, 25. http://www.id21.org/insights/insights25/insights-iss25-art04.html.

Wei, R., & Leung, L. (1999). Blurring public and private behaviors in public space: policy challenges in the use and improper use of the cell phone. Telematics and Informatics, 16(1-2), 11-26. [Online via UNC libraries]

Scenarios of Ethical Decisions

Mason, R. O. (2001). Hal Richards: technological change and moral response. Communications of the AIS, 7(12). [Online journal]

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