2002
International Symposium on Technology and Society
(ISTAS'02)
Social
Implications of Information and Communication Technology
June
6-8, 2002
June 6, Thursday
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3:00 pm-8:00 pm |
Registration
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5:00 pm-6:30 pm |
Welcoming Reception – Hannover II and III
Heavy
Hors d'oeuvres, Cash Bar Sponsored
by NC State University E-Commerce Learning Center |
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6:30 pm-8:00 pm |
Opening Plenary Session – Hannover I
Moderator:
Keith Miller, University of Illinois at Springfield Coming of Age in the Computer Era: An
Ethical Awakening Dr. Donald Gotterbarn, East Tennessee
State University Recipient of 2002
ACM SIGCAS Making a Difference Award Respondent: James H. Moor, Dartmouth College Sponsored
by ACM-SIGCAS |
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June 7, Friday |
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8:00 am-5:30 pm |
Registration
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8:00 am-9:00 am |
Continental Breakfast - Prefunction
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9:00 am-10:30 am |
Main Plenary Session – Hannover I
Moderator:
Joseph R. Herkert, North Carolina State University Welcome:
Clinton J. Andrews, President, IEEE-SSIT Welcome:
Thomas Miller, Vice Provost for Distance Education and Learning Technology,
North Carolina State University Speaker
introduction: Carolyn Miller, North Carolina State University Reconfiguring
ICT as Practice
Dr.
Lucy Suchman, Lancaster University
Sponsored
by IEEE Eastern North Carolina Section and The
NCSU Libraries |
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10:30 am-11:00 am |
Break – Prefunction
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11:00 am-12:30 pm |
Concurrent Session I
IA—Online Communities - Governors I
Moderator: Clinton
J. Andrews, Rutgers University 1.
Seeking
Community on the Internet: Ethnocultural Use of Information Communication
Technology Amanda Aizlewood and Maureen Doody, Strategic
Research Unit of the Department of Canadian Heritage 2. Revitalizing
an Online Community Diane Maloney-Krichmar, Chadia Abras, and
Jennifer Preece, University of Maryland Baltimore County 3.
The Meaning of an Online Health Community
in the Lives of Its Members: Roles, Relationships, and Group Dynamics Diane Maloney-Krichmar
and Jennifer Preece, University of Maryland Baltimore County
4. The War on Afghanistan and the Growth of
Protest Space on the Internet Mike
Healy, University of Westminster |
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IB—ICT and Development, I - Governors II
Moderator:
Georgia Valaoras, University of La Verne, Athens 1.
EHAS
Program: Rural Telemedicine Systems for Primary Healthcare in Developing
Countries Andrés Martínez, Valentín Villarroel, Joaquín
Seoane and Francisco del Pozo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid 2. Community
Knowledge Sharing: An Internet Application to Support Communications Across
Literacy Levels Hani Shakeel
and Michael L. Best, MIT Media Lab 3. Electronic
Commerce and Its Socio-economic Implications in Brazilian Small and Medium
Enterprises Muna M.
Odeh, Edson dos Santos Moreira, Thais F. Leite Madeira, NUMA, ICMC,
Universidade de São Paulo |
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IC—ICT and Intellectual Property – Hannover II
Moderator:
Brian O’Connell, Central Connecticut State University 1.
Including
the Technical Personnel: An Alternative IP Model in the Development of
Distributed Learning Courses
Sarah Stein, North
Carolina State University
2.
Is the
Patent System Broken? (If It Isn't Broken, Don't Fix It)
Robert D. (Bob) Hunter, P.E. 3.
Nothing To
Claim - There Is No Such Thing As Intellectual Property
Hendrik
Speck, University of Applied Sciences, Kaiserslautern |
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ID—Gender Issues in ICT – Hannover III
Moderator: Mary Wyer, North Carolina State
University 1. Gender Equity and the use of Information Communication
Technologies in the Knowledge Economy: Taking a Feminist Postructuralist
Approach Sheila French,
Manchester Metropolitan University 2.
Gender, Culture and Science: Exploring Underrepresentation Pauline
Cushman, Anthony Teate and Elizabeth Adams, James Madison University 3. Confronting
Gender Equity in Information and Communication Technologies: Girls, Girl
Scouts, and Informal Education Strategies to Increase Participation Patricia J. Paddock, Girl
Scouts of the USA
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12:30 pm-2:00 pm |
Lunch – Hannover I
Sponsored
by IEEE Eastern North Carolina Section Information
Session: IEEE-SSIT
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2:00 pm-3:30 pm |
Concurrent
Session II
IIA—Digital Divide, I – Governors I
Moderator: John Weckert, Charles Sturt
University
1. Bridging the
Digital Divide
Emma Rooksby and John Weckert,
Charles Sturt University 2. Providing Web Search Capability for
Low-Connectivity Communities
Libby Levison, William Thies, and Saman Amarasinghe, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science 3. Information and Communications Technology
for Poverty Reduction. Lessons from
Rural India
Simone Cecchini, Poverty Reduction Group, The World Bank 4.
Effective
Application of ICT to Improving the Quality of Life and Reducing Poverty in
Poor Countries: Recent Experiences and New Approaches Edward
Farell and Marta Rumich, E. Farell
Consulting Company, Ltd |
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IIB—Panel: Gender Inequality and the Technological Fix – Governors II
Moderator: Mary Wyer, North Carolina State
University
1.
Perpetual
Dirt and the Self-Cleaning House
Mary Wyer, North Carolina State University
2. Selling Science
Mary
Barbercheck, North Carolina State University 3. Medicating for Gender Inequality
Donna
Cookmeyer, Duke University 4. Even More Work for Mother
Hatice
Őrűn Őztűrk, North Carolina State University |
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IIC—Technology Policy – Hannover
II
Moderator: Nicholas DiPasquale, Delaware Secretary
of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
1.
Credibly
Constructing Risk Comparisons
Clinton J. Andrews,
Rutgers University
2. Addressing Ethical and Professional Risks
of ICT Development Using Software Development Impact Statements
Donald
Gotterbarn, East Tennessee State University 3.
Learning
From Information Technology Management Disasters
Mark Manion, Drexel
University
4.
Spatial Decision
Support Systems for Local Government: The Unintended Consequences of
Tightened Security on the Local Decision Making Process Christopher L. Fulcher and James K. Scott,
University of Missouri—Columbia
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IID—Teaching
Resources for Computer Ethics – Hannover
III
Organizer
and Moderator: Keith Miller, University of Illinois at Springfield 1. Preparing to Teach Ethics in a
Computer Science Curriculum Alfreda
Dudley-Sponaugle and Doris Lidtke, Towson University 2. Blackboard: A
Web-Based Resource In the Teaching of A Multi-disciplinary
/Multi-Institutional Computer Ethics Course Frances Grodzinsky, Sacred Heart
University and Joe Griffin, University of Limerick 3.
The DOLCE
Project - NSF Funded Materials for Computer Ethics
Chuck
Huff, St. Olaf College, Deborah Johnson, University of Virginia and Keith
Miller, University of Illinois at Springfield |
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3:30 pm-4:00 pm |
Break - Prefunction |
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4:00 pm-5:30 pm |
Concurrent Session III
IIIA—Online Instruction - Governors
I
Moderator:
Bradley Kjell, Central Connecticut State University 1.
Research
Ethics and Intellectual Property-Copyright Issues: Some Pedagogical
Challenges in Developing an Online Instructional Module Nell Kriesberg and
Rebeca C. Rufty, North Carolina State University
2.
New
Technologies, Old Practices: The Traditional Use of Electronic Courseware
Pauline Hope Cheong, Namkee Park and
William H. Dutton, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Southern
California 3. Information
and Communication Technology, On-line and ‘e-Tuition’ Applications: Seeking Student Opinion and
Preferences in Relation to Internet Teaching and Learning Gerald A. Shortland-Webb,
Curtin University of Technology, School of Management, Perth |
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IIIB—Electronic Documents – Governors II
Moderator:
Carolyn Miller, North Carolina State University 1. Research
Information Portal for Telecommunications Kerstin Zimmermann, ftw. (Telecommunications Research
Center, Vienna) 2.
The Impact
of Digital Books Upon Print Publishing David F. McAllister,
Nancy McAllister, and Steve Vivian, Boson Books/C&M Online Media,
Inc
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IIIC—ICT
and Privacy – Hannover II
Moderator:
Edward Gehringer, North Carolina State University 1. Personal, Private, Secret, Public
David Primeaux and James E. Ames IV,
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond 3.
Privacy
on the Information Landscape: A Call for Cyberliteracy Laura J. Gurak, University of Minnesota 4.
Video
Surveillance for the Rest of Us: Proliferation, Privacy, and Ethics Education Peter Danielson, Centre for Applied
Ethics, University of British Columbia |
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IIID—ICT and Society: Past, Present, Future – Hannover III
Moderator:
Thomas Jepsen, National Coalition of Independent Scholars 1.
Cell
Phone Usage: An Analysis of Users’ Subjective Responses in the Adoption Kumiko Aoki and Edward
Downes, Boston University 2. Teaching Ethics
and the Internet 2.0: Pervasive Computing, Consumer Electronics and
Progressive Embodiment Wendy
Robinson, Duke University |
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6:00 pm-8:30 pm 8:30 pm |
Banquet – Hannover I
Cash Bar
6:00-8:00 pm Dinner Served
6:30 pm After
Dinner Program
Moderator:
Michael Loui, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dramatic Reading of “The Sunshine Borgs”
A Play by Richard Epstein, West Chester
University of PA
Mingle
with the CPSR Research Triangle Park Chapter and the CPSR Board – The Bar |
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June 8,
Saturday |
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8:00 am-12:30 pm |
Registration
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8:00 am-9:00 am |
Continental Breakfast - Prefunction
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8:00 am-9:00 am |
INSEIT Meeting – Hannover
III
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9:00 am-10:30 am |
Concurrent Session IV
IVA—Models of Online Education & the Virtual University:
Key Political, Technological, and Pedagogical Issues – Governors I
Moderator: Chris Werry, San Diego State
University
1.
The
Design and Representation of Distance Learning: Models, Standards, and Open
Source Courseware Chris Werry, San Diego State University 2.
The
Rhetorics of Restructuring in Higher Education: Unpacking the Ideologies of
Informatic Inevitability, Network Necessity, and Telematic Transformation Tim Luke, Virginia Tech 3.
Intervening
in the Closure of a Technological System: The Role of Rhetoric in E-learning
Standardization Megan Little, San Diego
State University |
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IVB—Panel: Intellectual Property Rights in the Digital Age – Governors II
Moderator: Paul Hyland, CPSR-DC
Panelists: Erik
Adolfson, University of Virginia Paul
Jones, ibiblio.org and University of North Carolina Jay
Kesan, University of Illinois James
Love, Consumer Project on Technology |
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IVC—Social and Ethical Perspectives on ICT –
Hannover II
Moderator: Michael
Loui, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1.
Information
Ethics in the Design, Creation and Use of Metadata
Roberta
Brody, Queens College, City University of New York 2. Encountering
Distressing Information in Online Research: A Consideration of Legal and
Ethical Responsibilities Susannah R. Stern, Boston
College 3.
Information
Technology, New Organizational Concepts and Employee Participation—Will
Unionism Survive? Markus Helfen, Fraunhofer Institute for
Industrial Engineering, Stuttgart and Lydia Krüger, University of Trier |
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10:30 am-11:00 am |
Break - Prefunction
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11:00 am-12:30 pm |
Concurrent Session V
VA—Facilitating Citizen Policy
Deliberations: Adapting
the Danish Consensus Conference to the Internet - Governors I Moderator: Patrick Hamlett, North Carolina
State University 1.
Adapting the
Internet to Citizen Deliberations: Lessons Learned
Patrick W. Hamlett, North Carolina State
University 2.
Trusting the
Experts, Online and Off
Carolyn R. Miller, North Carolina State University 3.
True
Deliberation in Technology Mediated Group Communication
Jane Macoubrie, North Carolina State
University 4.
Policy
Debate on the Internet: Panelists Evaluate the Process Kathleen Prosseda, North Carolina State
University
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VB—Panel: Building Community With ICT – Governors II Moderator: Roscoe Giles,
Institute for African American Eculture
Panelists: Versonya
DuPont, Northwestern University Roscoe
Giles, Boston University Stephenie
McLean, National Computational Science Alliance Randal Pinkett, Building Community
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VC—Legal Issues and ICT: Free Speech and Intellectual
Property – Hannover II
Moderator:
Brian O’Connell, Central Connecticut State University 1. “Secondary
Effects”, Digital Technology, and Free Speech: The Internet and the First
Amendment Thomas R. Flynn, Slippery Rock University
of Pennsylvania 2.
Intellectual
Property and the Process of Invention: Why Software is Different Robert
Plotkin, Esq., Law Office of Robert Plotkin, Esq. 3.
Anti-Circumvention
Misuse, or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the DMCA Dan
L. Burk, University of Minnesota |
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12:30 pm-2:00 pm |
Lunch – Hannover I
Information Session: ACM-SIGCAS
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2:00 pm-3:30 pm |
Concurrent Session VI
VIA—Design Issues in ICT – Governors I
Moderator: Jay P. Kesan, University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1.
Improving Web-based Civic Information
Access: A Case Study of the 50 US States 2.
The Message is the Message: Designing
Information Technology for Inclusiveness and Accessibility Judith Davis, Tyler Kendall, and Hal Meeks, North Carolina State
University
3.
Incorporating
Societal Concerns into Communication Technologies Rajiv Shah and Jay P. Kesan, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
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VIB—Panel: The Teaching, Learning, &
Technology Roundtable (TLTR) as a Model of the Networked University – Hannover III Moderator: Sarah Stein,
North Carolina State University
1.
Introduction to the TLTR Model Sarah
Stein, North Carolina State University
2. The
TLTR from the IT Division Perspective Sam Averitt, North
Carolina State University 3. The
TLTR from the Faculty Perspective Henry Shaffer, North
Carolina State University 4. The TLTR from the
Learning Technology Services Perspective
Donna
Petherbridge, North Carolina State University 5. The
TLTR from the Student Services Perspective Stan North Martin, North
Carolina State University 6. The
TLTR from the Online Teaching Perspective Lavon Page, North
Carolina State University 7. The
TLTR from the Staff Senate Perspective Harry Nicholos, North
Carolina State University |
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VIC—Digital Divide,
II – Hannover II Moderator: Karl Stephan, Southwest Texas
State University
1.
Toward
Social and Cultural Resonance with Technology: Case Studies from the Creating
Community Connections Project Randal D. Pinkett, Building Community
Technology (BCT) Partners, Inc. 2. Digital Inclusion,
Social Exclusion and Retailing: An Analysis of Data from the 1999 Scottish
Household Survey David
Fitch, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh 3.
Towards a Critical Approach to Examining the
Digital Divide William J. McIver, Jr., University at Albany (SUNY) and Arthur P.
Prokosch, Brown University |
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VID—Real Responsibility for
Virtual Harms – Governors II
Organizer: Keith
Miller, University of Illinois at Springfield Moderator:
Deborah G. Johnson, University of Virginia 1. Virtual Harms and Virtual Responsibility:
A Rape In Cyberspace
Chuck Huff, St. Olaf College, Deborah G.
Johnson, University of Virginia and Keith Miller, University of Illinois at
Springfield 2.
Cyberstalking:
Moral Responsibility, and Legal Liability Issues for Internet Services
Providers Frances S. Grodzinsky, Sacred Heart
University and Herman T. Tavani, Rivier College 3.
Educators
and Pornography: The “Unacceptable
Use” of School Computers Myra G. Day and Edward F. Gehringer, North
Carolina State University |
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