Controversies in Digital Ethics

Amber Davisson, Paul Booth

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN: 9781501320200
• eBook ISBN: 9781501310546
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Media Studies
• Index: Social Sciences

Controversies in Digital Ethics explores ethical frameworks within digital culture. Through a combination of theoretical examination and specific case studies, the essays in this volume provide a vigorous examination of ethics in a highly individualistic and mediated world. Focusing on specific controversies-privacy, surveillance, identity politics, participatory culture-the authors in this volume provide a roadmap for navigating the thorny ethical issues in new media. Paul Booth and Amber Davisson bring together multiple writers working from different theoretical traditions to represent the multiplicity of ethics in the 21st century. Each essay has been chosen to focus on a particular issue in contemporary ethical thinking in order to both facilitate classroom discussion and further scholarship in digital media ethics. Accessible for students, but with a robust analysis providing contemporary scholarship in media ethics, this collection unites theory, case studies, and practice within one volume.

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title
• Dedication
• Title
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction to Controversies in Digital Ethics
• Section One Seeking Privacy in the Age of Digital Surveillance
• Section Two Participatory Culture
• Section Three Professional Communication
• Section Four Identity in a Digital World
• References
• Notes on Contributors
• Index
• Copyright