Digital Media Ethics (DMS – Digital Media and Society) - Softcover

Ess, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0745641644 ISBN 13: 9780745641645

Publisher: Polity Press, 2009

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

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

From the Back Cover

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Polity Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0745641644
• ISBN 13: 9780745641645
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200