Links: Blogs

Here you can find a list (in no order) of various blogs relevant to SIGCAS.

Links: Organizations

Here you can find links to other organizations interested in the broad topic of computers and society.

Links: Relevant Journals

Here you can find links to many of the key journals in this area categorized broadly by the type of discourse prevalent in most articles in the journal.

Article: ACM Code of Ethics: A Guide For Positive Action

Don Gotterbarn, et al (Jan 2018). “ACM Code of Ethics: A Guide For Positive Action”. Communications of the ACM, Vol. 61 No. 1, Pages 121-128.

Article: The Next Phase in the Digital Revolution

John Zysman and Martin Kenney (Feb 2018). “The Next Phase in the Digital Revolution: Intelligent Tools, Platforms, Growth, Employment”. Communications of the ACM, Vol. 61 No. 2, Pages 54-63.

Article: Bitcoin’s Underlying Incentives

Yonatan Sompolinsky and Aviv Zohar (March 2018). “Bitcoin’s Underlying Incentives”. Communications of the ACM, Vol. 61 No. 3, Pages 46-53.

Article: Building a Smart City: Lessons from Barcelona

Mila Gascó-Hernandez , (April 2018). “Building a Smart City: Lessons from Barcelona”. Communications of the ACM, Vol. 61 No. 4, Pages 28-31.

Article: Smartphones, Contents of the Mind, and the Fifth Amendment

Stephen B. Wicker, (April 2018). “Smartphones, Contents of the Mind, and the Fifth Amendment”. Communications of the ACM, Vol. 61 No. 4, Pages 28-31.

Article: Internet Freedom in West Africa

Richard R. Brooks, et al (May 2018). “Internet Freedom in West Africa: Technical Support for Journalists and Democracy Advocates,” Communications of the ACM, Vol. 61 No. 5, Pages 72-82.

Article: Big Brother Goes Digital (Book Review)

Head, Simon (May 24, 2018). “Big Brother Goes Digital,” New York Review of Books, 65 (9).

Book: Self Tracking

Neff, G., & Nafus, D. (2016). The Self-Tracking. MIT Press.

Book: What Algorithms Want

Finn, E. (2017). What algorithms want: Imagination in the age of computing. MIT Press.

Article: The potential impact of quantum computers on society

de Wolf, R. (2017). The potential impact of quantum computers on society. Ethics and Information Technology, 19 (4), 271-276.

Article: Patiency is not a virtue

Bryson, J. J. (2018). Patiency is not a virtue: the design of intelligent systems and systems of ethics. Ethics and Information Technology, 20 (1), 15-26.

Article: The “big red button” is too late

Arnold, T., & Scheutz, M. (2018). The “big red button” is too late: an alternative model for the ethical evaluation of AI systems. Ethics and Information Technology, 20(1), 59-69.

Article: The ghost in the legal machine

Harkens, A. (2018) “The ghost in the legal machine: algorithmic governmentality, economy, and the practice of law”, Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, Vol. 16 Issue: 1, pp.16-31.

Article: Do I want to pay to download movies

Ryu, S., & Park, B. (2018). Do I want to pay to download movies: Factors affecting acceptance of legal movie download services. Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, 16(1), 45-60.

Article: Does gender matter in cyberbullying perpetration

Wong, R. Y., Cheung, C. M., & Xiao, B. (2018). Does gender matter in cyberbullying perpetration? An empirical investigation. Computers in Human Behavior, 79, 247-257.

Article: Facebook addiction among Polish undergraduate students

Atroszko, P. A., et al (2018). Facebook addiction among Polish undergraduate students: Validity of measurement and relationship with personality and well-being. Computers in Human Behavior, 85, 329-338.

Article: Examining latent classes of smartphone users

Elhai, J. D., & Contractor, A. A. (2018). Examining latent classes of smartphone users: Relations with psychopathology and problematic smartphone use. Computers in Human Behavior, 82, 159-166.

Article: The spreading impact of playing violent video games on aggression

Greitemeyer, T. (2018). The spreading impact of playing violent video games on aggression. Computers in human behavior, 80, 216-219.

Book: The Stack

Bratton, B. H. (2016). The stack: On software and sovereignty. MIT press.

Book: Broad Band

Sobel, D. (2018). Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet. Portfolio.

Book: Brotopia

Bennett, J. (2018). Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club in Silicon Valley. Portfolio

Book: Recoding Gender

Abbate, J. (2017). Recoding gender: Women’s changing participation in computing. MIT Press.

Book: Programmed Inequality

Hicks, M. (2017). Programmed inequality: How Britain discarded women technologists and lost its edge in computing. MIT Press.

Book: Algorithms of Oppression

Noble, S. U. (2018). Algorithms of Oppression: How search engines reinforce racism. NYU Press.

Book: Automating Inequality

Eubanks, V. (2018). Automating inequality: How high-tech tools profile, police, and punish the poor. St. Martin’s Press.

Book: Weapons of Math Destruction

O’Neil, C. (2017). Weapons of math destruction: How big data increases inequality and threatens democracy. Broadway Books.