This is the first textbook on the central ethical issues of digital mediaranging from computers and the Internet to mobile phones. It is also the firstbook of i... » 

This is the first textbook on the central ethical issues of digital mediaranging from computers and the Internet to mobile phones. It is also the firstbook of its kind to consider these issues from a global perspectiveintroducing ethical theories from multiple cultures. It further utilizesexamples from around the world such as the publication of the MohammedCartoons diverse understandings of what privacy means in Facebook orMySpace why pirating CDs and DVDs may be justified in developing countriesand culturallyvariable perspectives on sexuality and what counts aspornography. Readers and students thus acquire a global perspective on thecentral ethical issues of digital media including privacy copyrightpornography and violence and the ethics of crosscultural communicationonline. The book is designed for use across disciplines media andcommunication studies computer science and informatics as well as philosophy.It is uptodate accessible and student and classroomfriendly each topicand theory is interwoven throughout the volume with detailed sets of questionsthat foster careful reflection writing and discussion into these issues andtheir possible resolutions. Each chapter further includes additional resourcesand suggestions for further research and writing. «