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Title:

The information revolution : opposing viewpoints / Paul A. Winters, book editor.

Publisher:

Greenhaven Press,

Copyright Date:

c1998

Description:

202 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Information technology--Social aspects.
Information society.

Other Authors:

Winters, Paul A., 1965-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The information revolution can benefit society / Michael Spindler -- The information revolution may not benefit society / Michael Marien -- Society is suffering from information overload / David Shenk -- Society is not suffering from information overload / Paul Levinson -- The information revolution will transform education / National Academy of Sciences -- The information revolution may not improve education / Gertrude Himmelfarb -- Schools should emphasize computer education / Chris Morton -- Schools should not emphasize computer education / Todd Oppenheimer -- The Information revolution will transform the university / William A. Wulf -- The information revolution will not obviate the university / Majid Tehranian -- The information revolution will transform the workplace / Robert Barner -- The transformation of the workplace will be negative / Charley Richardson -- The information revolution will eliminate jobs / Jeremy Rifkin -- The information revolution could create jobs / Dana G. Mead -- The information revolution could create information haves and have-nots / Kim Nauer -- The information revolution will not create information haves and have-nots / Steve Gibson -- The right to privacy is threatened in the information age / Reed Karaim -- The right to privacy is not threatened in the information age / Jeffrey Obser -- Banning indecency on the Internet is unconstitutional / John Paul Stevens -- Restriction of indecency on the Internet can be constitutional / Sandra Day O'Connor -- Intellectual property rights must be protected / Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights -- Intellectual property rights do not need new protections / James Boyle.

Series:

Opposing viewpoints series

ISBN:

9781565108004 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1565108000 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781565108011 (alk. paper)
1565108019 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

98005038

Locations:

O4AX446 -- Chadwick Library

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

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6AAX145 -- Carroll Campus Library (Carroll)

AHPD597 -- Chariton Public Library (Chariton) — 303.48

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)

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GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta) — 303.4833 Inf

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GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)