Information Ethics, Globalization and Citizenship: Essays on Ideas to Praxis - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1476667721 ISBN 13: 9781476667720

Publisher: McFarland, 2017

Synopsis

The boundaries of citizenship have been blurred by global information systems--while the public and private spheres have been reshaped through globalization (and colonialism and capitalism).

This collection of new essays explores information and citizenship in the digital age from a range of perspectives, presenting cautionary tales along with possibilities for "decolonizing" digital information and literacy. Topics include Wikileaks and the dissolution of information; ethical issues for teachers, policy makers and librarians; and creating safe spaces through ethical librarianship.

About this title

About the Authors

Toni Samek is a professor and chair of the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alberta. A convener of the Canadian Library Association's Advisory Committee on Intellectual Freedom and a two term member of the Canadian university academic freedom and tenure committee, she is on the Advisory Board of the new Centre for Free Expression at Ryerson University and lives in St. Albert.

Lynette Shultz is an associate dean, international, and director of the Centre for Global Citizenship Education and Research at the University of Alberta. She has published on education policy, democracy, social justice and global citizenship, and teaches global governance and educational leadership at the University of Alberta and the Universidade Catolica de Brasilia. She lives in Edmonton.

Edition details

• Publisher: McFarland
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1476667721
• ISBN 13: 9781476667720
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 204
• Editor: Samek Toni, Shultz Lynette