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

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Thursday, March 31, 2011

Nixon Library Opens a Door Some Would Prefer Left Closed; New York Times, 3/31/11

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Adam Nagourney, New York Times; Nixon Library Opens a Door Some Would Prefer Left Closed : "The unveiling ended a nearly yearlong strug...
Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Google's FTC Settlement Over Privacy Breach Makes History; HuffingtonPost.com, 3/30/11

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Bianca Bosker, HuffingtonPost.com; Google's FTC Settlement Over Privacy Breach Makes History : "Google's settlement is unpreced...
Monday, March 28, 2011

Nickelodeon launches anti-bullying campaign; Associated Press, 3/28/11

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David Bauder, Associated Press; Nickelodeon launches anti-bullying ca mpaign: "Half of young people ages 14-24 said they had been the v...

Doctors Should Ask Kids: Are You On Facebook?; NPR, 3/28/11

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NPR; Doctors Should Ask Kids: Are You On Facebook? : "If the pediatrician wants to know if your kids are on Facebook, it's not bec...

Ethical Quandary for Social Sites; New York Times, 3/27/11

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Jennifer Preston, New York Times; Ethical Quandary for Social Sites : "Ebele Okobi-Harris, the director of the business and human right...
Sunday, March 27, 2011

It’s Tracking Your Every Move and You May Not Even Know; New York Times, 3/26/11

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Noam Cohen, New York Times; It’s Tracking Your Every Move and You May Not Even Know : "In the United States, telecommunication companie...

A Girl’s Nude Photo, and Altered Lives; New York Times, 3/26/11

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Jan Hoffman, New York Times; A Girl’s Nude Photo, and Altered Lives : "Around the country, law enforcement officials and educators are ...
Saturday, March 26, 2011

Paper Admits to Plagiarism by Reporter; New York Times, 3/16/11

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Tanzina Vega, New York Times; Paper Admits to Plagiarism by Reporter : "The Washington Post published an editor’s note on its Web site ...
Tuesday, March 22, 2011

"Huckleberry Finn" and the N-word debate; CBS 60 Minutes, 3/18/11

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CBS 60 Minutes; "Huckleberry Finn" and the N-word debate : ""Are you censoring Twain?" correspondent Byron Pitts as...

Gains, and Drawbacks, for Female Professors; New York Times, 3/21/11

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Kate Zernike, New York Times; Gains, and Drawbacks, for Female Professors : "Despite an effort to educate colleagues about bias in lett...
Saturday, March 19, 2011

[Editorial] A New Internet Privacy Law?; New York Times, 3/18/11

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[Editorial] New York Times; A New Internet Privacy Law ? : "This week, the Obama administration called for legislation to protect consu...
Friday, March 18, 2011

[Podcast] Tracing The 'Immortal' Cells Of Henrietta Lacks; NPR's Fresh Air, 3/18/11

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[Podcast] [Interview originally broadcast on February 2, 2010.] NPR's Fresh Air; Tracing The 'Immortal' Cells Of Henrietta Lacks...

Corbett ignores opinion polls on taxes and budget cuts; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 3/18/11

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Luara Olson and Tracie Mauriello, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Corbett ignores opinion polls on taxes and budget cuts : "Scranton architect...

[Editorial] The U.C.L.A. Video; New York Times, 3/17/11

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[Editorial] New York Times; The U.C.L.A. Video : "Universities have long wrestled with this issue, with many adopting hate-speech codes...
Wednesday, March 16, 2011

U.C.L.A. Student’s Video Rant Against Asians Fuels Firestorm; New York Times, 3/15/11

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Ian Lovett, New York Times; U.C.L.A. Student’s Video Rant Against Asians Fuels Firestorm : "Robert Hernandez, a professor of Internet j...
Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Facebook Users Who Are Under Age Raise Concerns; New York Times, 3/11/11

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Matt Richtel and Miguel Helft, New York Times; Facebook Users Who Are Under Age Raise Concerns : "Victoria’s father, Brian Lai, an airl...
Monday, March 14, 2011

[Press Release] Restrictions on library e-book lending threaten access to information; American Library Association (ALA), 3/14/11

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[Press Release] American Library Association (ALA); Restrictions on library e-book lending threaten access to information : "As librari...

In Germany, Uproar Over a Doctoral Thesis; New York Times, 3/14/11

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Michael Kimmelman, New York Times; In Germany, Uproar Over a Doctoral Thesis : "...Mr. Guttenberg’s crime doesn’t seem so bad to many i...
Sunday, March 13, 2011

Defense Minister Guttenberg Resigns; Spiegel International, 3/1/11

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Spiegel International; Defense Minister Guttenberg Resigns : "By the end of last week, it had become clear that Guttenberg's disser...

Facebook is rewriting its privacy policy; San Jose Mercury News via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 3/13/11

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Mike Swift, San Jose Mercury News via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Facebook is rewriting its privacy policy : "Facebook's intent to sim...
Thursday, March 3, 2011

A $20 Loan, a Facebook Quarrel and a Fatal Stabbing; New York Times, 3/1/11

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Al Baker and Tim Stelloh, New York Times; A $20 Loan, a Facebook Quarrel and a Fatal Stabbing : "The war of words escalated over Facebo...

Internet Cheating Scandal Shakes Japan Universities; New York Times, 3/1/11

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Martin Fackler, New York Times; Internet Cheating Scandal Shakes Japan Universities : "While it is unclear whether more than one person...
Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Plagiarism in Dissertation Costs German Defense Minister His Job; New York Times, 3/1/11

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Judy Dempsey, New York Times; Plagiarism in Dissertation Costs German Defense Minister His J ob: "The University of Bayreuth, which con...
Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Where Freedom of Expression Runs Headlong Into the Impulse to Censor; New York Times, 2/28/11

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Clyde Haberman, New York Times; Where Freedom of Expression Runs Headlong Into the Impulse to Censor : "“The principle of free speech i...
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...
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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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