Professionalism taking root!

AUTHOR Clive Victor Boughton and Malgorzata Alicja Plotka ABSTRACT “Might Implement Data report BREAK contracts or agreements with the lecturer?” “Yes, providing bad student survey results could lead to the potential loss of a contract, by a lecturer who had received bad marks” answered one of the students during the SoDIS (Software Development Impact Statement) […]

Bunkerology – a case study in the meaning making practices of on-line urban exploration forums

AUTHOR Luke Bennett ABSTRACT My paper analyses the meaning making practices operating within internet forums for ‘urban explorers’. An influential user guide to urban exploration defines the activity as: “seeking out, visiting and documenting interesting human-made spaces, most typically abandoned buildings…” (Ninjalicious 2005: 4) There is nothing to stop individuals visiting modern ruins and making […]

A commentary of Computer Ethics by Deborah G. Johnson (4th edition)

AUTHOR Professor Porfirio Barroso and Lucía Tello PhD ABSTRACT On the occasion of the publishing in Spanish language of the bestseller Computer Ethics written by the author Deborah G. Johnson, the translators of this work (Porfirio Barroso and Lucía Tello) believe relevant to discuss about the most important topics of this book (Ética informática y […]

Online Gambling and Crime: A Sure Bet?

AUTHOR Dr James Banks ABSTRACT The explosive growth of the internet as a public and commercial vehicle has provided new opportunities for gambling based activities to take place online. Facilitated by the development of the first gambling software, by Microgaming in 1994, and encrypted communication protocols, which enable online monetary transactions, by Cryptologic in 1995, […]

Social Media as a Tool for Change

AUTHOR Ryoko Asai ABSTRACT Information communication technology (ICT) made it possible for people to communicate beyond national borders. In particular, social media play an important role in making a place where people communicate each other, for example Facebook, MySpace, YouTube and so on. ICT and various types of architectures have developed and prevailed in many […]