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/

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Mickey Mouse's dark side; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2/27/11

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Greg Victor, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Mickey Mouse's dark side : "Charles Kenney in Foreign Policy says that "behind its facad...

Police expect arrests soon in 'Beaver Hoez' Facebook investigation; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2/25/11

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Torsten Ove, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Police expect arrests soon in 'Beaver Hoez' Facebook investigation : "With the search war...

Facebook page draws police scrutiny for cyberbullying; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2/24/11

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Moriah Balingit, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Facebook page draws police scrutiny for cyberbullying : "Sometime in the past few days, Penns...
Friday, February 25, 2011

[Editorial] Roberts' rules?: The chief justice should insist on an ethics code; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2/25/11

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[Editorial] Roberts' rules?: The chief justice should insist on an ethics code : "Now a group of more than 100 law professors have ...
Wednesday, February 23, 2011

The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet; Free Webinar via Educause

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Free Webinar via Educause: March 2, 2011 1:00 p.m. ET; The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet : "In this ...
Sunday, February 20, 2011

Hollywood Property Values; New York Times, 2/20/11

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Randy Cohen, The Ethicist, New York Times; Hollywood Property Values : "The added twist is that while Disney, like its industry cohort,...

Stars and Sewers; New York Times, 2/20/11

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Maureen Dowd, New York Times; Stars and Sewers : "Online anonymity has created what the computer scientist Jaron Lanier calls a “cultur...

[Podcast] The Personal Impact of the Web; NPR's On the Media, 2/18/11

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[Podcast] NPR's On the Media; The Personal Impact of the Web : "This week On the Media brings you a version of our first ever live ...
Friday, February 18, 2011

The human race needs elephant mothers, not tiger mothers; Guardian, 2/13/11

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Peter Singer, Guardian; The human race needs elephant mothers, not tiger mothers : "We should aim for our children to be good people, a...

Digital Age Is Slow to Arrive in Rural America; New York Times, 2/18/11

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Kim Severson, New York Times; Digital Age Is Slow to Arrive in Rural America : "As the world embraces its digital age — two billion peo...
Saturday, February 12, 2011

Egypt's revolt met with wide support, censorship; Associated Press, 2/12/11

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Associated Press; Egypt's revolt met with wide support, censorship : "From London to Gaza City to Seoul, the world was savoring the...

The Order of Things: What college rankings really tell us; New Yorker, 2/14/11

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Malcolm Gladwell, New Yorker; The Order of Things: What college rankings really tell us : "There are schools that provide a good legal ...

Free love's antidote: On the Pitt campus, it should have been free speech; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2/12/11

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Free love's antidote: On the Pitt campus, it should have been free speech : "University of Pittsburgh stud...
Friday, February 11, 2011

Ethics Watchdog Targets Congressional Sleepovers; AP via NPR, 2/10/11

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AP via NPR; Ethics Watchdog Targets Congressional Sleepovers : "A Washington ethics watchdog says it's time for Congress to crack d...

[Podcast] Professors Differ On Ethics Of Using WikiLeaks Cables; NPR's Morning Edition, 2/7/11

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[Podcast] Jessica Deahl, NPR's Morning Edition; Professors Differ On Ethics Of Using WikiLeaks Cables : "The WikiLeaks cable dump i...

The Ethics of Free Cellphone Calls; New York Times, 2/10/11

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David Pogue, New York Times; The Ethics of Free Cellphone Calls : "Now, you know my feelings about cellphone companies. I think they’re...
Thursday, February 10, 2011

Counting by Race Can Throw Off Some Numbers; New York Times, 2/10/11

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Susan Saulny, New York Times; Counting by Race Can Throw Off Some Numbers : "The chameleon-like quality of Ms. López-Mullins’s racial a...
Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Teachers’ Colleges Upset By Plan to Grade Them; New York Times, 2/9/11

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Trip Gabriel, New York Times; Teachers’ Colleges Upset By Plan to Grade Them : "...U.S. News & World Report is planning to give A t...
Monday, February 7, 2011

[Editorial] The Disappearing Ethics Act; New York Times, 2/5/11

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[Editorial] New York Times; The Disappearing Ethics Act : "In a woeful signal to the new Congress, the House ethics committee has decid...
Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Wary of Egypt Unrest, China Censors Web; New York Times, 2/1/11

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Edward Wong and David Barboza, New York Times; Wary of Egypt Unrest, China Censors Web : "Sina.com and Netease.com — two of the nation’...
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...
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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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