Digital media ethics / Charles Ess.
2009
QA76.9.M65 E87 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
Digital media ethics / Charles Ess.
Author
Ess, Charles, 1951-
ISBN
9780745641645 (pbk.)
0745641644 (pbk.)
9780745641638
0745641636
0745641644 (pbk.)
9780745641638
0745641636
Imprint
Cambridge : Polity, 2009.
Language
English
Description
xxi, 256 p. ; 21 cm.
Call Number
QA76.9.M65 E87 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
175
Summary
This is the first textbook on the central ethical issues of digital media, ranging from computers and the Internet to mobile phones. It is also the first book of its kind to consider these issues from a global perspective, introducing ethical theories from multiple cultures. It further utilizes examples from around the world, such as the publication of 'the Mohammed Cartoons'; diverse understandings of what 'privacy' means in "Facebook" or "MySpace"; why pirating CDs and DVDs may be justified in developing countries; and, culturally-variable perspectives on sexuality and what counts as 'pornography'.Readers and students thus acquire a global perspective on the central ethical issues of digital media, including privacy, copyright, pornography and violence, and the ethics of cross-cultural communication online. The book is designed for use across disciplines - media and communication studies, computer science and informatics, as well as philosophy. It is up-to-date, accessible and student- and classroom-friendly: each topic and theory is interwoven throughout the volume with detailed sets of questions that foster careful reflection, writing, and discussion into these issues and their possible resolutions. Each chapter further includes additional resources and suggestions for further research and writing.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
Digital media and society series.
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Table of Contents
Central issues in the ethics of digital media
Privacy in the electronic global metropolis?
Copying and distributing via digital media: copyright, copyleft, global perspectives
Citizenship in the global metropolis
Still more ethical issues: digital sex and games
Digital media ethics: overview, frameworks, resources.
Privacy in the electronic global metropolis?
Copying and distributing via digital media: copyright, copyleft, global perspectives
Citizenship in the global metropolis
Still more ethical issues: digital sex and games
Digital media ethics: overview, frameworks, resources.