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Literacy, Technology and Society Confronting the Issues

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ISBN-10: 0132275880

ISBN-13: 9780132275880

Edition: 1st 1997

Authors: Gail E. Hawisher, Cynthia L. Selfe

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A reader for Freshman Composition, Advanced Composition, Computers and Writing, or Introduction to Communication. Designed to help students become critical thinkers about technology not simply consumers of technology this reader engages students in a variety of reading, writing, and thinking activities that require critical inquiry and response. Written by authors whose work is widely known by teachers of composition and teachers who use computers, it uses a relatively non-technical approach to explore the various issues surrounding computer technology. The readings span a broad range of topics and genres (and include alternative readings available on a World Wide Web site connected…    
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Book details

List price: $119.99
Edition: 1st
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 12/18/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 616
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English

Social Issues and Technology
Welcome to Cyberspace
Social Saturation and the Populated Self
Welcome to Cyberia
Mythinformation
We're Teen, We're Queen, and We've Got E- Mail
Images of Social Issues and Technology
Can Technology Replace Social Engineering?
Terror On-Line
Computers, Networks and Work
From Captain America to Wolverine
Johnny Mnemonic
Education and Technology
Information Systems and Literacy
The Relationship Between Business and Higher Education: A Perspective on the 21st Century
Computers, Networks and Education
The New Technology: Is It Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem in Education?
Unplugged
Congress of the United States, Office of Technology Assessment, Power On! New Tools for Teaching and Learning
Images of Education and Technology
Feminism and Computers in Composition Instruction
The Information Gap
A Note from the Future
Fly Me to the MOO: Adventures is Textual Reality
Virtual Time Computer-Mediated Distance Learning Versus the Carnegie Model
Surreal Science
Academic Computing in the Year 2000
Ethics, Law, and Technology
Free Speech on the Internet
The First Amendment Is Under Attack in Cyberspace
Info "Snooper-Highway."
The Electronic Palimpsest
Prophet of Privacy
Images of Ethics, Law, and Technology
Civil Liberties in Cyberspace
Common Law for the Electronic Frontier
Burning Chrome
Gender and Technology
Women and Men on Electronic Networks: A Conversation or a Monologue?
Sex and the Cybergirl
Computers and Gender
Becoming a Computer Scientist
Pacific Studies Center, High-Tech Employment Patterns in Silicon Valley, 1990. Images of Gender and Technology
The On-Line Mystique
Take Back the Net
Weavers of Webs: A Portrait of Young Women on the Net
The Girl Who Was Plugged In
Government and Technology
Letter from the President and Vice President in Announcement of White House Electronic Mail Access
Highways of the Mind or Toll Roads Between Information Castles?
International Telecommunications Union, Remarks Prepared for Delivery
Opening Statement to the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance
Direct Democracy: Are You Ready for the Democracy Channel?
Transcript of Vice President Al Gore Jr. in Convention Center, January 13, 1994. Images of Government and Technology
Community Networks: Building a New Participatory Medium
Talk Is Cheap
Universal Service Does Matter
The Bill of Rights and Responsibilities for Electronic Learners
When Words Are the Best Weapon
Making Every Vote Count
In the Penal Colony
How to Look at an Image
Bibliographic Citation of Electronic Materials: APA Style
Bibliographic Citation of Electronic Materials: MLA Style
Bill of Rights
Alternative Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Index