References

Computers and elections
       Eisenhower-Stevenson 1952: http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/maney/2004-10-26-univac_x.htm  The first election in which a computer was used to predict the outcome.
Hypertext (historical)
       Vannevar Bush,  As We May Think.  The Atlantic Monthly, July 1945.  As World War II ended, Dr. Bush suggested that scientists should work on those instruments that would give man access to and command over the inherited knowledge of the ages.  In the piece, he introduces the concept of hypertext.

From "Impact" to Social Process: Computers in Society and Culture (Handbook of Science and Technology Studies, 1994)

Social Impact Characteristics of Computer Technology (Ethicomp 95)

Gauging Net's impact on Society (GazetteNet Business 2000)

The New E-Government Equation (report)