TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ess,Charles
TI  - Digital media ethics
SN  - 9780745655000 (ebook)
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Polity
KW  - Digital media
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Society
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Ethics & moral philosophy
KW  - thema
KW  - Sociology & anthropology
KW  - Ethical & social aspects of IT
KW  - lcsh
N1  - Also available in printed form ISBN 9780745641645; Electronic reproduction; Askews and Holts; Mode of access: World Wide Web
N2  - 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; 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
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