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ICS 131: Social Analysis of Computerization

ICS 131: Social Analysis of Computerization. Lecture 7: Social Aspects of Technical Questions - Networks. Note on reading for Monday.

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ICS 131: Social Analysis of Computerization

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  1. ICS 131: Social Analysis of Computerization Lecture 7: Social Aspects of Technical Questions - Networks

  2. Note on reading for Monday • Summarizing the Constitution/Amendments can be a bit challenging. Therefore, if you prefer, you may write one summary for both, reflecting on the similarities between these documents and a computer program.

  3. Key Idea • Computing underwent a significant social shift as computers moved from being primarily self-contained to primarily networked.

  4. Before the 1990s • Computing • Business • Academics • Games • Hobbies

  5. After the 1990s • Communicating • Email • WWW • Networked games • (as well as computing)

  6. Ease of Information Exchange • Benefits?

  7. Ease of Information Exchange • Drawbacks?

  8. Increased Complexity • Benefits?

  9. Increased Complexity • Drawbacks?

  10. Information Overload • The rise of search technologies • Yahoo • Google • Previous search technologies • Social Networks • Librarians • Card catalogs • Others?

  11. Communication • One to one - conversation • One to several - storytelling • One to many - broadcasting • Many to many - WWW

  12. Practice Quiz • (Not a real one… just a warm-up for today.) • What are corporations legally obligated to do? • Raise your hand if you think you know the answer.

  13. ANSWER • Increase shareholder value!

  14. Practice Quiz #2 • Name as many of the Supreme Court Justices as you can. • Raise your hand if you can remember one that hasn’t already been said.

  15. ANSWER • Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Ruth Bader Ginsberg • Clarence Thomas • Anthony M. Kennedy • David H. Souter • John Paul Stevens • Sephen G. Breyer • Sandra Day O’Connor

  16. Topic for Discussion • A Debate: Half of you will be asked to argue that computers were more useful before networking became wide-spread, the other half will argue that they are more useful now. You may be assigned to either side, so please consider both. • Discuss with neighbors - 5 minutes.

  17. Today’s debaters are... • Shah, Manan Jawahar • Chang, Li-chun • Nguyen, Tin Minh • Pamulaklakin, Gene Marty • Lipeles, Jeffrey David • Uaje, Edgar Banares • Mccollum, Lucas Edward • Elghobashi, Karim Said …come on down front!

  18. Next class • Computing and the Law: Introduction • Readings: • Constitution & Amendments • Greenhouse - surveillance • Optional: Kyllo vs. US

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