E. Anne Gates Applin
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The following is an attempt to categorize contemporary media offerings into CC2001 knowledge units for a course on Ethics in Computing. Most films do not easily fit into a single category. Feel free to send additions, corrections or suggestions to me.
There's more on the way!

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SP1: History of Computing

Name of Film

Year: Director

Running Time

Comment

Breaking the Code

1996 Herbert Wise (documentary)

 

VHS only

Enigma

2001 Michael Apted

119 min

To Dream Tomorrow

2003 John Füegi and Jo Francis (documentary)

52 min

Modern Marvels: The Creation of the Computer

History Channel A & E TV (documentary)

50 min

SP2: Social Context of Computing

Name of Film

Year: Director

Running Time

Comment

AI:

2001 Steven Spielberg:

145 min

Bicentennial Man

1999 Chris Columbus

131 min

Blade Runner

1982 Ridley Scott

118 min

Brazil

1985 Terry Gilliam

131 min

D.A.R.Y.L.

1985 Simon Wincer

99 min

Desk Set

1957 Walter Lang

103 min

Metropolis

1926 Fritz Lang (silent)

120 min

Total Recall

1990 Paul Verhoeven

109 min

SP4: Professional and Ethical Responsibilities

Name of Film

Year: Director

Running Time

Comment

Antitrust

2001 Peter Howitt

108 min

Lawnmower Man

1992 Brett Leonard

105 min

The Day after Trinity

1981 Jon Else

89 min

Swordfish

2001 Dominic Sena

99 min

SP5: Risks and Liabilities of Computer-based Systems

Name of Film

Year: Director

Running Time

Comment

Fail-Safe

1964 Sydney Lumet

111 min

2001: A Space Odiyssey

1968 Stanley Kubrick

139 min

Colossus: The Forbin Project

1969 William Sargeant

100 min

Alien

1979 Ridley Scott

117 min

Terminator

1984 James Cameron

107 min

The Matrix

1999 Andy & Larry Wochowski

136 min

SP6: Intellectual Property

Name of Film

Year: Director

Running Time

Comment

 

 

 

SP7: Privacy and Civil Liberties

Name of Film

Year: Director

Running Time

Comment

Enemy of the State

1998 Tony Scott

132 min

The Net

1995 Irwin Winkler

115 min

SP8: Computer Crime

Name of Film

Year: Director

Running Time

Comment

Antitrust

2001 Peter Howitt

108 min

Hackers

1995 Iain Softley

105 min

The Net

1995 Irwin Winkler

115 min

Sneakers

1992 Phil Robinson

126 min

Sites with more lists and ideas

An NSF funded site full of papers, presentations and a large video listing (more in the documentary line) http://www.cse.nd.edu/~kwb/nsf-ufe/index.html Wonderful resource!

The list from the original request is here - http://cs.hofstra.edu/~vbarr/movies.html it is very comprehensive.

Kevin Bowyer's site: http://www.cse.nd.edu/~kwb/nsf-ufe/video-reviews.html

DOLCE site: http://csethics.uis.edu/dolce/project.html Case studies, role scenarios, rubrics, and lots of wonderful ideas. (Supported by NSF)


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