Links on Computers, Communications and Society
Lifestyles, Health and Social Change

Items:
Voting on the Internet (in Switzerland).  1/12/03
The Airplane:  last remaining communication dead zone.
New Technologies for the Nightly Call Home.
Why Doctors Don't Email.  June 7, 2002.
Real Life Violence at Computer Cafes.
Newest Features of AOL and MSN.
The 30 year history of email.
Exotic Video Games.
An Online Community Loses a Member.
Use of Cell Phones for Emergencies
Role of Technology in War with Terrorism.
Internet Offers Clues in Terrorism Investigation.
How Video Games Influenced the Attack on America.
Hello Tech Support:  I need a hug - the Myers-Briggs approach to Tech Support.
Indian Engineers Develop a Computer for the Masses in the Third World.
Doctors Reluctant to use e-mail for communication with patients.
"Viral Marketing":  Paying the "Coolest" Kids to Learn a New Video Game.
Computer Camps.
Markle Foundation Study on Children and Interactive Media.
Survey About Accountability Online. The Markle Foundation Home Page does not have anything about this survey on July 10, 2001.  They are a foundation promoting the use of communications media for the general good.
Local Communities and the Internet.
Online Maps.
Game Simulations for the Military Make Use of Emotions.
Is Their Life after AOL?
Nevada Governor Allows Internet Casinos Even Though US Says They Are Illegal.
U.S. Crackdown on Net Health Fraud.
Frauds in Anonymous Online Conversations.
Ebay University:  Part School Part Tent Meeting.
Gearing Up for the Car Office.
There are Women Who are Computer Hackers.
Teenage Sexual Gossip Goes Online.
Adding up the costs of Cyberdemocracy.
Electronic "leashes" for teen-agers.
Police Officers to Carry Minicomputers on Gun Belts.
Free Internet Access for Those Without.
Priest faces charges in Internet Sex Case.
Gender Differences in Email Use.
A Cyberspace Reading Room on Organized Crime.
Office Gossip turns Ugly around the Virtual Water Cooler.
Inescapably Connected:  Life in the Wireless Age.
When Online Hearsay Intrudes Into Real Life.
Will personalized news undermine democracy?
Internet technology takes its toll on dating rituals.
Computers help people in "reinventing" (falsifying) their past histories.
Travelers have more chances to stay online while on the road.
 Online volunteers scan Mars and Participate in Many Research Projects.
Don-com executive turns off his 24-hour camera.
Can chat rooms be a psychological benefit for children?
Are online stores handicapped accessible?
Struggles within families over PC use.
Hook Up Rural Asia and Poverty May be Mitigated?
On the Net, Love Really is Blind.
Indian Tribes Seek Phone Service as Link to WEB - the "dial tone divide".
Democrats plan the most digitally plugged-in national convention in history.
Across the United States, Internet-Ready Houses Are Finding a Home.
Use of Email in Political Campaigns.
Schools trying to control email accounts.
The Venture Capitalist in my Bedroom;  a magazine article about immigrants to Silicon Valley aspiring to get rich in the digital revolution.
Psychotherapy Online?
A wealth of medical information is available online.
A collection of anonymous email letters from disgruntled New Jersey State Troopers.
A new mental disorder:  Cybersex Addiction.
It's hard to meet a man in Silicon Valley, despite the statistics.
Online religion sites.
High-tech life wealth brings stress for Silicon Valley children.
The Internet is changing doctor/patient relationships - and not necessarily for the better.
The Internet is transforming the prostitution business.
Homeless on $50,000 a year?  The extreme wealth in Silicon Valley makes life unaffordable for those on middle class incomes.
A comparison of virtual and face-to-face communities by a well known sociologist.
Wall Street and Silicon Valley Technobabble.
Online barriers for the disabled.
Do we "stand at the brink of becoming two societies, one largely white and plugged in and the other black and unplugged?"  Read why Henry Louis Gates Jr., chairman of the Afro-American Studies Department at Harvard University thinks so.
A Salon story about Professor Cyborg, who has planted an implant in himself to become more like a machine.
Using Computers to Predict Violent Behavior by High School Youth.
"In a Child's Tiny Bricks, the Logic of Computers,"  computerized lego robots.
New rules for WEB sites aimed at children.
New technology in Internet Chat:  Voice with text and pictures.
Racial symbolism in video game characters.
Political campaigns move online.
It's "Demons" vs "Angels" in computer games:  Christian theology in action games.
The New Cyborg fashions, people are wearing computers and maintaining continuous online connections.
Story on parents concerns about net's effects on children, an obvious point for students to focus on.
The Age of Social Transformation by Peter Drucker, another analysis of global social change due to the information society.
Silicon Valley anthropology.
Story on Internet Hate Groups.
Column on the Internet chain letters and tomfoolery.
Newsweek story on how hate groups are using the WEB.
Two faces of Online anonymity.
Local centers span digital divide - racial inequities.
AOL's use of teenage volunteers, moderation of discussion groups...
Review of The Nudist on the Late Shift.
Unions have problems recruiting in high-tech.
Instant Messaging Networks.
E-buildings, links to WEB becoming a feature of housing.\
Campaigning online, particularly the Bradley campaign.
Forgetting passwords, memory limits.
One survey says Americans love the Net, another says it is harmful to our mental health. There are regular surveys of WEB users.
White House Task Force to Study Net Crime
Syphilis and privacy in chat rooms.
How the Internet has spawned a language of its own.