February 27, 2003
SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF INFORMATION DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY
(Course Reader: pgs. 274 - 317)

Student Presenters: Chris Moen
Guest Presenters: David Goldberg, Andre Williams
What are some of the opportunities and limitations of a "wired" community? What effects is technology having on our "heart and soul"? How have social relations changed as a result of cyberspace and the web?

Social Consequences of Information Design & Technology (pgs. 274 - 317)

1.1 "Challenges of A Media-Rich World," Our Creative Diversity, Report of the World Commission on Culture & Development, pgs. 103 - 126

1.2 "Across the Great Divide," Ellyn Hament, Exploring Networks, pgs. 7 -12

1.3 "The Digital World of the US Hispanic II," Executive Summary, Cheskin Research, January 2001, pgs. 1 -12

1.4 "Social Design in the Information Age," Gilson Schwartz, "development by design," ThinkCycle, 2002

1.5 "Designing Sustainable Interaction," Zeenat Hasan, Research Officer, Center of Knowledge Societies, Bangalore, India, "development by design," ThinkCycle, 2002

1.6 "Challenges in the Design and Implementation of Sustainable Innovations in Developing Nations," Nilay M. Yajnik, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai, India, "development by design," ThinkCycle, 2002

1.7 "Solar Power is Reaching Where Wires Can't," David LipSchultz, The New York Times, September 9, 2001

1.8 "2B1," Nicholas Negroponte, Wired, June 1997

1.9 "ZIVA Concept Paper," Saki Mafundikwa, New York City, April 1997