Digital Media Ethics

by Ess, Charles

• ISBN13: 9780745641645
• ISBN10: 0745641644
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-03-16
• Publisher: Polity Pr

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.

Author Biography

Charles Ess is Distinguished Research Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Drury University.

Table of Contents

Preface

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Chapter Synopses

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

Glossary

References

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