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Contents
Оглавление6 Preface to the Third Edition Notes
8 1 Central Issues in the Ethics of Digital Media Chapter overview Case-study: Amanda Todd and Anonymous Introduction (Ethical) life in the (post-)digital age? 1. Digital media, analogue media: convergence and ubiquity 2. Digital media and “greased information” 3. Digital media as communication media: fluidity, ubiquity, global scope, and selfhood/identity Digital media ethics: How to proceed? Is digital media ethics possible? Grounds for hope How to do ethics in the new mediascape: Dialogical approaches, difference, and pluralism Further considerations: Ethical judgments Overview of the book, suggestions for use Chapter arrangement, reading suggestions Case-studies; discussion/reflection/writing/research questions Notes
9 2 Privacy in the (Post-)Digital Era? Chapter overview Information and privacy in the global digital age “Privacy” and anonymity online – is there any? Interlude: Can we meaningfully talk about “culture?” “Privacy” in the global metropolis: Initial considerations You don’t have to be paranoid – but it helps ... If you’re not paranoid yet ... terrorism and state surveillance “Privacy” and private life: Changing attitudes in the age of social media and mobile devices “Privacy” and private life: Cultural and philosophical considerations “Privacy” and private life: First justifications, more cultural differences – transformations and (over-?)convergence “Privacy” and private life: Cultural differences and ethical pluralism Philosophical and sociological considerations: New selves, new “privacies?” 1. Culture? 2. The privacy paradox Notes
10 3 Copying and Distributing via Digital Media: Copyright, Copyleft, Global Perspectives Chapter overview The ethics of copying: Is it theft, Open Source, or Confucian homage to the master? Intellectual property: Three (Western) approaches (a)Copyright in the United States and Europe (b)Copyleft/FLOSS FLOSS in practice: the Linux operating system FLOSS in practice 2. Intellectual property and culture: Confucian ethics and African thought Notes
11 4 Friendship, Death Online, Slow/Fair Technology, and Democracy Chapter overview Friendship online? Initial considerations Friendship online: Additional considerations Friendship – and death – online Slow technology and the Fairphone Case-study: Are you ethically obliged to purchase a Fairphone? Digital media and democratization: First considerations Democracy, technology, cultures Notes
12 5 Still More Ethical Issues: Digital Sex, Sexbots, and Games Chapter overview Introduction: Is pornography* an ethical problem – and, if so, what kind(s)? Pornography*: More ethical debates and analyses Pornography* online: A utilitarian analysis “Complete sex” – a feminist/phenomenological perspective Sex with robots, anyone? Now: What about games? Sex and violence in games Notes
13 6 Digital Media Ethics: Overview, Frameworks, Resources Chapter overview A synopsis of digital media ethics Basic ethical frameworks 1. Utilitarianism Strengths and limits (a)How do we numerically evaluate the possible consequences of our acts? (b)How far into the future must we consider? (c)For whom are the consequences that we must consider? 2. Deontology Difficulties ... 3. Meta-ethical frameworks: Relativism, absolutism (monism), pluralism Ethical relativism Ethical absolutism (monism) Beyond relativism and absolutism: Ethical pluralism Strengths and limits of ethical pluralism 4. Feminist ethics Applications to digital media ethics 5. Virtue ethics Virtue ethics: sample applications to digital media 6. Confucian ethics Confucian ethics and digital media: sample applications 7. African perspectives Applications Notes
14 References
15 Index
