Are automated information sources themselves a reliable guarantee of predictable action, or are there other factors? -- Case Study from Post Office

E-Books, history, and Comdex

Scenario related to our first week's readings

California Library Association (CLA)

Catcher in the Rye, Lady Chaterly's Lover

Daddy's Roommate

Internet Filtering

Hate Speech (CLA)  -- Legal issues vs. popular perception

Catherine MacKinnon

Sense of Community (Bowling Alone)

Commodified information and democratic ideals

Small Publishers (CLA & Nancy Kranich)

Ethics (internationally and locally)