Digital Media Ethics. Charles Ess

      1  Series title

      2  Title page

      3  Copyright page

      4  In memoriam

      5  Foreword by Luciano Floridi

      6  Preface to the Third Edition Notes

      7  Acknowledgments

      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