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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internetby Daniel J. Solove
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Teeming with chatrooms, online discussion groups, and blogs, the Internet offers previously unimagined opportunities for personal expression and communication. But there’s a dark side to the story. A trail of information fragments about us is forever preserved on the Internet, instantly available in a Google search. A permanent chronicle of our private lives (often of dubious reliability and sometimes totally false) will follow us wherever we go, accessible to friends, strangers, dates, employers, neighbors, relatives, and anyone else who cares to look. This engrossing book, brimming with amazing examples of gossip, slander, and rumor on the Internet, explores the profound implications of the online collision between free speech and privacy. Daniel Solove, an authority on information privacy law, offers a fascinating account of how the Internet is transforming gossip, the way we shame others, and our ability to protect our own reputations. Focusing on blogs, Internet communities, cybermobs, and other current trends, he shows that, ironically, the unconstrained flow of information on the Internet may impede opportunities for self-development and freedom. Long-standing notions of privacy need review, the author contends: unless we establish a balance between privacy and free speech, we may discover that the freedom of the Internet makes us less free. Review:"[A] brilliant recent book. . . . An honest and troubling account of the ways that we have become our own enemies."-Siva Vaidyanathan, The Chronicle of Higher Education #LINK Review:"Timely and provocative, The Future of Reputation explores a principal dilemma of our age and provides a workable solution that may appeal to readers on both sides of the debate."-Harvard Law Review (Harvard Law Review)Review:"Solove offers practical advice on how societal norms and laws can catch up with technologys relentless progress. . . . [A] funny and readable call for netizens and legal scholars to accept a more nuanced understanding of privacy."-Bennett Gordon, Utne Reader Review:"Much of The Future of Reputation catalogs the ways in which privacy has diminished in an age in which technology allows for the diffusion of information and in which punishments for this diffusion are weak or sometimes simply impratical."-Gary Alan Fine, Wilson Quarterly (Gary Alan Fine, Wilson Quarterly, Nov 1 2007 )About the Author<b>Daniel J. Solove</b> is associate professor, George Washington University Law School, and an internationally known expert in privacy law. He is frequently interviewed and featured in media broadcasts and articles, and he is the author of The Digital Person: Technology and Privacy in the Information Age. He lives in Washington, D.C., and blogs at the popular law blog http: //www.concurringopinions.com. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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