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Digital Media Ethics

Cambridge; Medford, MA: Polity Press, 3rd ed. (2020), xviii, 333 pp.

Contains bibliogr. pp. 284-306, index

Series: Digital Media and Society Series

ISBN 978-1-5095-3343-5 (pbk); 978-1-5095-3345-9 (ebook)

Signature commbox: 70-Ethics-E 2020

"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 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)
1 Central Issues in the Ethics of Digital Media, 1
2 Privacy in the (Post)Digital Era? 36
3 Copying and Distributing via Digital Media: Copyright, Copyleft, Global Perspectives, 90
4 Friendship, Death Online, Slow/Fair Technology, and Democracy, 128
5 Still More Ethical Issues: Digital Sex, Sexbots, and Games, 170
6 Digital Media Ethics: Overview, Frameworks, Resources, 215