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Analyzing Smartphones as Persuasive Technologies: A Rhetorical Perspective
April 23, 2025FILED UNDER: Articles, Commentary, Communication Technology, Ethics, Health & Medical, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
We should remember that the smartphone’s persuasive power-though generated through interactions with the device itself-is, at base, due to the very human intentions embedded within the device’s design and functionalities.

The Changing Face of Maps: Toward a Geoethical Framework
April 15, 2025FILED UNDER: Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Case Studies, Ethics, Last Word, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
In the future, maps may be a continual feed of location-based video preserved in 3-D—and overlaid with semantic layers that indicate place, tell stories, and connect to social networks—to create an augmented reality.

Trail Paving in Engineering Ethics Education
March 20, 2025FILED UNDER: Articles, Case Studies, Commentary, Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
In my teaching, I gained insight into some of the ethical dilemmas posed by science and technology but also into the dual nature of the typical student’s response to technology—while they held technology in awe, they also had a sense of alienation from it.
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