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Steven John Thompson PhD

Emerging Tech Ethics ・・・ New Media Rhetorics

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5 May 2025

Linkedin Nonsense

by Steve | posted in: News, Technology | 0

Rejoined Linkedin after a 10-year hiatus. Was going great til it insisted I upload a government ID for access. Have seen where others did and still were denied access. Hard pass. It’s over.

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I am contracted with Cognella Academic Publishing for 2026 publication of my Understanding Information Literacy:...

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About Steve

ACADEMIA ∙ BLUESKY ∙ B ∙ R ∙ A I ∙ N ∙ MASTODON ∙ ORCID ∙ RESEARCHGATE
Former Ivy League professor. I taught at Dartmouth College, Johns Hopkins, UC Davis, others. On faculty at University of Maryland Global Campus. I published pioneering Internet addiction research in 1996. I explore Internet phenomena and emerging technologies. My media dependency work and research on AI agency and technoethics tied to moving the Internet appliance into the body are ongoing. Two forthcoming textbooks to be published by Cognella Academic Publishing. I’m a former journalist.

Machine Law, Ethics, and Morality in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Androids, Cyborgs, and Robots in Contemporary Culture and Society
Global Issues and Ethical Considerations in Human Enhancement Technologies

Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. Rev 3:8b ESV

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