Technology Issues
E-mail
If you do not have an e-mail account, set one up immediately. I expect to receive
your reaction papers by e-mail and will contact you frequently through e-mail. If
there are any changes in the assigned readings I will post them to you via e-mail.
World Wide Web
The WWW offers significant and useful material for us. During the semester numerous
required reading assignments will be on Web sites. If you need some training on how
to access and search the WWW using Netscape, attend the information session on Wednesday,
September 3 at 4 PM in the Computer Classroom (005 Burke Library). Kristen Strohmeyer
will be available to assist you. (Please be prompt. She will leave at 4:15 PM if
no one shows up.)
Note on Web use. You may have seen the recent cover-story in Time Magazine (August
25, 1997) concerning privacy issues and internet use. This is an issue worthy of
our attention and concern. I have, for example, encountered Netscape warnings that
some pages collect information on browsers of Web sites (the “magic cookie” syndrome).
If you wish to remain anonymous, you should either access the sites in the College
computer center or connect to sites through www.anonymizer.com. There is a delay
on accessing when using “anonymizer,” but you are (supposedly) assured of anonymity.
I expect you to explore these useful Web sites:
American Library Association Banned Books Week at
http://www.ala.org/bbooks/
Grounds for Censorship at
http://fileroom.aaup.uic.edu/FileRoom/documents/GroundsCat.html
National Coalition Against Censorship at
http://www.ncac.org/
This Web site offers a brief survey of recent censorship cases, arranged by categories.
Bibliography of Anti-Censorship Sources at
http://fileroom.aaup.uic.edu/FileRoom/documents/Bibliography.html
Anti-Censorship Organizations at
http://fileroom.aaup.uic.edu/FileRoom/documents/AntiC.html
Sex, Censorship, and the Internet (cases from colleges and universities) at
http://www.eff.org/CAF/cafuiuc.html
Stopping Censorship at
http://www.sonic.net/~richw/censorsh.html