Digital media ethics. Digital media and society series

The first textbook on the central ethical issues of digital media, ranging from computers and the internet to mobile phones and social networking.Uses a wealth of contemporary issues such as the publication of the Mohammed Cartoons and understandings of privacy in Facebook or MySpace, plus cross-cultural examples such as the variable perspectives on what counts as pornography. Written by one of the leading scholars in the field and current president of the Association of Internet Researchers.Employs pedagogical resources throughout the text, all of which are completely integrated and were highly praised by reviewers.

Preface.

Foreword by Luciano Floridi.

Acknowledgements.

Chapter Synopses.

1 Central Issues in the Ethics of Digital Media.

2 Privacy in the Electronic Global Metropolis?.

3 Copying and Distributing via Digital Media: Copyright, Copyleft, Global Perspectives.

4 Citizenship in the Global Metropolis.

5 Still More Ethical Issues: Digital Sex and Games.

6 Digital Media Ethics: Overview, Frameworks, Resources.

Glossary.

References

Students of new media, communication studies, information studies and philosophy, in particular taking a module on information and computer ethics within any of these areas.