"Arguing that popular digital platforms promote misguided assumptions about ethics and technology, this book lays out a new perspective on the relation between technological capacities and human virtue. The authors criticize the “digital catechism” of technological idolatry arising from the insu
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lar, elite culture of Silicon Valley. In order to develop digital platforms that promote human freedom and socio-economic equality, they outline a set of five “proverbs” for living responsibly in the digital world: (1) information is not wisdom; (2) transparency is not authenticity; (3) convergence is not integrity; (4) processing is not judgment; and (5) storage is not memory. Each chapter ends with a simple exercise to help users break through the habitual modes of thinking that our favorite digital applications promote. Drawing from technical and policy experts, it offers corrective strategies to address the structural and ideological biases of current platform architectures, algorithms, user policies, and advertising models." (Back cover)
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"Paul Nemitz und Matthias Pfeffer zeigen eindrücklich, wie die derzeitigen Versuche ethischer Regulierung von Künstlicher Intelligenz zu kurz greifen. Nemitz ist Mitglied der Datenethikkommission der Bundesregierung und war massgeblich verantwortlich für die Einführung der EU-Datenschutzgrundver
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ordnung. Pfeffer beschäftigt sich als freier TV-Journalist und Produzent mit dem Thema Künstliche Intelligenz. Die Autoren bieten eine genaue Analyse und legen dabei den Schwerpunkt auf die Rolle der Öffentlichkeit und die Gefährdung des Journalismus in digitalen Zeiten. Sie fordern die strikte Regulierung Künstlicher Intelligenz und eine Neubesinnung auf das Prinzip Mensch, das gegen das Prinzip Maschine verteidigt werden muss. Ihr Buch schließt mit klaren Handlungsempfehlungen an Politik, Zivilgesellschaft und insbesondere an die technische Intelligenz." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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"Many of the significant developments of our era have resulted from advances in technology, including the design of large-scale systems; advances in medicine, manufacturing, and artificial intelligence; the role of social media in influencing behaviour and toppling governments; and the surge of onli
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ne transactions that are replacing human face-to-face interactions. These advances have given rise to new kinds of ethical concerns around the uses (and misuses) of technology. This collection of essays by prominent academics and technology leaders covers important ethical questions arising in modern industry, offering guidance on how to approach these dilemmas. Chapters discuss what we can learn from the ethical lapses of #MeToo, Volkswagen, and Cambridge Analytica, and highlight the common need across all applications for sound decision-making and understanding the implications for stakeholders. Technologists and general readers with no formal ethics training and specialists exploring technological applications to the field of ethics will benefit from this overview." (Publisher description)
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"This third edition has been thoroughly updated to incorporate the latest research and developments, including the rise of Big Data, AI, and the Internet of Things. The book's case studies and pedagogical material have also been extensively revised and updated to include such watershed events as the
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Snowden revelations, #Gamergate, the Cambridge Analytica scandal, privacy policy developments, and the emerging Chinese Social Credit System. New sections include "Death Online," "Slow/Fair Technology", and material on sexbots. The "ethical toolkit" that introduces prevailing ethical theories and their applications to the central issues of privacy, copyright, pornography and violence, and the ethics of cross-cultural communication online, has likewise been revised and expanded. Each topic and theory are interwoven throughout the volume with detailed sets of questions, additional resources, and suggestions for further research and writing." (Back cover)
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"This document aims to provide USAID staff and local partners with a framework for identifying and understanding risks associated with development data. It is meant as a conversation starter—to highlight important concerns and provide actionable advice—to help those who use data in development p
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rograms maximize utility while also managing risk. By starting to have conversations around responsible data practices, staff and partners will begin to build competency in this area. USAID’s Journey to Self Reliance includes supporting countries to build their own technological capacity and readiness by taking ownership of their data and being held accountable that it is kept safe.
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"Algorithmische Entscheidungsprozesse auch für diejenigen transparent und nachvollziehbar zu machen, die von den Entscheidungen betroffen sind, ist wichtig, damit die Betroffenen die Funktionslogik dieser Systeme verstehen, sich kritisch mit ihnen auseinandersetzen, sie wenn nötig anfechten oder a
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ls Nutzer richtig anwenden können. Wie aber sollten Transparenz und Nachvollziehbarkeit von Algorithmen umgesetzt werden? Hier fehlt es bislang an konkreten Ideen und Vorschlägen. Es ist an der Zeit, allgemeine Forderungen nach Transparenz und Nachvollziehbarkeit zu präzisieren und sich mit Detailfragen zu beschäftigen. So bedarf es nicht nur je nach Anwendungsbereich und Nutzergruppen anderer Ansätze (siehe Abschnitt 4), sondern es bestehen auch grundsätzliche Herausforderungen (siehe Abschnitt 6), die stärker in den Blick genommen werden müssen." (Fazit, Seite 35)
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"For media organisations and broadcasters, blogs and other forms of online speech are fast becoming the most important forms of communication with audiences. To maintain the quality and consistency of your brand, any staff member who communicates officially on behalf of your organisation in any soci
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al media forum or platform or posts on any of your pages, should be sure to comply with the following: Be respectful of the audience. If you would not put it on air or have it printed on the front page, then do not post it online; employees who post content on behalf of their organisation or as part of their jobs must always identify themselves; anyone posting on an organisation’s social media sites or any other official social media pages must uphold the values and mission of the organisation and should coordinate with their manager; do not pick arguments online and do be the first to correct your own mistakes, and don’t alter previous posts without indicating or evidencing that you have done so; always add value. Provide information that is worthwhile. Your brand is an important asset. Whatever you publish will affect your brand; one needs to be ethical and responsible in social media interactions. (Reflect what the company you work for expects of you.); market your brand: Post about the organisation or relevant content, news and programs; engage the audience and their responses professionally, avoid emotional attachment at all times; trust is built on credibility. Verify anything you post for accuracy; always seek guidance on legal related matters." (Best practices, page 4)
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"This edited volume examines how the growth of social media and ancillary computer systems is affecting the relationship between journalism and the pursuit of truth. Experts explore how news is perceived and identified, presented to the public, and how the public responds to news. They consider soci
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al media’s effect on the craft of journalism as well as the growing role of algorithms, big data, and automatic content production regimes. The volume’s aim is to confront these issues in a way that will be of enduring relevance; the discussions about contemporary journalism inform current students and help scholars in the future. Chapters reflect on questions such as what is different and what remains the same in journalism’s pursuit of truth now that social media has become such a prominent force in news gathering, dissemination, and reinterpretation? How has reader participation and responses changed? What are the implications for journalistic information gathering and truth claims? What is different now about the social roles of journalists and media institutions? How does interaction between journalists and social media affect democratic practices? The chapters offer a mix of empirical and critical work that reflects on journalism’s past, present, and future roles in our lives and in society." (Publisher description)
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"Today's digital revolution is a worldwide phenomenon, with profound and often differential implications for communities around the world and their relationships to one another. This book presents a new, explicitly international theory of media ethics, incorporating non-Western perspectives and draw
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ing deeply on both moral philosophy and the philosophy of technology. Clifford Christians develops an ethics grounded in three principles - truth, human dignity, and non-violence - and shows how these principles can be applied across a wide range of cases and domains. The book is a guide for media professionals, scholars, and educators who are concerned with the global ramifications of new technologies and with creating a more just world." (Publisher description)
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"Instead of just worrying about the next technological gadget or app, it s time we consider what Christianity has to offer a world increasingly reimagined in a digital landscape. This book provides a new perspective on how to assess digital technology use, development, and expansion through a lens o
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f Christian values. The purpose of this book is to begin a conversation about the massive ecosystem change that digital technologies push in our lives through a focus on the ethics of everyday practices." (Publisher description)
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"Im internationalen Kontext haben sich in den vergangenen Jahren zahlreiche Organisationen und Arbeitsgruppen mit dem Problem der Gütesicherung von algorithmischen Prozessen befasst. Da dieser Diskurs in Deutschland deutlich weniger entwickelt ist, bietet sich die Analyse einiger ausgewählter inte
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rnationaler Vorschläge an, um daraus Einsichten für die Erstellung eines deutschsprachigen Entwurfes abzuleiten. Für das vorliegende Papier wurden drei aktuelle Dokumente ausgewählt: das Statement on Algorithmic Transparency and Accountability des ACM US Public Policy Council, die Asilomar AI Principles des Future of Life Institute (AI: artificial intelligence) sowie die Principles for Accountable Algorithms und das Social Impact Statement for Algorithms des FAT/ML-Kollektivs. Im Folgenden werden diese drei Vorschläge für Gütekriterien beschrieben und analysiert. Dies geschieht mit Hinblick auf diese drei Dimensionen: Wer sind die Verfasser? Was sind der Entstehungshintergrund und die Ziele? (Beschreibung); Was ist der Inhalt? Was wird konkret gefordert? Wer sind die Adressaten? (Beschreibung) Was sind die Stärken des Kataloges, wo besteht Verbesserungsbedarf? (Analyse). Zuletzt werden aus den Ergebnissen übertragbare Stärken und auszugleichende Schwächen für die Erstellung eines deutschsprachigen Gütekriterienkataloges identifiziert." (Einleitung)
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"This work contains a selection of the research presented at the third and fourth Annual symposium on Digital Ethics hosted by the School of Communication at Loyola University Chicago. Thematically organized around three of the most pressing ethical issues of the digital age (shifting of professiona
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l norms, moderating offensive content, and privacy), the chapters of this volume offer the reader a window into some of the hot-button ethical issues facing a society where digital has become the new normal. Straddling an applied ethical and theoretical approach, the research represented here not only reflects on how our ethical frameworks have been changed and challenged by digital technology, but also provides insights for those confronted with specific ethical dilemmas related to digital technology. With contributions from established experts and up-and-coming scholars alike, this book cuts across disciplines and will appeal to philosophers, communication scientists, and moral philosophers alike." (Publisher description)
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