Privacy in Social Networking

CIST 3110, Information Technology Ethics
© University of Nebraska at Omaha, College of Information Science and Technology
Student Presentations
Presentation: 100 Points
Presentations are Due on Your Sign-Up Date
SIGN UP FOR A PRESENTATION DATE BY THURSDAY, September 1st
Objectives: This assignment allows each student to research an ethical issue in detail and present the issue to the rest of the class.
Description:
Each student is required to make a 15-20 minute presentation on an IT ethics-related topic in this class. A list of potential topics is shown below. The presentation should be of professional quality with visuals (e.g. Powerpoint slides). Following each student presentation, we will engage in a class discussion about the topic that was presented. You will sign up for a presentation date using a link on Blackboard.
The presentation file must include a list of at LEAST five (5) references used to research your presentation topic.
POTENTIAL TOPICS
The following list contains some suggested topics for your presentation. You are of course welcome to come up with your own topic. Once you select a topic, please have this topic approved by your instructor. This will ensure that the topic is appropriate for the course and it will avoid duplication of topics. Topics will be granted on a first-come/first-served order.
ï‚· Privacy issues of social networking sites
ï‚· Censorship in an online environment
ï‚· Fair use laws applied to digital media
ï‚· Identity theft and the elderly
ï‚· Access to information technology across societal levels
ï‚· Credit report errors; who is responsible?
ï‚· Enforcing corporate and professional ethics statements
ï‚· Government data matching across federal databases
ï‚· Net Neutrality; what is all the fuss about?
ï‚· IT access for people with disabilities
Submitting Your Assignment: Via BLACKBOARD
Submit your presentation file via the Blackboard link in the Assignments area.
CIST 3110, Information Technology Ethics
© University of Nebraska at Omaha, College of Information Science and Technology
REFERENCING GUIDELINES
It is important that all of the source materials you use in your term paper are properly referenced. Not only does this lend credibility to your paper, but it also avoids the possibility of assumed plagiarism. While there are different style guides to follow, the differences between these style guides are not as important as the practice of referencing itself. The following are some basic rules for when to reference:
ï‚· Direct quotations from written material should always be referenced, whether they are an entire paragraph or just part of a sentence. Numbers and figures should also be referenced so that their source can be verified.
ï‚· Quotations from a personal interview should always be referenced. Use quotation marks when quoting directly. Don's use quotation marks when paraphrasing or summarizing what the person interviewed said.
ï‚· Even if you do not directly quote materials from a written source or a personal interview, you should still reference them if you use ideas from other sources. (For example, have you noticed how people tend to talk about Einstein's Theory of Relativity?) It's better to err on the side of caution here.
ï‚· The Internet is a valid source for material. However, since the material on the Internet changes rapidly, indicate when you found the material.
ï‚· All sources are listed alphabetically by the last name of the first author. If you reference multiple sources by the same author, list them in chronological order, with the earlier sources listed first.
ï‚· Essentially, using other people's work without attributing it to them is plagiarism. Avoid. Avoid. Avoid.
Here is how you would cite an article in a magazine, newspaper, or journal:
Bugglesworth, T.R. (2002). Decision Support for Beginners. Superb Systems Journal, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 223-256.
The idea is to be as complete as possible. Include the year of publication (2003), underline the publication's name, followed by the volume (6) and the issue (4). If the magazine or newspaper does not have volume and issue numbers, include the date (such as "March 15"). Finally, include the page numbers of the article. An article that covers only a single page is referenced using only a single "p" (p. 415). Use "pp" when the article covers multiple pages, even if some of the pages inbetween are not part of the article, such as advertisements.
Here is how you would reference a book: (Looks familiar, doesn’t it?)
Baase, S. (2008). A Gift of Fire. Third Edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ. Pearson Prentice Hall.
Key here is to include the edition number - if available - and the publisher, including it's main location (allowing you to tell similarly named publishers apart).
Interviews require you to identify the person you talked to, their position or job title (if appropriate), and the date the interview took place. An interview reference would look like this:
CIST 3110, Information Technology Ethics
© University of Nebraska at Omaha, College of Information Science and Technology
Smith, M. Chief Executive Officer, Second Data Corporation. Personal interview. July 10, 2009.
For an Internet resource, no single citation standard has yet been established. Common sense helps out: be as complete in your reference as possible. A proper way of referencing it is by using its Universal Resource Locator (required) and its author, title, and publication date (if available - especially for on-line newsletters and magazines), as well as the date you found it on the Internet (given that Internet contents change frequently). A complete citation would look like this:
Smith, J. (2002) Information Systems Usage. Internet Resource. URL: http://abc.edu/infoarch.html Posted: January 26, 2002. Accessed: August 5, 2005.
When using materials from the Internet, carefully consider the credibility of your source. Here is an example of what might happen if you do not.
Referencing sources in your text:
When using these sources in the text of your paper, you would usually refer to them by first author:
(Smith, 2002)
When a source has two authors, name them both:
(Laurel & Hardy, 1999)
When a source has more than two authors, use only the first author and indicate that there are more:
(Jones et al., 2003)
When using a source from a book, it would be helpful to include the page number where the quote or idea appeared:
(Brown, 2001, pp. 12-13)
Some useful links with further information:
ï‚· APA Style Documentation
ï‚· Beyond the MLA Handbook: Documenting Electronic Sources on the Internet