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Using Information Technology Intro: A Practical Introduction to Computers and Communications, 5/e
Stacey Sawyer
Brian K. Williams

SOCIETY & THE DIGITAL AGE: Challenges & Promises

Knowledge in Action



1

Interview four of your friends and relatives who use computers. Ask them if they have ever knowingly committed any type of software theft. If so, do they consider what they did to constitute a crime? Do they even know that copying copyrighted programs from someone else’s diskette or CD is illegal? In your opinion, have they committed software theft?
2

Use the WWW to research the topic of Internet dependency. What resources exist for people who are Internet-dependent? How successful have programs aimed at ending Internet-dependency been? What do experts in the field of human behavior have to say about Internet-dependency? Write a one-page paper summarizing your findings.




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