Synopses & Reviews
The Ethics of Emerging Media engages with enduring ethical questions while addressing critical questions concerning ethical boundaries at the forefront of new media development. This collection provides a rare opportunity to ask how emerging media affect the ethical choices in our lives and the lives of people across the globe.
Centering on different new media forms from eBay to Wikipedia, each chapter raises questions about how changing media formats affect current theoretical understanding of ethics. By interrogating traditional ethical theory, we can better understand the challenges to ethical decision making in an age of rapidly evolving media. Each chapter focuses on a specific case within the broader conceptual fabric of ethical theory. The case studies ground the discussion of ethics in practical applications while, at the same time, addressing moral dilemmas that have plagued us for generations. The specific applications will undoubtedly continue to unfold, but the ethical questions will endure.
Synopsis
The Ethics of Emerging Media engages with enduring ethical questions while addressing critical questions concerning ethical boundaries at the forefront of new media development. This collection provides a rare opportunity to ask how emerging media affect the ethical choices in our lives and the lives of people across the globe.
Centering on different new media forms from eBay to Wikipedia, each chapter raises questions about how changing media formats affect current theoretical understanding of ethics. By interrogating traditional ethical theory, we can better understand the challenges to ethical decision making in an age of rapidly evolving media. Each chapter focuses on a specific case within the broader conceptual fabric of ethical theory. The case studies ground the discussion of ethics in practical applications while, at the same time, addressing moral dilemmas that have plagued us for generations. The specific applications will undoubtedly continue to unfold, but the ethical questions will endure.
Synopsis
The Ethics of Emerging Media engages with enduring ethical questions while addressing critical questions concerning ethical boundaries at the forefront of new media development. This collection provides a rare opportunity to ask how emerging media affect the ethical choices in our lives and the lives of people across the globe.
Centering on different new media forms from eBay to Wikipedia, each chapter raises questions about how changing media formats affect current theoretical understanding of ethics. By interrogating traditional ethical theory, we can better understand the challenges to ethical decision making in an age of rapidly evolving media. Each chapter focuses on a specific case within the broader conceptual fabric of ethical theory. The case studies ground the discussion of ethics in practical applications while, at the same time, addressing moral dilemmas that have plagued us for generations. The specific applications will undoubtedly continue to unfold, but the ethical questions will endure.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Emerging Media: A View DownstreamKathleen German and Bruce Drushel
Part I: Citizens, Consumers, and Culture
Chapter OneeBay Ethics: Simulating Civility in One of the New Digital DemocraciesRobert MacDougall
Chapter TwoNew Romance: A Digital Media Practice in the Age of the InternetMel Racho
Chapter ThreeIdol Concerns: The Ethics of Parasociality Christopher Bell
Part II: Ethical Practices of Conservators and Regulators
Chapter FourRhizomatic Restoration: Conservation Ethics in the Age of Wikipedia Daniel Heath Cull
Chapter FiveThe New Pornographers: Legal and Ethical Considerations of SextingBrett Lunceford
Chapter Six"I'm Here to Tell You it's OK": The FCC Chairman, Digital TV, and Lying to the GovernmentBruce Drushel
Part III: Speech, Civility, and Privacy
Chapter SevenHolocaust Denial, Cyberspace, and the Question of Moral ConvergencePriscilla Meddaugh
Chapter EightPrivacy and Participation in the Cloud: Ethical Implications of Google's Privacy Practices and Public Communications Robert Bodle
Chapter NineFacebook: Student Perceptions of Ethical Issues about Their Online Presence Tammy Swenson Lepper
Part IV: Propaganda and Strategic Communications
Chapter TenNew Culture/Old Ethics: What Technological Determinism Can Teach Us About New Media and Public Relations EthicsElspeth Tilley
Chapter ElevenBlogola, Sponsored Posts, and the Ethics of BloggingRic Jensen
Part V: Journalistic Practice
Chapter TwelveHow We Comment on Web Journalism: A Case Study on Dialogue Found in News ArticlesMichael Trice
Chapter ThirteenCitizen Journalists and Civic Responsibility: Decorum in an Age of Emerging Media Kathleen German
Index