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OLLI Lecture: Internet Issues #1

Community Lecture Description

2011 Fall. Wed, Oct 5, 1pm-3pm.
Lecture Source: http://communicrossings.com/olli-lecture-internet-issues-1
OLLI Community Lectures Page: http://sou.edu/olli/public.html


utopiaOver the past 40 years, we have seen amazing growth, benefits and possibilities with the Internet -- along with emerging social, political and individual problems. This lecture will highlight some issues behind current news and government proposals related to Internet network and information accessibility: for example, "digital divide", "IP address exhaustion", "network neutrality", "bandwidth caps", "kill switch", and censorship. The lecture is intended for the casual internet user, to explain some of the jargon and map the underlying ideas and trends.



About the Speaker

steve with coffeeSteve Weyer has 40+ years experience with computer software, including research and development for Stanford University (where he first started using the Internet -- then, Arpanet), Xerox PARC, Atari Research, Hewlett Packard Labs and Apple Computer on programming languages, education environments, electronic books and artificial intelligence; he developed software for mobile devices at startup companies, and consulted on internet and other enabling technologies for Johnson&Johnson. At OLLI, Steve has taught Evolution of the Internet, CROSSWORDS and YOU, e-books (electronic books) and Using Web Resources: an OLLI Instructor Workshop.



Topics

topicsI plan to discuss the following topics; of course, audience questions and time constraints may determine what's covered in this (first) lecture.



Other possible topics/trends (for future lectures) might include:

  • identity, privacy, anonymity
  • behavior, addiction, decency, cyberbullying
  • malware, security, cybercrime, cyberterrorism, cyberwar
  • social networking, communication, learning
  • paywalls, copyright, video, publishing, media, disintermediation
  • ...

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