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

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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; Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T); Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)
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