Newsstand --- A - F - Issues of Information - Research Guides at University of Northern Iowa

**Essays and news articles on:**
Artificial Intelligence	Algorithms	Bitcoins and Blockchains	Censorship	Cybercrime - Cyber Warfare
Cyberethics	Cyberlaw	Digital Libraries	Facebook	Fake News

AI (Artificial Intelligence)

Christakis, N. (2019, April). How AI will rewire us. The Atlantic.
For open access see: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/04/robots-human-relationships/583204/
Clancy, K. (2020, June). Now is the time to think about the future of thinking machines. Wired, 28(6). [UNI only]
Friend, T. (2018, May 14). Superior intelligence. How frightened should we be of A.I.? The New Yorker.
For open access see: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/05/14/how-frightened-should-we-be-of-ai
Hempel, J. (2018, December). The human in the machine. How Fei-Fei Li will make artificial intelligence better for humanity. Wired. [UNI only]
For open access see: https://www.wired.com/story/fei-fei-li-artificial-intelligence-humanity/
Kissinger, H. (2018, June). How the enlightenment ends: Philosophically, intellectually - in every way - human society is unprepared for the rise of artificial intelligence. The Atlantic. [UNI only]
For open access see: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/0
Knight, W., & Chayka, D. (2021, July-August). Trigger warning. Wired, 29(7). [UNI only].
Lepore, J. (2019, March 4). The robot caravan. Are robots competing for your job? The New Yorker.
For open access see: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/03/04/are-robots-competing-for-your-job
O'Gieblyn, M. (2020, December). Is the internet conscious? Wired, 28(12). [UNI only]
Pontin, J. (2018, February 2). Greedy, brittle, opaque, and shallow: The downsides to deep learning. Wired.
Thompson, C. (2018, December). The miseducation of artificial intelligence. How to teach artificial intelligence some common sense. Wired. [UNI only]
For open access see: https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-teach-artificial-intelligence-common-sense/

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Algorithms - Filter Bubbles - Personalization

Adee, S. (2016, November 26). Burst the filter bubble. New Scientist. [UNI only]
For open access see: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2113246-how-can-facebook-and-its-users-burst-the-filter-bubble/
Bohra, M. (2021, May 4). The ultimate guide on Google's algorithms: An overview of SMITH. Adgully. [UNI only].
Bridge, M. (2019, April 5). Inside the secret world of the coders who became our masters: Algorithms dictate many aspects of our lives but the mainly privileged men who create them remain in the shadows. The Times (London). [UNI only]
For open access see: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/inside-the-secret-world-of-the-coders-who-control-us-5z0pfsq3p
Lord of the Rings, 2020, and stuffed Oreos: Read the Andrew Bosworth memo. (2020, January 8). New York Times. [UNI only].
For open access see: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/technology/facebook-andrew-bosworth-memo.html
Pariser, E. (2011, March). Beware online "filter bubbles" [Video file].

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Bitcoins and Blockchains (Cryptocurrency)

Bonneau, J. & Goldfeder, S. (2017, December 17). Bitcoin. Washington Post.
For open access see: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/five-myths/five-myths-about-bitcoin/2017/12/15/7a506742-e044-11e7-8679-a9728984779c_story.html
del Castillo, M. (2019, April 30). Blockchain goes to work. Forbes.
For open access see: https://www.forbes.com/partners/maz/043019/F0430.FEAT.blockchain.html
Isaac, M. & Popper, N. (2019, June 18). Facebook plans global financial system based on cryptocurrency. New York Times.
For open access see: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/18/technology/facebook-cryptocurrency-libra.html
Jenkins, W. (2019, December 3). Is blockchain the future of academic credentials? The Chronicle of Higher Education. [UNI only].
Mearian, L. (2019, April 17). What's a crypto wallet (and how does it manage digitial currency)? Computerworld.
For open access see: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3389678/whats-a-crypto-wallet-and-does-it-manage-digital-currency.html
Mearian, L. (2019, January 29). What is blockchain? The complete guide.
Paumgarten, N. (2018, October 22). The stuff dreams are made of. Is cryptocurrency the future or a fad? And what is it good for? New Yorker. (alternate title - The prophets of cryptocurrency survey the boom and bust.)
For open access see: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/22/the-prophets-of-cryptocurrency-survey-the-boom-and-bust for free/open access.

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Censorship and Free Speech

Harwell, D. & Romm, T. (2019, November 6). Inside TikTok: A culture clash where U.S. views about censorship often were overridden by the Chinese bosses. Washington Post.
For open access see: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/11/05/inside-tiktok-culture-clash-where-us-views-about-censorship-often-were-overridden-by-chinese-bosses/
Mozur, P. (2020, March 18). China's internet police crack down on outrage. New York Times. [UNI only]
Tufekci, Z. (2018, January 16). It's the (democracy-poisoning) golden age of free speech. Wired.
Waddell, K. (2016, January 19). Why Google Quit China -- and Why It's Heading Back. The Atlantic.

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Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, and Cyberwarfare

Bilton, N. (2017, May). Brave new underworld: Silicon Valley murder mystery: How drugs and paranoia doomed Silk Road. Vanity Fair.
For open access see: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/04/silk-road-ross-ulbricht-drugs-murder for free/open access.
Schmidle, N. (2018, May 7). The digital vigilantes who hack back: American companies that fall victim to data breaches want to retaliate against the culprits. But can they do so without breaking the law? The New Yorker.
For open access see: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/05/07/the-digital-vigilantes-who-hack-back
Taylor, C. (2014, January/February). The dark lord of the Internet. The Atlantic.
For open acces see: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/01/the-dark-lord-of-the-internet/355726/
Entous, A. & Farrow R. (2019, February 18). Deception, Inc: A group of former Israeli spies wanted to influence American elections. What could go wrong? (alternative title - Private Mossad for hire). The New Yorker.
For open access see: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/02/18/private-mossad-for-hire

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Cyberethics

Appiah, K.A. (2020, April 7). If my classmates are going to cheat on an online exam, why can't I? New York Times Magazine.
For open access see:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/magazine/if-my-classmates-are-going-to-cheat-on-an-online-exam-why-cant-i.html
Dante, E. (2010, November 11). The shadow scholar. Chronicle of Higher Education, 57(13).
For open access see: https://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Shadow-Scholar/125329
Milligan, I. (2016, December 16). The problem of history in the age of abundance. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 63(17).
For open access see: https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-problem-of-history-in-the-age-of-abundance/

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Cyberlaw

Menand, L. (2014, October 20). Crooner in rights spat. The New Yorker.
For open access see: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/10/20/crooner-rights-spat for free/open access.

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Digital Libraries (DPLA, Google Books, HathiTrust, etc.)

Eichenlaub, N. (2013, November). Checking in with Google Books. HathiTrust, and the DPLA. Computers in Libraries 33(9).
For open access see: http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/nov13/Eichenlaub--Checking-In-With-Google-Books.shtml
Grafton, A. (2007, November 5). Future reading. The New Yorker.
For open access see: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/11/05/future-reading for free/open access.
Lepore, J. (2015, January 26). The cobweb. The New Yorker.
For open access see: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/01/26/cobweb for free/open access.
Toobin, J. (2007, February 5). Google's moon shot: The quest for a universal library. New Yorker, 82(48), p.30-35
Print access at UNI Periodicals AP2 .N6763

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Facebook

Lord of the Rings, 2020, and stuffed Oreos: Read the Andrew Bosworth memo. (2020, January 8). New York Times.
For open access see: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/technology/facebook-andrew-bosworth-memo.html
Osnos, E. (2018, September 17). Ghost in the machine: Can Mark Zuckerberg fix Facebook before it breaks democracy. The New Yorker.
For open access see: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/09/17/can-mark-zuckerberg-fix-facebook-before-it-breaks-democracy for limited free/open access.

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Fake News - Virtual Reality - The Post-Factual Era - The Future of Journalism - Conspiracy Theories and the Internet

Chesney, R., & Citron, D. (2019). Deepfakes and the new disinformation war: The coming age of post-truth geopolitics. Foreign Affairs, 98(1). [UNI only]
Cushing, E. (2020, May). I was a teenage conspiracy theorist. The Atlantic.
Dean, M. (2017, September 20). Snopes and the search for facts in a post-fact world. Wired.
For open access see: https://www.wired.com/story/snopes-and-the-search-for-facts-in-a-post-fact-world/ for free/open access.
Foer, F. (2018, May). Reality's end. The Atlantic. (alternative title: The era of fake video begins: The digital manipulation of video may make the current era of “fake news” seem quaint).
For open access see: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/05/realitys-end/556877/
Garber, M. (2020, May). The paranoid style in American entertainment. The Atlantic.
Goldberg, J. (2020, May). The conspiracy theorists are winning: America is losing its grip on Enlightenment values and reality itself. The Atlantic.
Gordon, D. (2020, May). Trump's favorite TV network is post-parody. The Atlantic.
Knight, W. (2018). Fake America great again. (alt title - "Inside the race to catch the worrying real fakes that can be made using artificial intelligence). MIT Technology Review 121(5), 36-41. [UNI only]
LaFrance, A. (2020). Nothing can stop what is coming. The Atlantic Monthly (1993), 325(5), 27-38. (alternative title: The prophecies of Q: American conspiracy theories are entering a dangerous new phase)
For open access see: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/06/qanon-nothing-can-stop-what-is-coming/610567/
Lepore, J. (2019, January 28). Hard news: The state of journalism. The New Yorker. (alternative title: Does journalism have a future.)
For open access see: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/01/28/does-journalism-have-a-future
Rothman, J. (2018, November 12). Afterimage: Now that everything can be faked, how will we know what's real? The New Yorker. (alternative title: In the age of A.I. is seeing still believing?)
For open access see: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/11/12/in-the-age-of-ai-is-see
Serwer, A. (2020, May). Birtherism of a nation. The Atlantic.
Subramanian, S. (2017, February 15). Welcome to Veles, Macedonia, fake news factory to the world: Inside the Macedonian fake-news complex. Wired. [UNI only]
Tiffany, K. (2020, May). Something in the air. [5G conspiracy theories] The Atlantic.

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