Ethics, Info, Tech: Contested Voices, Values, Spaces

The Ebook version of my Bloomsbury book "Ethics, Information, and Technology" will be published on December 11, 2025 and the Hardback, Cloth, and Paperback versions will be available on January 8, 2026. Preorders are available via Amazon and this Bloomsbury webpage: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/ethics-information-and-technology-9781440856662/

Monday, January 31, 2011

Connecticut Library To Show 'Sicko' After All; Library Journal, 1/26/11

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Library Journal; Connecticut Library To Show 'Sicko' After All : "Dutcher said he would attempt to "balance" the film...

New Partners in the Plagiarism-Detection Business; Chronicle of Higher Education, 1/26/11

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Eric Hoover, Chronicle of Higher Education; New Partners in the Plagiarism-Detection Business : "The latter runs essays through a datab...
Saturday, January 29, 2011

Republican Congressman Proposes Tracking Freedom of Information Act Requests; New York Times, 1/29/11

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Eric Lipton, New York Times; Republican Congressman Proposes Tracking Freedom of Information Act Requests : "But his extraordinary requ...

House Ethics Committee Clears 3 of Conflict of Interest; New York Times, 1/27/11

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Eric Lipton, New York Times; House Ethics Committee Clears 3 of Conflict of Interest : "The House ethics committee, in one of its first...
Sunday, January 23, 2011

High Price for India’s Information Law; New York Times, 1/23/11

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Lydia Polgreen, New York Times; High Price for India’s Information Law : "Mr. Jethwa was one of millions of Indians who had embraced th...
Saturday, January 22, 2011

G.O.P. Grants Reprieve to House Ethics Office; New York Times,

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Ron Nixon,New York Times; G.O.P. Grants Reprieve to House Ethics Office : "Before the 2010 midterm elections, speculation was rampant t...
Friday, January 21, 2011

In Florida, Virtual Classrooms With No Teachers; New York Times, 1/18/11

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Laura Herrera, New York Times; In Florida, Virtual Classrooms With No Teachers : "Under the state’s class-reduction amendment, high sch...

Google Co-Founder Page To Replace Schmidt As CEO; NPR, 1/20/11

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NPR; Google Co-Founder Page To Replace Schmidt As CEO : "In October, Schmidt drew fire for responding to a hypothetical question posed ...
Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Radio Ban Elicits Protests; New York Times, 1/16/11

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Ian Austin, New York Times; Radio Ban Elicits Protests : "Over the last quarter-century, “Money for Nothing” by Dire Straits has moved ...

2 AOL Tech Blogs Face Off in a War of Insults; New York Times, 1/17/11

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Verne G. Kopytoff, New York Times; 2 AOL Tech Blogs Face Off in a War of Insults : "Last week, Mr. Arrington started a five-day online ...
Monday, January 17, 2011

The Golden Globes scandal: What integrity?; Boston Globe, 1/16/11

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Ty Burr, Boston Globe; The Golden Globes scandal: What integrity? : "Yes, apparently there's a reason that "Burlesque" an...

[Podcast] African Americans And The Internet; NPR's Morning Edition, 1/17/11

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[Podcast] NPR's Morning Edition; African Americans And The Internet : "African Americans are more likely than whites to access the ...

Tennessee Tea Parties demand textbooks contain no mean things about Founding Fathers; Salon.com, 1/13/11

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Alex Pareene, Salon.com; Tennessee Tea Parties demand textbooks contain no mean things about Founding Fathers : "Tennessee Tea Party gr...

Texting, 'friending' a morass for educators; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1/16/11

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Anya Sostek, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Texting, 'friending' a morass for educators : "When Sidney Alvarez became Avonworth publi...
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Sunday, January 16, 2011

[Op-Ed] Send Huck Finn to College; New York Times, 1/16/11

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[Op-Ed] Lorrie Moore, New York Times; Send Huck Finn to College : "EVER since NewSouth Books announced it would publish a version of “T...

Too Much Information; New York Times, 1/9/11

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Lisa A. Phillips, New York Times; Too Much Information : "A FEW weeks after I started a tenure-track job last semester at the State Uni...

Swiss whistleblower Rudolf Elmer plans to hand over offshore banking secrets of the rich and famous to WikiLeaks; Guardian, 1/16/11

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Ed Vulliamy, Guardian; Swiss whistleblower Rudolf Elmer plans to hand over offshore banking secrets of the rich and famous to WikiLeaks : ...
Saturday, January 15, 2011

[Podcast] Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Public Imagination; On the Media, 1/14/11

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[Podcast] On the Media; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Public Imagination : "On August 28, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. did what he’...

[Podcast] 10 Years of Wikipedia; On the Media, 1/14/11

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[Podcast] On the Media; 10 Years of Wikipedia : "Wikipedia, the free, web-based, crowd-sourced, multi-lingual encyclopedia, turns 10 ye...
Friday, January 14, 2011

Scientists Fault Universities as Favoring Research Over Teaching; Chronicle of Higher Education, 1/13/11

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Paul Basken, Chronicle of Higher Education; Scientists Fault Universities as Favoring Research Over Teaching : "The authors recommend t...

Avengers Academy #8, p. 6, ["Superhuman Ethics"]; ComicBookResources.com, 1/14/11

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ComicBookResources.com; Avengers Academy #8, p. 6 ["Superhuman Ethics]

Snooping Tucson Hospital Workers Fired In Records Breach; NPR, 1/14/11

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Scott Hensley, NPR; Snooping Tucson Hospital Workers Fired In Records Breach : "Earlier this week, management at University Medical Cen...

[Podcast] 'Dr. No' Becomes Diplomat, Continues A Family Story; NPR's Morning Edition, 1/14/11

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[Podcast] Ari Shapiro, NPR's Morning Edition; 'Dr. No' Becomes Diplomat, Continues A Family Story : "After two years as Whi...
Thursday, January 13, 2011

Speech Prompted FBI Terrorism Probe of Her Work, Professor Says; Chronicle of Higher Education, 1/12/11

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Chronicle of Higher Education; Speech Prompted FBI Terrorism Probe of Her Work, Professor Says : "The professor, Waziyatawin, who has o...
Monday, January 10, 2011

1986 Privacy Law Is Outrun by the Web; New York Times, 1/10/11

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Miguel Helft and Claire Cain Miller, New York Times; 1986 Privacy Law Is Outrun by the Web : "The rules established by the 1986 Electro...
Sunday, January 9, 2011

Teaching philosophy with Spider-Man; BBC News, 8/12/10

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Katie Connolly, BBC News; Teaching philosophy with Spider-Man : "Now, philosophy professors are finding superheroes and comic books to ...

Is Law School a Losing Game?; New York Times, 1/9/11

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David Segal, New York Times; Is Law School a Losing Game? : "“Enron-type accounting standards have become the norm,” says William Hende...

Renault Probes Ethics Complaint; Wall Street Journal, 1/6/11

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David Pearson, Wall Street Journal; Renault Probes Ethics Complaint : "French car maker Renault SA said Wednesday it has suspended thre...

U.S. Subpoenas Twitter Over WikiLeaks Supporters; New York Times, 1/9/11

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Scott Shane and John F. Burns, New York Times; U.S. Subpoenas Twitter Over WikiLeaks Supporters : "Prosecutors investigating the disclo...

[Podcast] Environmental Wikileaks; Living on Earth, 1/7/11

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[Podcast], Living on Earth; Environmental Wikileaks : "The classified documents made public by WikiLeaks are revealing closed door disc...
Saturday, January 8, 2011

[Podcast] Seth Mnookin on The Panic Virus; NPR's On the Media, 1/7/11

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[Podcast] NPR's On the Media; Seth Mnookin on The Panic Virus : "This week the British Medical Journal concluded an extensive inves...
Friday, January 7, 2011

WikiLeaks Relocations Possible For Exposed Sources, Warns U.S.; HuffingtonPost.com/AP, 1/7/11

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HuffingtonPost.com/AP; WikiLeaks Relocations Possible For Exposed Sources, Warns U.S.: "The State Department on Friday warned foreign g...

CLE Commission Sanctions 407 Attorneys; Supreme Court of Ohio and Ohio Judicial System, 12/21/10

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Supreme Court of Ohio and Ohio Judicial System; CLE Commission Sanctions 407 Attorneys : "The Supreme Court of Ohio Commission on Conti...

[Podcast] Looking Back At The 'Tremendous Hate' Of Bullies; NPR's StoryCorps, 1/7/11

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[Podcast] NPR's StoryCorps; Looking Back At The 'Tremendous Hate' Of Bullies : "Recent stories about bullying — and the peo...

Blow the Whistle!; NPR's On the Media, 1/11

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NPR's On the Media; Blow the Whistle!: "On December 22nd, in the face of seemingly unanimous bipartisan support, the Whistleblower ...

New Jersey Governor Signs Anti-Bullying Bill Into Law; Chronicle of Higher Education, 1/6/11

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Chronicle of Higher Education; New Jersey Governor Signs Anti-Bullying Bill Into Law: "Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey has signed int...

Judge Orders College to Reinstate Student Who Posted a Placenta Photo Online; Chronicle of Higher Education, 1/6/11

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Chronicle of Higher Education; Judge Orders College to Reinstate Student Who Posted a Placenta Photo Online : "A federal judge in Kansa...

Jailed Sisters Released for Organ Transplant; New York Times, 1/7/11

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Timothy Williams, New York Times; Jailed Sisters Released for Organ Transplant : "The kidney donation was the sisters’ idea, and is sup...

Journal’s Paper on ESP Expected to Prompt Outrage; New York Times, 1/6/11

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Benedict Carey, New York Times; Journal’s Paper on ESP Expected to Prompt Outrage : "One of psychology’s most respected journals has ag...

Blog Gives Superheroes and Supervillains Their Day in Court; New York Times, 12/21/10

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John Schwartz, New York Times; Blog Gives Superheroes and Supervillains Their Day in Court : "...[A] new blog and the interest it is ge...

Effort to sanitize Twain is pure insanity; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1/7/11

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Tony Norman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Effort to sanitize Twain is pure insanity : "Twain once described "Huckleberry Finn" as...

Light Out, Huck, They Still Want to Sivilize You; New York Times, 1/7/11

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Michiko Kakutani, New York Times; Light Out, Huck, They Still Want to Sivilize You : "To censor or redact books on school reading lists...
Thursday, January 6, 2011

Review Of Juan Williams' Firing Done; NPR News Exec Resigns; NPR, 1/6/11

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Mark Memmott, NPR; Review Of Juan Williams' Firing Done; NPR News Exec Resigns : "As NPR's David Folkenflik reports for our new...

[Editorial] Survival of Ethics Oversight; New York Times, 12/23/10

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[Editorial] New York Times; Survival of Ethics Oversight : "The House’s incoming Republican majority has wisely concluded the quasi-ind...

Where to Draw a Line on Ethics; New York Times, 1/4/11

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Edward L. Glaeser, New York Times; Where to Draw a Line on Ethics : "In one area, however, the A.E.A. can act productively: It can crea...

Shadow Elite: Do Economists Need a Code of Ethics?; HuffingtonPost.com, 1/6/11

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Janine R. Wedel and Linda Keenan, HuffingtonPost.com; Shadow Elite: Do Economists Need a Code of Ethics? : "An ethical code for economi...

Huck Finn Expurgated And Other Censored Books (PHOTOS); HuffingtonPost.com, 1/6/11

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HuffingtonPost.com; Huck Finn Expurgated And Other Censored Books (PHOTOS): "In 1818 American Thomas Bowdler published a series of Shak...
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Censoring Twain; Chronicle of Higher Education, 1/5/11

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John L. Jackson, Jr., Chronicle of Higher Education; Censoring Twain : "Should teenage students read novels filled with n-word referenc...

Hip-Hop and Copyright Law in the [sic] Classroomleg; Chronicle of Higher Education, 1/5/11

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Ben Wieder, Chronicle of Higher Education; Hip-Hop and Copyright Law in the [sic] Classroomleg : "Kembrew McLeod’s youthful interest in...

Iranian-American Group Calls on Stanford to Censure Professor; Chronicle of Higher Education, 1/5/11

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Josh Keller, Chronicle of Higher Education; Iranian-American Group Calls on Stanford to Censure Professor : "An Iranian-American group ...
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Kip Currier, PhD, JD
Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information. Education: PhD, University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences (2007); Juris Doctor (JD), University of Pittsburgh School of Law; Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS), University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences. Member of American Bar Association (ABA), ABA IP Law Section, ABA Science & Technology Section
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