Controversies in Digital Ethics

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.>

About the author

Amber Davisson is a Lecturer in Digital Communication and Media Arts at DePaul University, USA. She is the author of Lady Gaga and the Remaking of Celebrity Culture (2013). Her research on political communication in digital spaces has appeared in Rhetoric & Public Affairs, Journal of Media & Digital Literacy, Journal of Visual Literacy, and the American Communication Journal.Paul Booth is Professor of Communication at DePaul University, USA. Booth’s research interests include fandom, new technologies and media, popular culture, and cult media. He is the author of Time on TV (2012), Digital Fandom (2010), and Playing Fans (2014). He has edited Fan Phenomena: Doctor Who (2013), and has published numerous articles on fans, social media, and technology. He is currently enjoying a cup of coffee.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Booth, Amber Davisson, Amber L. Booth Davisson
• Assisted by: Paul Booth (Editor), Amber Davisson (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2016
• EAN: 9781501310560
• ISBN: 978-1-5013-1056-0
• No. of pages: 392
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, SCIENCE / Ethics, Ethical issues: scientific & technological developments, Media studies: internet, digital media and society, Ethical & social aspects of IT, COMPUTERS / Social Aspects