Email and Ethics - Style and Ethical Relations in Computer-Mediated Communications

Informationen zum Autor Emma Rooksby is Research Fellow at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Australia. Her research covers computer ethics, including on-line democracy, on-line relationship and the ethics of text-based communication. Her publications include Habitus: a sense of place (edited with Jean Hillier, Routledge, forthcoming), and 'Empathy in computer-mediated communication' in Mark Wolf (ed.) Virtual Morality (Peter Lang Publishing, forthcoming). Klappentext E-mail and Ethics explores the ways in which interpersonal relations are affected by being conducted via computer-mediated communication.The advent of this channel of communication has prompted a renewed investigation into the nature and value of forms of human association. Rooksby addresses these concerns in her rigorous investigation of the benefits, limitations and implications of computer-mediated communication.With its depth of research and clarity of style, this book will be of essential interest to philosophers, scholars of communication, cultural and media studies, and all those interested in the importance and implications of computer-mediated communication. Zusammenfassung This book explores the ways in which interpersonal relations are affected by being conducted via computer-mediated communication. Rooksby investigates the benefits, limitations and implications of computer-mediatied communication. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Style and Ethics 2. Empathy in Computer-Mediated Communication 3. Affect and Action in CMC 4. Technical Constraints on CMC 5. Computer-Mediated Friendship 6. Politics and CMC

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• Autori: Emma Rooksby, Emma (Australian National University Rooksby, Emma (Charles Sturt University Rooksby, Rooksby Emma, ROOKSBY EMMA AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 22.08.2002
• EAN: 9780415282819
• ISBN: 978-0-415-28281-9
• Pagine: 272
• Serie: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy; Routledge Studies in Contempor; Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Media, comunicazione > Mediologia; Media Studies, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Western philosophy from c 1800, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -, COMPUTERS / System Administration / Email Servers, Electronic Mail (Email): Professional