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ICS 131: Social Analysis of Computerization
Professor Bill Tomlinson
Winter 2005
Key Ideas
• Technical content operates in a
non-technical context.
• Social context is central to technology.
Not as Precise
• But arguably more important.
• Not helpful, responsible or necessary to dismiss it.
Opportunity
• Understanding and working with the social/non-technical context can make your work better.
This Course
• Should give you a chance to recognize situations where social/non-technical issues arise.
• Should help you see all sides of these issues.
• Should help you use this understanding to make better work.
Ground Rules
Respect
• Discussion based
• Differing opinions
• Mutual
Attendance
• Mandatory
Attention
• 8 hours of sleep
Syllabus
• Hand out.
Instructors
• Professor Bill Tomlinson
• TA: Justin Harris
Meeting Times
• Lectures: MWF, 3:00-3:50pm, ELH 100
• Sections;
M 4:00-4:50pm
W 4:00-4:50pm
F 1:00-1:50pm
Discussion Sections
• Week by week.
• No sections this week.
Add/Drop
• Deadline to drop: Friday, January 14
Academic Honesty
• http://www.editor.uci.edu/catalogue/appx/appx.2.htm
Cell Phones, Notebook Computers, etc.
• Please turn off cell phones.
• Please do not browse the web, email, IM, etc.
Grading
• Short assignments: 20%
• Long assignments: 40%
• Class participation/quizzes: 10%
• Midterm: 10%
• Final: 20%
Basis of Lecture/Course Materials
• 1-2 readings per lecture.
• Available online (web site, library site).
Short Assignments
• 2 paragraph response to each reading.
• Completed before the class when the reading will be discussed.
• Turned in every 1-2 weeks.
Long Assignments
• 2 papers.
• 1500-2000 words each.
Class Participation
• 20 minutes at the end of each class.
• Randomly chosen from the class.
Quizzes
• In class, from time to time.
Midterm and final
• One midterm examination.
• One final examination.
• Will cover material from both lectures and readings.
Notebooks
• Keep an archive of all of your written assignments.
Note
• These are guidelines intended to help students plan their work in this course. However, the instructor reserves the right to make changes to this syllabus over the course of the quarter.
Course Outline
• Four main topics:– Social Aspects of Technical Questions– Computing and the Law– Computers, Work and Learning– Computing and Everyday Life
Readings
• Posted on course web site or library web site.
Strunk and White
• Useful reference for good writing style.
Questions?
Questions Later
• Syllabus - there’s a lot in there.
• Web site - updated.
• TA: Justin Harris.
• Me!
Next class
• Friday: Identifying and analyzing social issues
Assignment
• Reading:
Simon, H., Sciences of the Artificial, 2nd Edition, The MIT Press, Cambridge, 1986, Chapter 6, pp. 160-191.
http://www.ics.uci.edu/~redmiles/ics131-FQ04/week01Basis/Simon81Chapter6.pdf
• …and sleep!
Introduce Justin Harris
Thanks!
• I hope you find this quarter interesting.
In building later classes, every week announce whether or not
there will be sections.
Readings
Picard
Breazeal?
Reeves & Nass
Weizenbaum
Lecture 2
Background
• Biology - undergrad
• Animation - MFA
• Media Arts & Sciences - PhD
• Interdisciplinary - Informatics & Drama
100 Statements that I believe in:Computers (C.) can help people
be more productive.C. can help people stay in touch
with each other.The way in which C’s help
people stay in touch changes the form of their relationships.
An OS changes the way in which people expect to use a c.
Software specifies the ways in which people can use c.
Software can be used in ways not intended by the coder.
The process of adoption of technology can change how a
piece of technology integrates w/ society.
Software can enable people to break the law.
Software can prevent people from doing certain things that
break the law.Software can prevent people
from doing things that are not against the law.
Software enables faster and more fluid interactions (exchange of
info).Certain laws were designed for
slower and more viscous kinds of interactions.
People are willing to form social relationships with computer
systems.Social are willing to form social
relationships with each other through computing systems.People could be interested
in/benefit from characters that form relationships with each
other.The rise in computing systems in service industry changes role of humans to that of consultants.
Computing can change the way people learn content in
classrooms.Computing can change the way people learn content outside of
classrooms.Computers make it possible for people to invade each others’
privacy in new ways.Computers create new data that
people might want to keep private.
People present themselves differently in computationally
mediated settings.Computers can be used to help people share information about
many content domains (e.g. ecology).
Computers can be used as a tool for environmental stewardship.Computers can be used as a tool
for environmental education.Computer games and the internet
are
Topics;Computerization and Working
Productivity ParadoxSystems Risks
Computerization and Living Privacy
Virtual CommunitiesComputerization and Learning
FormalInformal
Impact of the World on Computing - Design
Impact of Computing on the World
How the process of getting there affects how something is used
Who Cares, and What Are They Going To Do About It
How Operating Systems Affect How Computers Are Used
Schedule
Class Date Topic
Wed, Jan 5 Introduction – Logistics
Fri, Jan 7 Introduction – Social Impacts
Mon, Jan 10 Guest Lecture – Julia Gelfand
Wed, Jan 12 Social Effects of Software – Operating Systems
Fri, Jan 14 Social Effects of Software – Search (Talk Show)
Mon, Jan 17 Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
Wed, Jan 19 Social Effects of Software – HCI/Design
Fri, Jan 21
Mon, Jan 24 Computing and the Law
Wed, Jan 26 Computing and the Law
Fri, Jan 28 Computing and the Law
Mon, Jan 31 Computing and the Law
Wed, Feb 2 Guest Lecture – David Kay
Fri, Feb 4 Guest Lecture – David Kay
Mon, Feb 7
Wed, Feb 9
Fri, Feb 11 Midterm
Mon, Feb 14 Computers, Work and Learning
Wed, Feb 16 Guest Lecture – Beatriz da Costa
Fri, Feb 18 Computers, Work and Learning
Mon, Feb 21 Presidents’ Day Holiday
Wed, Feb 23 Computers, Work and Learning
Fri, Feb 25 Computers, Work and Learning
Mon, Feb 28 Computing and Social Relationships
Wed, Mar 2 Computing and Social Relationships
Fri, Mar 4 Computing and Social Relationships
Mon, Mar 7 Computing and Social Relationships
Wed, Mar 9 Guest Lecture?
Fri, Mar 11 Guest Lecture? Project Reports
Mon, Mar 14 Project Reports
Wed Mar 16 Summary and Review