You will write a 3-4 page report (750-1000 words EXCLUDING citations), double-spaced, summarizing the content of a current or historical book or article related to the topics of the course. If it is a current book, project the trends forward to the next decade. If it is a historical book or article, discuss how accurate it was in predicting what has actually occurred. There are some suggestions below. Using online and printed resources from the library will help you find something of interest related to a topic of your choice. Google Scholar and other online searches may also help. Your report will be graded using the following criteria:
1) Provides a succinct summary of the main thesis of the book/article with a few relevant examples;
2) Provides an analysis of the relevance of the content to information policy;
3) Provides concluding remarks giving your opinion of the thesis, the predictions that may have been made in the book based upon what you have learned so far in the course;
4) Provides proper citation for the book and any references used;
5) Well-written with use of correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, word count, and appropriate level of English.
Suggested Titles for Book Review
These are just examples. There are many other more recent relevant books and articles that you can find dealing with topics related to this course. If you have questions about the article or book you have chosen, please email the professor.
• Silicon Snake Oil: Second Thoughts on the Information Highway by Clifford Stoll
• The Cuckoo’s Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage by Cliff Stoll
• High-Tech Heretic: Reflections of a Computer Contrarian by Clifford Stoll
• War Of The Worlds: Cyberspace And The High-tech Assault On Reality by Mark Slouka
• Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign
Competition, and Still Can’t Get a Date by Robert X. Cringely
• Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet (Paperback)by Katie Hafner
• The Road Ahead by Bill Gates
• Nerds 2.0.1 by Stephen Segaller
• Being Digital by Nicholas Negroponte
• The Trouble with Computers by Thomas K. Landauer
• The Media Equation: How People Treat Computers, Television and New Media Like Real
People and Places by Byron Reeves and Clifford Nass
• What Will Be: How the New World of Information Will Change Our Lives by Michael Dertouzos
• Release 2.1 by Esther Dyson
• Looking Ahead: Implications of the Present by Peter F. Drucker, Esther Dyson, Charles Handy, and Paul Saffo
• Darwin Among The Machines: The Evolution Of Global Intelligence (Helix Books) (Paperback) by George B. Dyson
• The Future of the Internet–And How to Stop It by Jonathan Zittrain
• Up for Grabs: The Future of the Internet I by Lee Rainie, Janna Quitney Anderson, and Susannah Fox
• Future Shock by Alvin Toffler
• Cybercrime: Digital Cops in a Networked Environment (Ex Machina: Law, Technology, and Society) by J. M. Balkin, Katz Eddan, James Grimmelmann, and Nimrod Kozlovski
• Identity Theft: The Cybercrime of the Millennium by John Q. Newman
• Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman by Richard M. Stallman, Lawrence Lessig, Joshua Gay, and Laurence Lessig
• How Open Is the Future?: Economic, Social & Cultural Scenarios Inspired by Free & Open-Source Software (Crosstalks) by Marleen Wynants and Jan Cornelis
• Software Patents: Economic Impacts And Policy Implications (New Horizons in Intellectual Property) by Knut Blind, Jakob Edler, and Michael Friedewald
• The Economics of Intellectual Property in a World without Frontiers: A Study of Computer Software (Contributions in Economics and Economic History) by Meheroo Jussawalla
• The Big Switch by Nicholas Carr
• Hacker Cracker: A Journey from the Mean Streets of Brooklyn to the Frontiers of Cyberspace by David Chanoff and Ejovi Nuwere
• Free Culture: The Nature and Future of Creativity by Lawrence Lessig (2005).
• Pariser, Eli 2011 The Filter Bubble: What the Internet is Hiding From You
• George, Thomas 2004 Digital Soul: Intelligent Machines and Human Values
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