CS 101 - Computers in Society

Topic Suggestions - CQ Researcher

Blog Explosion
Combating Plagiarism - Is the Internet causing more students to copy?
Computers and Medicine
Controlling the Internet
Cyberbullying
Cyber-Crime
Cyberpolitics
Cyber-Predators
Cybersecurity February 26, 2010 - Are U.S. military and civilian computer systems safe?
Cybersecurity September 26, 2003 - How vulnerable is the U.S. to cyberwarfare?
Cyber Socializing - Are Internet sites like MySpace potentially dangerous? (2006)
Distance Learning
Future of Journalism - Can the Internet fill the reporting gaps caused by the decline of newspapers?
Identity Theft
Impact of the Internet on Thinking
Internet Accuracy - Is information on the Web reliable?
Libraries and the Internet - Are filters needed to block pornography?
Online Privacy - do Americans need better protection?
Privacy in Peril
Future of Recycling (e-waste)
Regulating the New Economy (digital economy)
Social Networking - Are online social networks eroding privacy? (Sept. 2010)
Television's Future (broadcast vs. podcast)
Video Games - Do they have educational value?
Voting Controversies (electronic voting machines)

Other resources:
Books in ebrary

FOLDOC free on-line dictionary of computing

Oxford Reference Online - Computing

Sample Search for Books
“su:Computers and civilization ” returned 34 results as of 2/1/2011

"su:Information technology Social society ” returned 12 results as of 2/1/2011