Social media sites blogs microblogs multiplayer games wikis instant. It is based on creating or recreating social conventions and social contexts through the use of software and technology. Introduce methods for the rational resolution of the ethical problems. Associations of computing specialists have adopted codes of ethics parallel to those of professional societies of engineers and scientists. The story was fictional, but jb named the main character, pamela, after a real student.
These are indeed powerful, but the universe of social media is much larger. A computing professional who decides to violate a rule because it is unethical, or for any other reason, must consider potential consequences and accept responsibility for that action. Introduction pervasive social computing is a novel collective paradigm, its derived from pervasive computing, social media, social networking, social signal processing, etc. Then the cases considered as the most commonly used. Both online and off, most everything we do has a social component that is mediated by some technology. The course will be taught seminar style, which means there will be weekly readings on a variety of topics see topics and schedule below, and students will. One consequence of this growing ubiquity of computing is that it can have significant ethical implications that computing professionals need to be aware of. And youre gonna be totally shocked, but the axis is whether theyre in the same place or a different place. The aim of this paper is to shed light upon the significance of social, ethical and professional issues in the field of computing. The nature of social computing social applications are studied under various guises in.
Prepare and deliver a short professional quality talk on a topic relating to ethical, legal, and social implications of computer science. Social, legal and professional issues of computing. Cin711 social and professional issues in computing an overview of ethics week 2 tutorial 1. Computing technologies and artifacts are increasingly integrated into most aspects of our professional, social, and private lives. Cyber security legal social ethical and professional issues. Evolving social computing and collaboration in the enterprise. Social computing provides the forum by which people can communicate their experiences and thoughts.
Introduction to the social implications of computing, social implications of networked communication, growth of, control of, and access to the internet, gender related issues, cultural issues, international issues, accessibility issues e. Apply social data to answer questions in a variety of practical scenarios and domains, such as politics and health. State several important impacts of computer science. Computing has changed the world more than any other invention of the. Introduction to social computing connecting people. Cs305 social, ethical, and legal implications of computing. Dec 01, 1992 the codes of professional ethics from 10 associations are compared with respect to content and focus. Computing professionals, as part of society, have social and morale responsibilities. Just as modern existence without the practice of medicine or law would be. When you think of social media, you might think of a popular social network, like facebook, twitter, or linkedin. So we can talk about whether these social computing systems are going to happen at the same time or a different time. Medium to larger sized firms are more interested in social computing.
Understanding the desired experience is particularly important with social computing because using it is not a job requirement. Social computing is an area of computer science that is concerned with the intersection of social behavior and computational systems. Engineering has a direct and vital impact on the quality of life of people. The topics include social network theory and modeling, graph mining, query log processing, learning to rank, recommender systems, human computation, etc.
The course introduces important considerations relating to ethical and professional issues. Legal ethics in a digital world canadian bar association. The idea is to use websites to enable users to interact. Instil a professional attitude toward the application of computer technology. Personal computing is an individual user activity in that one user generally, commands computing. The aim of this paper is to discuss a uk university. Since 2007, research in social computing has become more popular for researchers and professionals in. Social application platforms expand these roles from official to social, insinuating computing into the core of social fabric. Released in 1991 by paul lindner and mark mccahill of the university of minnesota.
Personal computing is an individual user activity in that one user generally commands computing. Sensitive selfdisclosures, responses, and social support on instagram. Examples include but are not limited to blogs, forums, video sharing and social. Social and professional issues course introduction. In social computing, the internet allows users to interact through many mediums, including. The development of technology has far reaching consequences on our lives and our values. Dodigcrnkovic introductiontoday computers play an essential role in industry, commerce, government, research, education, medicine, communication systems, entertainment and many other areas of our society. They provide valuable guidance for new or young members. Ethical issues and armas code of professional responsibility. Computing curricula 2001, the joint task force on computing curricula of ieee computer society and association for computing machinery acm, emphasizes strongly professional issues making it a part of. Building social tools that augment current social computing systems. Social issues in computing provides information pertinent to the social implications of technology. History of computing the world wide web and social computing 1 early search applications gopher a distributed document search and retrieval network protocol designed for the internet.
Computer professionals for social responsibility cpsr was a global organization promoting the responsible use of computer technology. It argues that ethics education should be incorporated into computing curricula. To acquaint students with the professional, legal, ethical and social issues relating to information systems engineering. Developing cooperative systems and social media requires taking complex decisions concerning the social interaction to be supported as well as the technical foundation. Economic value of social computing by sector, according to forrester 2007. Social computing is an area of computer science that is concerned with the intersection of. Social computing is interactive and collaborative behavior between computer users. The ethical and social issues of information technology. Members of a strongly differentiated profession have specialized knowledge and skills, often called a body of knowledge, gained through formal education and prac. Do professionals have a responsibility to ensure computing serves humanity well. Provide an appreciation of the law as it relates to computing. Then the cases considered as the most commonly used immoral activities, are selected for evaluation.
Impact of computers, the internet and related computer technology on society and the social forces underlying the rapid and widespread adoption of computer technology. The obligations of computing professionals to clients. Doc responsabilities of computing professionals toward. Pdf social computing represents a new computing paradigm and an interdisciplinary research and. Social computing represents a new computing paradigm and an interdisciplinary research and application field. The social issues include misuse of various types of data, abuse of internet, misinterpretation of digital media, security design and method of management etc. Chapter 1history of computing new gives an overview of the history of computing science in hardware, software, and networking, covering prehistoric prior to 1946 computing devices and computing pioneers since the abacus. Computing is a profession october 2017 communications of. A world without cheap, pervasive computing of extraordinary capability is if not inconceivable at least so distant as to be unrecognizable.
The impact of social computing on public services forum ict 21. Wais wide area information servers a distributed text searching system to. Many professional organizations have codes of professional conduct. Social, ethical, and professional issues in computing.
Cin711 social and professional issues in computing week 5 tutorial 1. The methodological framework for the assessment consisted of deskbased research using available studies, reports and statistics on social computing in general and on collaborative content and social networks in particular. Social computing adoption by organization type figure 3. It also discusses the development of computer crimes and the current social and ethical environment. Freedom of expression in the us, a student jb posted sex fantasies on the internet called pamelas ordeal. Social, ethical, and professional issues in computing course description social, ethical, and professional issues facing computing professionals. Agency business use of social media, including professional networking, should further wsdots mission and values. Pdf social computing can be broadly defined as computational facilitation of. A similar approach inspired by sybilguard was pro posed by. Social computing has to do with designing computational systems that accommodate the social practices that are a fundamental part of the ways humans work, live and play. Cpsr was incorporated in 1983 following discussions and organizing that began in 1981. First various important issues in the field of it in the social and ethical areas are discussed. Social and professional issues in computing amrita. Exploring a professional social network system to support learning.
We believe that such systems can make our computationally mediated interactions both more effective and more pleasurable. When i arrived as a new faculty member at the university of virginia in 1999, i was distraught to discover that the introductory computing courses focused on teaching industrial skills, and. International conference on social computing and social media. Social, legal, and ethical issues for computing tech. Second, researchers also have started to analyze particular professional.
After the initial foray is successful, they can gradually extend social computing to all processes in the organization. A recent revision of the code of ethics for the association for computing machinery acm is offered as a model for social science computing specialists. Nation building, neutrosophic cognitive maps ncms, pervasive social computing, social media, youth activism. Cyber security legal social ethical and professional. Computing is a profession october 2017 communications. A similar approach inspired by sybilguard was proposed by. Social computing, digital humanities, and cultural analytics.
Articles business value of social computing in the enterprise. Undoubtedly, it will strongly influence system and software developments in the years to come. It educated policymakers and the public on a wide range of issues. Ethical, legal and professional issues in computing. The most fundamental of these norms are often expressed in a code of ethics or professional conduct.
Thus, blogs, email, instant messaging, social network services, wikis, social bookmarking and other instances of what is often called social. Lets add a little structure to how we think about these different social computing systems. Professional, legal, ethical and social issues 1 overview the work presented here aims to. Why social computing is good for your business computerworld. Innovative communication techniques grouped together and interchangeably labeled social computing, social software, social media, web 2. If an employee is authorized to use social media as part of their job duties, be sure use meets your supervisors expectations and is targeted to those duties. Cultural analytics, social computing and digital humanities. Social computing adoption by organization size current usage 1. The impact of social computing on public services jrc.
It further enables others to locate and engage with each other for a mutually beneficial exchange of information. Computer professionals have a duty to educate the public about choices concerning the application of computing. Risks and benefits of social computing as a healthcare tool. In this paper we build on the long and successful tradition of design patterns and the social framework of erving goffman. We present design patterns that address both challenges of social interaction and technical foundation. Organized into chapters, this book begins with an overview of the problems associated with computers and attempts to indicate some of the viewpoints, assumptions. They provide a general statement of ethical values and remind people in the profession that ethical behavior is an essential part of their job. Computer professionals for social responsibility wikipedia. We expect the scope of social computing will continue to expand and its applications in intelligence and security informatics will multiply. In the enterprise employees are looking to connect with familiar or likeminded people, like they do in facebook 11. Moreover, social computing today often revolves around just touching base with individuals. This book presents the highly dynamic interaction between computers and society.
Social computing refers to the use of computational devices to facilitate social interactions among users. Research and write a professional quality paper about a topic relating to social, legal, and ethical implications of computer science. Members of a strongly differentiated profession have specialized knowledge and skills, often called a body. More specific professional responsibilities 23 summary of acm code of ethics as an acm member and an organizational leader, i will 3.
Automatic computing radically changes how humans solve problems, and even the kinds of problems we can imagine solving. Ethical, legal and professional issues in computing provides a comprehensive treatment of the issues facing computer professionals in todays modern, working environment. It features ethical material and codes of practice, using them throughout the book to highlight issues. Knowledge based firms favor social computing over traditional firms. An exhaustive list of online communication and social computing channels, media, networking and platforms cannot be compiled, but is broadly defined as being websites where content is generated or submitted by users. Social computing shifts computing to the edges of the network, and empower individual users with relatively low technological sophistication in using the web to manifest their creativity, engage in social interaction, contribute their expertise, share content, collectively build new tools. Social computing is interactive and collaborative behavior between technology and people. Cs2160 professional and social aspects of computing. Exploring health care professionals attitudes of using social networking sites. Apart from these issues, creation of viruses, abuse of different social media sites has greatly affected upon the people within the society. Opportunity and risk in social computing environments edinburgh.
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